Director
John McTiernan
January 8, 1951 · Albany, New York, USA
John Campbell McTiernan Jr. (born January 8, 1951) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for his action films, especially Predator (1987), Die Hard (1988), and The Hunt for Red October (1990). His later well-known films include the action-comedy-fantasy film Last Action Hero (1993), the action film sequel Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), the heist-film remake The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), and The 13th Warrior (1999). His last completed feature film was the mystery-thriller Basic, released in 2003.
He pleaded guilty to perjury and lying to an FBI investigator in regard to his hiring of the private investigator Anthony Pellicano in late 2000 to illegally wiretap the phone calls of two people, one of whom was Charles Roven, a co-producer of his dystopian science-fiction action film remake Rollerball (2002). He was incarcerated in federal prison from April 2013 to February 2014. During his imprisonment, he filed for bankruptcy amidst foreclosure proceedings for his large ranch residence.
Notable work
7.8Die Hard (1988)
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7.6Predator (1987)
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7.3Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
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7.4The Hunt for Red October (1990)
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6.5Last Action Hero (1993)
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6.7The 13th Warrior (1999)
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6.8The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
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6.5Basic (2003)
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3.9Rollerball (2002)
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6Medicine Man (1992)
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Often works with
Bruce Willis
3 titles together
Die Hard, Die Hard: With a Vengeance, HBO First Look
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Mischa Hausserman
3 titles together
Die Hard: With a Vengeance, The 13th Warrior, The Thomas Crown Affair
Arnold Schwarzenegger
2 titles together
Predator, Last Action Hero
Samuel L. Jackson
2 titles together
Die Hard: With a Vengeance, Basic
Sean Connery
2 titles together
The Hunt for Red October, Medicine Man
Larry Ferguson
2 titles together
The Hunt for Red October, Last Action Hero
Full filmography · 12
Basic
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20036.5
Rollerball
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20023.9
The 13th Warrior
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19996.7
The Thomas Crown Affair
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19996.8
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
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19957.3
Last Action Hero
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19936.5
Medicine Man
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19926
The Hunt for Red October
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19907.4
Die Hard
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19887.8
Predator
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19877.6
Nomads
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19864.8