Sir John Boorman CBE (born 18 January 1933) is a British filmmaker. 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). He is also credited with creating the first Academy Award screeners to promote The Emerald Forest. In 2004, Boorman received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In January 2022, Boorman received a knighthood.
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- The Tailor Of Panama (30th March 2001)
- Excalibur (10th April 1981)
- Exorcist II: The Heretic (17th June 1977)
- Zardoz (6th February 1974)
- Deliverance (30th July 1972)
- Hell In The Pacific (18th December 1968)
- Point Blank (31st August 1967)