LoginMichael Cimino
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Born: 3 February 1939 Died: 2 July 2016
Country of origin: 
United States
Height: 5' 5"
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The Idiot's Guide To Famous (Classic) Filmmakers
(85 items)list by Severin Severin
Published 13 years, 6 months ago 
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Directors:The Filmography of...
(207 items)list by propelas
Published 15 years, 7 months ago
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21 comments
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Gone, but not forgotten
(2176 items)list by Agent Kermit D. Fonz
Published 1 year, 11 months ago
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14 comments
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A Movie for every Director (Part 1)
(100 items)list by xolmis
Published 13 years, 5 months ago
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Film director, screenwriter, producer, and author notorious for his obsessive attention to detail and determination for perfection. Cimino achieved widespread fame with The Deer Hunter (1978), which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
With a background in painting and architecture, Cimino began his career as a commercial director in New York before moving to Los Angeles in the early 1970s to take up screenwriting. After co-writing the scripts for both Silent Running (1972) and Magnum Force (1973), he wrote the preliminary script for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974). The latter became his directo
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1. The Deer Hunter (1978)
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2. Magnum Force (1973)
| Rating: | 420 Watched |
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4. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
| Rating: | 228 Watched |
5. Heaven's Gate (1980)
| Rating: | 141 Watched |
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1. The Deer Hunter (1978)
| Rating: | 1668 Watched |
2. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
| Rating: | 228 Watched |
3. To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
| Rating: | 126 Watched |
4. Heaven's Gate (1980)
| Rating: | 141 Watched |
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1. Biography (1987)
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4. Cinema 3 (1984)
| Rating: | 39 Watched |
5. The South Bank Show (1978)
| Rating: | 13 Watched |
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2. Isabelle Huppert: Message personnel (2020)
| Rating: | 4 Watched |
3. Une journée particulière (2012)
| Rating: | 1 want to see |
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Agent Kermit D. Fonz added this to a list 1 year, 11 months ago
Gone, but not forgotten (2176 person items)
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Movies: Greatest Directors (62 person items)"The Deer Hunter (1978) Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) Heaven's Gate (1980) Year of the Dragon (1985) The Sunchaser (1996)"
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Every Best Director Winner
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American History X (1978)
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WatchMojo's Top 10 Worst Post-Oscar Careers (10 person items)
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Golden Raspberry and Oscar Winners (22 person items)" After winning Best Director for "The Deer Hunter," Michael Cimino later won Worst Director for "Heaven's Gate." "
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Rest in Peace (498 person items)
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Oscars 1979 Winners (My Version) (22 movies items)"Best Director! Winner: Michael Cimino, The Deer Hunter! Nominees: Ingmar Bergman - Autumn Sonata Hal Ashby - Coming Home Terrence Malick - Days of Heaven Alan Parker - Midnight Express"
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