USA
John McTiernan
4 films · 1987 to 1995 · 1 on TSPDT
Born 8 January 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, release
Defining films
In their own words
I stole very happily from Kurosawa, from Seven Samurai, from Yojimbo, particularly from Kurosawa's camera technique and the blocking of his action sequence.