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John Campbell McTiernan Jr. (born January 8, 1951) is an American retired filmmaker. He is best known for his action films, including Predator (1987), Die Hard (1988), and The Hunt for Red October (1990).
John McTiernan is a director and producer of action movies such as Die Hard, Predator and The Hunt for Red October. He was born in 1951 in Albany, New York, and has been married four times. He also faced a criminal-wiretapping case in 2010.
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- Albany, New York, USA
Learn about the life and career of John McTiernan, a director and producer of action films such as Die Hard, Predator and The Hunt for Red October. Find out his birth date, family, awards, trivia, quotes and more on IMDb.
- January 8, 1951
- Gino Orlandini
- Predator (1987) "Predator" was only John McTiernan's second feature as a director and his first hit. His prior film "Nomads" made only $2.7 million and "Die Hard" wouldn't happen until the following year.
- The Hunt For Red October (1990) "The Hunt For Red October" is a fanciful Cold War action-thriller, but also easily one of the best submarine movies ever made.
- Die Hard (1988) John McTiernan followed 1987's "Predator" with arguably the greatest action movie ever made in 1988. In two films in as many years, he made himself immortal.
- The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) John McTiernan has successfully subdued just about every action-adventure sub-genre. For "The Thomas Crown Affair" he pivots perfectly to make one of the best heist films ever in this thrilling and inventive remake of the 1968 original.
- Rollerball
- Nomads
- Basic
- Medicine Man
- The 13th Warrior
- The Thomas Crown Affair
- Die Hard with A Vengeance
- Last Action Hero
- The Hunt For Red October
- Predator
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A remake of the 1975 original post-apocalyptic thriller of the same name starring James Caan and directed by Norman Jewison, McTiernan's take on Rollerball falls short in every conceivable way. Gone is the social c0mmentary and hardcore violence that made the original so compelling, replaced instead with a WWE-like sensibility that focuses on flash...
McTiernan's first film, Nomads, is one that feels pulled right out of the obscure horror section at Blockbuster, but gives an early tease at the director's potential. Pierce Brosnan stars(in his first feature-film lead role) as a French anthropologist who becomes obsessed with a group of "punks" who seem interested in his home, where a murder had p...
McTiernan almost earned his stripes back with Basic, after the disastrous Rollerball debacle. Basic is a military thriller that toggles between present-day and flashbacks, focusing on an Army training exercise gone wrong, resulting in a number of mysterious deaths. The ensuing investigation is led by John Travolta's DEA agent character, who assists...
The strangest entry in McTiernan's resume, Medicine Man stars Sean Connery as a medical researcher in the Amazon jungle, searching for a cure for cancer, which he finds, then loses. A biochemist (Lorraine Bracco) is quickly sent by the pharmaceutical company that's funding him to deliver supplies and check on his progress. Things get tricky when a ...
Based on the novel "Eaters of the Dead" by Michael Crichton, The 13th Warrior (originally titled and marketed as Eaters of the Dead) stars Antonio Bandaras as an Arabic ambassador who gets caught up in a Viking quest to stop a mysterious threat that is terrorizing a village across the sea. Loosely based on the classic poem "Beowulf", the film starr...
The slickest film in McTiernan's resume is The Thomas Crown Affair, starring Pierce Brosnan as a wealthy art thief who falls in love with the woman investigating him (Rene Russo), while still trying to get away with his crimes. A remake of Norman Jewison's 1968 thriller starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway, McTiernan puts a modern spin on the cl...
After directing the now-classic original, McTiernan came back for a third Die Hard, reuniting him with Bruce Willis, this time in a ticking-clock style story for the franchise that has Willis' McClane facing off with a vengeful nemesis (Jeremy Irons), who has him completing a series of dangerous tasks throughout the city in an effort to stave off a...
A box office flop in 1993, Last Action Hero has since become a cult smash, as time and distance have proven it to be a brilliant expose on the action genre, while also contributing to it at the same time. Written by Shane Black, Zak Penn, and Adam Leff, Last Action Hero finds Arnold Schwarzenegger as Jack Slater, a franchise character in the movie-...
Based on the novel by Tom Clancy, The Hunt For Red October is McTiernan's most effective thriller and the best Clancy adaptation to date. Starring Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan, the CIA analyst who constantly finds himself in globe-spanning predicaments, The Hunt For Red October follows a Russian sub commander, played by Sean Connery, who is attempting...
One of the greatest sci-fi/action films of all time, Predator introduced audiences to a new kind of alien creature that has since remained in the cultural zeitgeist. Written by Jim and John Thomas, Predator focuses on a colorful special ops team led by Arnold Schwarzenegger who are tricked into a rescue mission by Carl Weathers' CIA operative, find...
A comprehensive review of the director's filmography, from his debut Nomads to his last feature Rollerball. Find out which action classics made the top of the list and why some of his projects failed to impress.
- Paul Shirey
John McTiernan. Highest Rated: 94% Die Hard (1988) Lowest Rated: 3% Rollerball (2002) Birthday: Jan 8, 1951. Birthplace: Albany, New York, USA. A leading craftsman of dynamic, large-scale...
A team of commandos is hunted by an alien warrior in a Central American jungle. Directed by John McTiernan, the film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, and Kevin Peter Hall as the Predator.
