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John Milius
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John Frederick Milius (/ˈmɪliəs/; born April 11, 1944) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. He was a writer for the first two Dirty Harry films, received an Academy Award nomination as screenwriter of Apocalypse Now (1979), and wrote and directed The Wind and the Lion (1975), Conan the Barbarian (1982), and Red Dawn (1984). He later served as the co-creator of the Primetime Emmy Award-winning television series Rome (2005–2007).
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Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
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Jaws: The Inside Story- HOHollywood Gangster
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Between the Lines: The True Story of Surfers and the Vietnam War
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
The Searchers: An Appreciation
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
An Opera of Violence
The Wages of Sin
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Frazetta: Painting with Fire
Iron and Beyond
Dirty Harry: The Original
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales
In the Teeth of Jaws
The Making of '1941'
Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
First Works
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
