John Boorman
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1933
- Works
- 25
Top works
- Zardoz
- Projections 4
- Hope and glory
- Deliverance
- Hell in the Pacific
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Film & TV
Directing · Shepperton, Middlesex, England, UK
John Boorman (born 18 January 1933) is an English filmmaker who is a long time resident of Ireland and is best known for his feature films such as Point Blank, Deliverance, Excalibur, The Emerald Forest, Hope and Glory, The General and The Tailor of Panama. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Boorman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
- Boorman and the Devil — Self2025
- A Look Through His Lens — Self2024
- Point Blank the Documentary — Self2024
- The Sean Connery Paradox — Self2022
- What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael — Self2019
- John Boorman : Leçon de cinéma — Self - Guest2017
- Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond — Self2016
- Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out' — Self2015
- Excalibur: Behind the Movie — Self2013
- Me and Me Dad — Self2012
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 205
- Total plays
- 531
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 199,603x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,243x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,227x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,013x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,779x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1933-01-18 ) 18 January 1933 (age 93) , Shepperton , Middlesex , England
- Occupations
- Film director screenwriter producer
- Years active
- 1962–present
- Spouses
- Christel Kruse ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1956 – 1990 ) Isabella Weibrecht ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1995 , divorced )
- Children
- 7 (1 deceased), including Charley Boorman and Katrine Boorman
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Key dates
- Born
- 18 January 1933
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Shepperton
- Child
- Katrine Boorman
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Image
- John Boorman Cannes 2014.jpg
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Article
Sir John Boorman CBE (/ˈbʊərmən/; born 18 January 1933) is a British filmmaker. He is best known for directing feature films such as Point Blank (1967), Hell in the Pacific (1968), Deliverance (1972), Zardoz (1974), Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Excalibur (1981), The Emerald Forest (1985), Hope and Glory (1987), The General (1998), The Tailor of Panama (2001) and Queen and Country (2014).
Boorman has directed 20 films and received five Academy Award nominations, twice for Best Director (for Deliverance, and Hope and Glory), two British Academy Film Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations. He is also credited with creating the first Academy Award screeners to promote The Emerald Forest. In 2004, Boorman received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In the 2022 New Year Honours, he received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for services to film. Point Blank and Deliverance have been inducted into the National Film Registry.