John Boorman | |
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 Boorman in Paris in November 2014 | |
| Born | 18 January 1933 Shepperton, Middlesex, England |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, writer |
| Years active | 1962–present |
| Spouses | Christel Kruse (m. 1956–1990)Isabella Weibrecht
(m. 1995, divorced) |
| Children | 7 (1 deceased), including Charley Boorman and Katrine Boorman |
Sir John Boorman CBE (/ˈbʊərmən/; born 18 January 1933) is a British film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for directing feature films such as Point Blank (1967), Hell in the Pacific (1968), Deliverance (1972), Zardoz (1974), Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Excalibur (1981), The Emerald Forest (1985), Hope and Glory (1987), The General (1998), The Tailor of Panama (2001) and Queen and Country (2014).
Boorman has directed 20 films and received five Academy Award nominations, twice for Best Director (for Deliverance, and Hope and Glory), two British Academy Film Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations. He is also credited with creating the first Academy Award screeners to promote The Emerald Forest.[1] In 2004, Boorman received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In the 2022 New Year Honours, he received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for services to film.