John Milius

John Milius
Milius in 1981
Born
John Frederick Milius

(1944-04-11) April 11, 1944 (age 80)
Alma materUSC School of Cinema-Television
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • director
Years active1966–present
Spouses
  • Renee Fabri
    (m. 1967; div. 1978)
  • (m. 1978, divorced)
  • Elan Oberon
    (m. 1992)
Children3
AwardsBronze Wrangler for Theatrical Motion Picture
1972 Jeremiah Johnson
1993 Geronimo: An American Legend

John Frederick Milius (/ˈmɪliəs/; born April 11, 1944) is an American screenwriter and film director. He was a writer for the first two Dirty Harry films, received an Academy Award nomination as screenwriter of Apocalypse Now (1979), and wrote and directed The Wind and the Lion (1975), Conan the Barbarian (1982), and Red Dawn (1984). He later served as the co-creator of the Primetime Emmy Award-winning television series Rome (2005–2007).