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John Dahl(I)

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John Dahl at an event for You Kill Me (2007)
John Dahl was born in 1956 in Billings, Montana, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Kill Me Again (1989), The Last Seduction (1994) and Rounders (1998). He is married to Beth Jana Friedberg. They have four children.
Born1956
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Born1956
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  • Awards
    • 5 wins & 8 nominations

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Matt Damon, John Dahl, and Edward Norton in Rounders (1998)
Ray Liotta and John Dahl in Unforgettable (1996)
John Dahl in Unforgettable (1996)
Ray Liotta and John Dahl in Unforgettable (1996)
Téa Leoni, John Dahl, and Ben Kingsley at an event for You Kill Me (2007)
John Dahl at an event for You Kill Me (2007)
Téa Leoni, John Dahl, and Luke Wilson at an event for You Kill Me (2007)

Known for:

Kill Me Again (1989)
Kill Me Again
6.3
  • Director
  • 1989
Linda Fiorentino in The Last Seduction (1994)
The Last Seduction
7.0
  • Director
  • 1994
Matt Damon, Gretchen Mol, and Edward Norton in Rounders (1998)
Rounders
7.3
  • Director
  • 1998
Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, and Lara Flynn Boyle in Red Rock West (1993)
Red Rock West
7.0
  • Director
  • 1993

Credits

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Director

  • Evil
    • Director
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Katja Herbers and Mike Colter in Evil (2019)
    Evil
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2019–2022
  • Uma Thurman, Kyle Chandler, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Super Pumped (2022)
    Super Pumped
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney in American Rust (2021)
    American Rust
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Kevin Costner in Yellowstone (2018)
    Yellowstone
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2019–2020
  • Billions (2016)
    Billions
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2016–2020
  • Lauren Ambrose, Rupert Grint, Toby Kebbell, and Nell Tiger Free in Pigeon (2023)
    Servant
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Liev Schreiber in Ray Donovan (2013)
    Ray Donovan
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2013–2020
  • For All Mankind (2019)
    For All Mankind
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, and Michael James Shaw in The Walking Dead (2010)
    The Walking Dead
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • For Love
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2018
  • David Boreanaz in SEAL Team (2017)
    SEAL Team
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2017–2018
  • The Looming Tower (2018)
    The Looming Tower
    • Director
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2018
  • Freddie Highmore in The Good Doctor (2017)
    The Good Doctor
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Finn Jones and Anand Bhatt in Iron Fist (2017)
    Iron Fist
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Maura Tierney and Dominic West in The Affair (2014)
    The Affair
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2017

Art Department

  • Married to the Mob (1988)
    Married to the Mob
    • storyboard artist
    • visual consultant
    • 1988
  • Melanie Griffith and Jeff Daniels in Something Wild (1986)
    Something Wild
    • storyboard artist (uncredited)
    • 1986
  • Neon Maniacs (1986)
    Neon Maniacs
    • storyboard artist
    • 1986

Writer

  • Nicolas Cage, Dennis Hopper, and Lara Flynn Boyle in Red Rock West (1993)
    Red Rock West
    • written by
    • 1993
  • Kill Me Again (1989)
    Kill Me Again
    • written by
    • 1989
  • P.I. Private Investigations (1987)
    P.I. Private Investigations
    • Writer
    • 1987
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Personal details

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  • Born
    • 1956
    • Billings, Montana, USA
  • Spouse
    • Beth Jana Friedberg? - present (4 children)
  • Relatives
    • Rick Dahl(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Produced a 30 minute rock musical, in collaboration with David Warfield, entitled "Here Come the Pugs."
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    • 2 Interviews
    • 2 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Good friends with director Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola was an outspoken fan of Dahl's debut feature film Kill Me Again (1989), and helped Red Rock West (1993) get off the ground by convincing his nephew Nicolas Cage to star in the film.
  • Quotes
    A Clockwork Orange (1971) captured my imagination so much. It was the first film that I saw that made me realize that somebody has to make this stuff. Somebody has to build those sets. Somebody has to paint those paintings. All of a sudden it became accessible. The movie was so compelling and interesting to me on so many levels. The one thing that struck me was that somebody made a movie, and that it was something that maybe, possibly, I could do.

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