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Michael Cimino
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Michael Cimino (1939–2016) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Born in New York City, he began his professional work period in 1974. He was educated at Yale University, the Yale School of Art, and Michigan State University. A member of the Writers Guild of America West, he worked primarily in the United States.
Cimino received the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Picture. He also received the Directors Guild of America Award and the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. His nominations included the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, and the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director. Notable works associated with him include *The Deer Hunter* and *Heaven's Gate*. He died in Los Angeles in 2016 due to heart failure.
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Person · Open Library
- 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
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1999-11-10
Discography
- Love Addict2021
- Little Blue Car2021
- Cigarettes and Incense2021
- Stay the Night2021
- Love Was Real2022
- Make Me Wanna Dance2022
- Stole Me2022
- I'm Somewhere Out There2022
- Superhero2025
- Reminds Me of You2025
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 17,844
- Total plays
- 204,677
Tags
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Michael+Cimino">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2
· 2014 · cited 88,573x
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 48,854x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 44,841x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,635x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,567x
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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
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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