John McTiernan

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-01-08 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Albany, New York, USA

John McTiernan

Biography

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 lat...

Production

1987

Predator

as Director

1988

Die Hard

as Director

1999

The 13th Warrior

as Director

2003

Basic

as Director

2002

Rollerball

as Director

2002

Rollerball

as Producer

1992

Medicine Man

as Director

1993

Last Action Hero

as Producer

1993

Last Action Hero

as Director

1986

Nomads

as Director

1986

Nomads

as Screenplay

1996

Amanda

as Producer

1999

The 13th Warrior

as Producer

1991

Robin Hood

as Executive Producer

1997

Quicksilver Highway

as Executive Producer

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