- Born
- Birth nameJohn Frederick Milius
- Nicknames
- The Dog Trainer
- Viking Man
- John Milius is a screenwriter and director who came to prominence in the 1970s, when he was associated with Francis Ford Coppola and the pre-Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) George Lucas. Born on April 11, 1944 in St. Louis, Missouri, Milius was one of the first movie industry professionals to be a film school graduate, having matriculated at the University of Southern California. In 1967, Milius won first prize at USC School of Cinema-for his student film Marcello, I'm Bored (1970).
A gun enthusiast, Milius serves as a member of the National Rifle Association's Board of Directors.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Jon C. Hopwood
- SpousesElan Oberon(1992 - present)Celia Milius(February 26, 1978 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)Renee Fabri(January 7, 1967 - January 20, 1978) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- Frequently casts Gerry Lopez
- Films often reflect his conservative political beliefs
- Liked to say outrageous things.
- Is a personal friend of the Coen brothers and was the inspiration for the character of Walter in the The Big Lebowski (1998).
- Wrote the line, "Go ahead, make my day," for Clint Eastwood's "Dirty Harry" character in Sudden Impact (1983).
- Wrote "U.S.S. Indianapolis" scene in Jaws (1975).
- Lost most of his fortune in the early nineties due to a corrupt accountant. Desperate to pay for his son's Law School tuition, he asked his friend David Milch to hire him as a staff writer for Deadwood (2004). Milch refused based on the absurdity of hiring a veteran screenwriter for entry-level work, and instead offered to simply pay the son's tuition in full. Milius later repaid Milch for the loan.
- Is one of the original founders of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
- [on being rejected for military service due to asthma]: "I'm a very efficient director - it's my training in military tactics. I've trained my whole life to be a general but I never could. So I became the next best thing, a movie director."
- [on the violence in Conan the Barbarian (1982) being rather essential]: "It's not that violent, although I was happy not to get an X rating. But if you said 'Conan the Barbarian' was rated PG, people would feel cheated. We weren't making 'Conan's Divorce', you know."
- I love the bomb. It's sort of a religious totem to me. Like the plague in the Middle Ages, it's the hand of God coming out indiscriminantly to snatch you.
- If there hadn't been an Arnold around for Conan, we would have had to create him". -Muscle & Fitness magazine, July 1982
- I try to maintain a certain innocence toward my material. I like to say that I do what I do because I like it and that it's not preachy. When I try to put my finger on what I have to say, it's very vague. It's just an attitude. As Herman Melville put it in "Moby Dick": 'a free and easy desperado geniality.' That's my attitude. Melville was talking about men rowing into the mouth of a whale with their backs to it. I suppose that's what life is like.
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