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John Milius
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Director, Screenwriter, Executive Producer, Actor Born: April 11, 1944 in St. Louis, MO Biography:American director "John Milius" is regarded by some Hollywoodites as the living embodiment of the word "macho;" with this in mind, it is understandable that Milius would want to manifest his rugged view of the world in films after being rejected by the Marines for medical reasons. Winning a National Student Film Festival award in 1967 for "I'm So Bored", a short subject filmed while the director was attending University of Southern California, Milius moved into studio work under the guidance of low-budget king "Roger Corman" and producer "Lawrence Gordon". Milius' first major writing job was "Evel Knievel" (1969), a two-fisted biopic of the famed stunt driver. Other projects in the same gutsy vein followed: "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean" (1972) (more introspective than most of Milius' work), "Jeremiah Johnson" (1972), and "Magnum Force" (1973). Milius' first directorial effort, "Dillinger"... Full Biography
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