EntityQ59129· pop 47· linked from 529 articles

Michael Cimino

American film director (1939–2016)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1939-02-03
Died: 2016-07-02
Works: 4

Top works

Abimoxi, the Eastern Way to a Healthy Life
Big Jane
Heaven's gate
The deer hunter

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Directing · New York City, New York, USA

Michael Cimino (February 3, 1939 – July 2, 2016) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for writing and directing The Deer Hunter and Heaven's Gate, the latter of which was initially poorly received before being re-assessed positively in subsequent decades.

Known for

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend — Self (archive footage)2022
Michael Cimino, God Bless America — Self (archive footage)2022
The Fabulous Allan Carr — Self (archive)2017
A Special Day — Self2012
To Each His Own Cinema — Miguel Cimino (segment: no translation needed)2007
Realising The Deer Hunter — Self2003
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso — Self1994
Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work — Self1993
1979 ITV South Bank Show Interview With Michael Cimino — Self1979
Spécial cinéma — Self1974

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1999-11-10

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 17,844
Total plays: 204,677

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2
· 2014 · cited 84,886x
Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 47,605x
Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,750x
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,243x
Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,900x

via Crossref · CC0

Key facts

Born: Michael Antonio Cimino, ( 1939-02-03 ) February 3, 1939, New York City, New York , U.S.
Died: July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02) (aged 77), Beverly Hills, California , U.S.
Education: Michigan State University , (BA Graphic Arts, 1959), Yale University , (BFA Painting, 1961;, MFA Painting, 1963)
Occupations: Film director screenwriter producer author
Years active: 1972–2016
Partners: Joann Carelli (1967–1975) Nongnuj Timruang (1977) Carina Fitzalan-Howard (1982) Barbra Streisand (1983) Alexandra Tydings (1996) Yvonne Sciò (2002) Kim Swennen (2008–2009)

via Wikipedia infobox

Key dates

Born: 3 February 1939
Died: 2 July 2016

via Wikidata · CC0

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Michael
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: New York City
Place of death: Los Angeles
Occupation: director
Languages spoken: English language
Image: MichaelCimino2003.jpg

Show 6 more facts

P1411

Article

Michael Antonio Cimino (/tʃɪˈmiːnoʊ/ chim-EE-noh, Italian: [anˈtɔːnjo tʃiˈmiːno]; February 3, 1939 – July 2, 2016) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer and author. Notorious for his obsessive attention to detail and determination for perfection, Cimino achieved widespread fame with The Deer Hunter (1978), which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.

With a background in painting and architecture, Cimino began his career as a commercial director in New York before moving to Los Angeles in the early 1970s to take up screenwriting. After co-writing the scripts for both Silent Running (1972) and Magnum Force (1973), he wrote the preliminary script for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974). The latter became his directorial debut and one of the highest-grossing films of that year.