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John Guillermin

Highest Rated: 100% The Blue Max (1966)

Lowest Rated: 8% King Kong Lives (1986)

Birthday: Nov 11, 1925

Birthplace: London, England, UK

A journeyman British director, John Guillermin received his film training in France following WWII. He worked on several documentaries and spent some time in Hollywood before returning to England where he wrote and directed his first feature, "Torment/Paper Gallows" (1949), an entertaining but unoriginal thriller. Guillermin went on to have a modest career helming films in several genres, including the modestly charming children's flick "Adventure in the Hopfields" (1954), the murder mystery "The Whole Truth" (1958), the caper "The Day They Robbed the Bank of England" (1960) and the highly-regarded farce "Waltz of the Toreadors" (1964). "The Blue Max" (1966) was praised for its stunning aerial shots and the playful relationship of stars Ursula Andress and George Peppard. In the 1970s, he oversaw several all-star features that were more impersonal gaudy spectacles than thrilling blockbusters. Among these were the "Airport"-inspired "Skyjacked" (1972), "The Towering Inferno" (1974), which owed much to its cinematography and special effects, and "Death on the Nile" (1978), adapted from an Agatha Christie mystery. Critics were divided over his remake of "King Kong" (1976); some found it clever and amusing, others banal.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 76% The Blue Max Watchlist 80% 79% Death on the Nile Watchlist 69% 72% The Towering Inferno Watchlist 64% 51% Shaft in Africa Watchlist 55% 32% King Kong Watchlist 20% 59% The Bridge at Remagen Watchlist 11% 34% Sheena Watchlist 8% 17% King Kong Lives Watchlist Mr. Patman Watchlist Paper Gallows Watchlist
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John Guillermin

John Guillermin KING KONG LIVES, director John Guillermin, on set, 1986. ©DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group KING KONG, director John Guillermin on-set, 1976. (c) Paramount Pictures. View more photos

Filmography

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The Tracker 32% 1988 Director King Kong Lives 8% 17% 1986 Director Sheena 11% 34% 1984 Director Mr. Patman 1980 Director Death on the Nile 80% 79% 1978 Director King Kong 55% 32% 1976 Director The Towering Inferno 69% 72% 1974 Director Shaft in Africa 64% 51% 1973 Director Skyjacked 25% 1972 Director El Condor 32% 1970 Director The Bridge at Remagen 20% 59% 1969 Director House of Cards 1968 Director P.J. 1968 Director The Blue Max 100% 76% 1966 Director Rapture 69% 1965 Director Guns at Batasi 78% 1964 Director Never Let Go 62% 1963 Director Tarzan Goes to India 23% 1962 Director Waltz of the Toreadors 44% 1962 Director The Day They Robbed the Bank of England 86% 1960 Director Tarzan's Greatest Adventure 50% 1959 Director I Was Monty's Double 61% 1959 Director The Whole Truth 25% 1958 Director Town on Trial 53% 1957 Director Thunderstorm 1956 Director
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