John Milius

Writer and director. Born 11 April 1944 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Titles on Fi1m1 directing · 4 writing · 1 other

Average Fi1m scoreas writer · 4 titles

Oscar nomination

Born

11 April 1944, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Active

1979–2005

Frequently works with

Francis Ford Coppola

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

83Fi1m

73Critics

We rate John’s work 10 points above the press, across 3 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above3

60 to 791

Under 600

Of 4 reviewed titles as writer.

In numbers

Reviewed: 2 films, 2 series
Screen time: 5 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $366m across 2 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar nomination
Active: 1979–2005

Genres

Drama4
Action1
Action & Adventure1
Crime1
Thriller1
War1

Best and worst on Fi1m

92BestApocalypse Now1979

75WorstClear and Present Danger1994

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

21960s

151970s

81980s

71990s

42000s

12010s

12020s

Directors most worked with

Francis Ford Coppola2 titles

Awards

Academy Awards1 nominated

Nominated1980Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · Apocalypse Now

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.