John Dorr
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1944-09-22 (49 years old)
Deathday
1993-01-01
Place of Birth
Lancaster, Massachusetts
Also known As
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John Dorr
Biography
John Dorr (1944-1993), born in Massachusetts, first studied at Yale University (1962-1966), where he programmed the Film Society, created the Film Bulletin and completed a thesis on D.W. Griffith's last pictures. After moving to Los Angeles to study at UCLA (1966-1969), he shot his first shorts in 8mm and worked as a film critic for « Take One », « On Film », « Millimeter » or « The Hollywood Reporter », where he proved himself ruthless towards New Hollywood movies, hoping for another type of American cinema. The 1970s were spent writing around a dozen screenplays (from 1971 to 1978 : a gay priest drama, a vampire romance, a two-screen revi...
Acting
1980
as Nick Malace
1979
as Buzzy Composition
1992
as John Dorr
1982
as Benchley
1987
as Himself / John Dorr
1984
as Park Security Man
1982
as TV repairman
Production
1993
1990
as Executive Producer
1983
as Director
1980
as Director
1980
1982
as Cinematography
1986
as Executive Producer
1979
as Director
1982
as Producer
1982
as Director of Photography
1982
as Director
1993
as Camera Operator
1979
as Writer
1992
as Director
1974
as Script Consultant
1987
as Director
1987
as Writer
1980
as Original Concept
1982
as Writer
1983
as Writer
1979
as Producer
1980
as Producer
1983
as Producer
1979
as Director of Photography
1980
as Director of Photography
1983
as Director of Photography
1979
as Editor
1980
1982
as Editor
1983
as Editor
1984
as Thanks
1982
as Cinematography
1985
as Cinematography
1975
as Script Supervisor
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