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Michael Cimino studied architecture and dramatic arts; later he filmed advertisements and documentaries and also wrote scripts until the actor, producer and director, Clint Eastwood gave him the opportunity to direct the thriller Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. But his biggest success was The Deer Hunter which won e.g... See full bio »

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in New York City, New York, USA
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2007 Il pianto della statua (short story "The Wind Sculpture")
 
1985 Year of the Dragon (screenplay)
 
1980 Heaven's Gate
 
1979 The Rose (uncredited)
 
1978 The Deer Hunter (story)
 
1974 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (written by)
 
1973 Magnum Force (screenplay)
 
1972 Silent Running (written by / as Mike Cimino)
 
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2007 To Each His Own Cinema (segment "No Translation Needed")
 
1996 The Sunchaser
 
1990 Desperate Hours
 
1987 The Sicilian
 
1985 Year of the Dragon
 
1980 Heaven's Gate
 
1978 The Deer Hunter
 
1974 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
 
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1996 The Sunchaser (producer)
 
1990 Desperate Hours (producer)
 
1987 The Sicilian (producer)
 
1978 The Deer Hunter (producer)
 
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2012 Mid Ocean (special thanks) (pre-production)
 
2009 City of Life (special thanks)
 
2003 Finding Home (thanks)
 
1999 The Big Brass Ring (special thanks)
 
1986 Platoon (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
2003 Realising 'The Deer Hunter': An Interview with Michael Cimino (video short)
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1999 Mundo VIP (TV series)
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– Show nº146 (1999) … Himself
 
1994 Biography (TV series documentary)
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– Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso (1994) … Himself
 
1993 Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work (TV documentary)
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1990 Cinema 3 (TV series)
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– Episode dated 9 May 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1982 Signature (TV series)
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– Michael Cimino (1982) … Himself - Guest
 
1979 The 51st Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Winner: Best Picture & Best Director & Nominee: Best Original Screenplay
 
1979 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
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– Michael Cimino/Alan Bennett, Stephen Frears (1979) … Himself
 
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Desperate Hours -- An escaped con on the run from the law moves into a married couple's home and takes over their lives. The Deer Hunter -- An in-depth examination of the way that the Vietnam war affects the lives of people in a small industrial town in the USA. The Sunchaser -- Open-ended Trailer from Warner Bros.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Novel: "Big Jane". Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2001. ISBN 2070417603

Publicity Listings:

2 Biographical Movies  | 3 Print Biographies  | 4 Interviews  | 2 Articles  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site [France] | See more »

Alternate Names:

Mike Cimino

Height:

5' 5" (1.65 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Nobody lives without making mistakes. I never second-guess myself. You can't look back. I don't believe in defeat. Everybody has bumps, but as Count Basie said, "It's not how you handle the hills, it's how you handle the valleys." See more »

Trivia:

The story behind his notorious debacle Heaven's Gate was captured in a blow-by-blow account by former United Artists executive Steven Bach and published as "Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate" in 1985 (subsequently produced as Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate). Cimino has dismissed the book as "pure fiction". See more »

Trademark:

Sudden bursts of violence in seemingly tranquil or naturalistic settings (the church shootout early in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Vietnam war fighting in the jungle in The Deer Hunter, mob attacks in Chinatown in Year of the Dragon, kidnapping of a family in the suburban home of Desperate Hours). See more »

Nickname:

The Ayatollah See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius