John Dahl

Biography

Born 00/00/1952

Assured director of modern film noirs who has injected new life into the genre with a series of tough, economical, and atmospheric tales. Dahl tells unsentimental stories of hopelessly stupid men who take the fall for beautiful dames. Whereas most movies of this ilk are set against the backdrop of...
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Awards

  • In 1994, received Los Angeles Film Critics Association New Generation Award

Highlights

  • In 2007, Helmed the Mafia Comedy thriller, "You Kill Me" starring Ben Kingsley, Tea Leoni and Bill Pullman
  • In 2005, Directed "The Great Raid," the true story of the 6th Ranger Battalion, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mucci that liberated over 500 American prisoners-of-war from the notorious Cabanatuan Japanese POW camp
  • In 2001, Helmed the thriller "Joy Ride"

Family & Companions

  • Family: has three siblings; Dahl is the second oldest
  • Rick Dahl: brother (co-wrote "Red Rock West" (1993) with Dahl)

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