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Michael Cimino

Crew | * 02/03/1939 († 77, 07/02/2016) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))

Michael Cimino (February 3, 1939 – July 2, 2016) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for writing and directing The Deer Hunter and Heaven's Gate, the latter of which was initially poorly received before being re-assessed positively in subsequent decades.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Documentaries

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In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet's ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft. When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and destroyed ...

Silent Running

G

1972 | 3.2/5 | 1h 29min
Adventure, Science Fiction
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Harvard graduate James Averill is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle farmers. The politically co ...

Heaven's Gate

R

1980 | 3.4/5 | 3h 39min
Drama, Western
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In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an ...

Year of the Dragon

R

1985 | 3.4/5 | 2h 14min
Action, Crime, Thriller
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A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregn ...

The Deer Hunter

R

1978 | 4.0/5 | 3h 4min
Drama, War
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Awards & Nominations for Michael Cimino

Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres Directors Guild of America Award Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Picture Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director Golden Globe Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Picture 2x Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director 2x Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay
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Movies with Michael Cimino as Actor(5)

as Self - Subject (archive footage)2022 Michael Cimino, God Bless America
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)2022 Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as himself2012 A Special Day
as himself1994 Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
as himself1993 Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work

Movies with Michael Cimino as Crew(20)

Directing/Director2007 To Each His Own Cinema
Directing/Director1996 The Sunchaser
Production/Producer1996 The Sunchaser
Directing/Director1990 Desperate Hours
Production/Producer1990 Desperate Hours
Directing/Director1987 The Sicilian
Production/Producer1987 The Sicilian
Crew/Thanks1986 Platoon
Directing/Director1985 Year of the Dragon
Writing/Screenplay1985 Year of the Dragon
Directing/Director1980 Heaven's Gate
Writing/Screenplay1980 Heaven's Gate
Directing/Director1978 The Deer Hunter
Production/Producer1978 The Deer Hunter
Writing/Screenplay1978 The Deer Hunter
Writing/Story1978 The Deer Hunter
Directing/Director1974 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Writing/Screenplay1974 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Writing/Screenplay1973 Magnum Force
Writing/Screenplay1972 Silent Running

Full Name: Michael Cimino
Born: Friday, 02/03 1939 (February) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 07/02 2016 (July) in Los Angeles (aged: 77)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Yale University, Yale School of Art, Michigan State University, Westbury High School
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Related to: T. Rafael Cimino
Other names for Michael Cimino (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Mike Cimino"
Michael Cimino frequently works together with these people:
Takeshi Kitano (6x, Actor)
Buddy Van Horn (6x, Crew)
Oliver Stone (5x, Crew)
David Mansfield (5x, Crew)
James J. Klinger (5x, Crew)
Clint Eastwood (4x, Actor)
Wong Kar-wai (4x, Crew)
Nanni Moretti (4x, Crew)
Aki Kaurismäki (4x, Crew)
Deric Washburn (4x, Crew)
Jean-Pierre Dardenne (3x, Crew)

Other people with this name: Michael Cimino (US)

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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:109914, Added: 06/27/2018, Last updated: 01/04/2026