John Guillermin

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-11-11 (90 years old)

Deathday

2015-09-27

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

John Guillermin

Biography

Yvon Jean Guillermin, known professionally as John Guillermin (November 11, 1925 – September 27, 2015) was a British film director, writer, and producer who was most active in big budget, action adventure movies throughout his lengthy career. He was born in London and attended Cambridge University. His more famous films include I Was Monty's Double (1958), Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959), Tarzan Goes to India (1962), The Waltz of the Toreadors (1962), The Blue Max (1966), The Bridge at Remagen (1969), The Towering Inferno (1974), King Kong (1976), Death on the Nile (1978) and King Kong Lives (1986). From the 1980s he worked on much less pr...

Production

1973

Shaft in Africa

as Director

1976

King Kong

as Director

1978

1968

House of Cards

as Director

1974

1984

Sheena

as Director

1986

King Kong Lives

as Director

1960

Never Let Go

as Story

1960

Never Let Go

as Director

1962

1969

1950

Torment

as Writer

1950

Torment

as Producer

1964

Guns at Batasi

as Director

1966

The Blue Max

as Director

1965

Rapture

as Director

1962

1970

El Condor

as Director

1972

Skyjacked

as Director

1958

1957

Town on Trial

as Director

1958

The Whole Truth

as Director

1952

Miss Robin Hood

as Director

1968

P.J.

as Director

1953

1952

Song of Paris

as Director

1954

The Crowded Day

as Director

1962

1988

The Tracker

as Director

1949

Bless 'em all

as Associate Producer

1949

1949

1981

Mr. Patman

as Director

1956

Thunderstorm

as Director

1951

Four Days

as Director

1950

Torment

as Director

1951

Smart Alec

as Director

1951

Two on the Tiles

as Director

1953

Strange Stories

as Director

1949

1949

1953

1983

Sahara

as Director

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