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George Brendan Armitage (born March 2, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed the films Miami Blues (1990) and Grosse Pointe Blank (1997). He worked frequently with Roger Corman . Life and career. Armitage was born in Hartford, Connecticut.
George Armitage is an American filmmaker born in 1942. He has worked on movies such as Grosse Pointe Blank, Miami Blues, and Vigilante Force, and TV shows such as Peyton Place and Monty Nash.
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Dec 5, 2014 · A profile of George Armitage, a director of low-budget action films in the 1970s, who adapted Charles Willeford's novels Miami Blues and Cockfighter. Learn about his career, style, and influences from his early works to his cult classic.
Apr 28, 2015 · George Armitage, director of Vigilante Force, Hot Rod, Miami Blues, and Grosse Pointe Blank, talks about his career in movies, from his teenage years in Connecticut to his collaboration with Roger Corman. Read his stories about racing cars, surfing, rock 'n' roll, and making genre films.
1942 · USA. Mini Bio. George Armitage was born in 1942 in the USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970) and Vigilante Force (1976). Family. Children. Brent Armitage. Trivia. Father of Brent Armitage. Uncle of Wendy Thorlakson.
George Armitage might just be one of the most underrated filmmakers of the last fifty years. His most well-known films - MIAMI BLUES (1990) and GROSSE POINTE BLANK (1997) are regarded as cult classics that saw Armitage deliver his most fully realised work yet.
Father of the Cognitive Revolution. Cognitive Psychology, Psycholinguistics, and Cognitive Neuroscience. George Armitage Miller speaking at the first APS convention in 1989 (Image Source: Association for Psychological Science Annual Meeting, 1989) “My problem is that I have been persecuted by an integer.”
