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John Boorman

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Also known as Sir John Boorman

British film director, producer and screenwriter

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Born
1933
Works
25

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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
205
Total plays
531

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5 total works indexed

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  2. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 41,733x

  3. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,358x

  4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

    · 2007 · cited 34,340x

  5. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

    · 1992 · cited 28,860x

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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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date of birth
1933-01-18
Commons category
John Boorman
start of work period
1962-00-00
name in native language
John Boorman
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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.

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