John Boorman

Biography

Born 01/18/1933

Renowned for pushing actors (and crews) to their very limit in order to achieve transcendent results, director John Boorman is a committed filmmaker who has refused to settle into fixed genres and remains as commercially unpredictable as he is artistically fascinating. Though he dismisses realism...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 1998, received Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director
In 1998, received Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award
In 1987, received Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film

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Production Photos

John Boorman, The Tailor of Panama (2001)

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Highlights

In 2005, Produced and Directed "Country of My Skull" starring Samuel L. Jackson and Juliette Binoche
In 2001, Helmed "The Tailor of Panama" based on the John Le Carre novel
In 1998, Named Best Director at Cannes Filme Festival for "The General" (also wrote screenplay); black-and-white film (first since his debut feature) reteamed him with actor Jon Voight

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Family & Companions

George Boorman: father (of Dutch parentage)
Telsche Boorman: daughter (born in Ireland; graduated from Sorbonne University; married to publisher Lionel Rotcage, with whom she has one daughter, Daphne; co-wrote the screenplay for "Where the Heart Is" (1990) with Boorman; won 1995 Cesar for script "Gauzon maudit", co-written with Josiane Balasko)
Charley Boorman: son (born c. 1967; made first film appearance at age three as Jon Voight's son in "Deliverance"; co-starred in father's "The Emerald Forest" and "Hope and Glory")

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