British filmmaker John Guillermin was all of 22 when he was mustered out of the RAF and began making documentaries in France. Hoping to hone his cinematic technique, Guillermin studied the Hollywood studio system first-hand in the latter part of the '40s, then made his feature-film debut at 24 with the British melodrama Torment. More prodigy than genius, Guillermin stuck to safe commercial fare along the lines of Miss Robin Hood (1952) and Operation Diplomat (1953) throughout the '50s. His budgets and box-office pull improved with such films as I Was Monty's Double (1957), The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960), Tarzan Goes to India (1962) and The Blue Max (1966), films that did as well in the U.S. as they did in England. On the strength of these projects, Guillermin returned to Hollywood, where he helmed the 1968 George Peppard detective picture P.J., then directed another "early bloomer," Orson Welles, in House of Cards (1969). After the high point of The Towering Inferno (1974), Guillermin's work became less distinctive; on such later films as King Kong (1976) and Death on the Nile (1978), he was just another technician, whose direction was no better or worse than his scripts. John Guillermin's most recent film was King Kong Lives (1986).
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The Tracker
Director |
1988 | |||
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King Kong Lives
Director |
1986 | |||
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Sheena
Director |
1984 | |||
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Crossover
Director |
1982 | |||
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Mr. Patman
Director |
1980 | |||
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Death on the Nile
Director |
1978 | |||
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King Kong
Director |
1976 | |||
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The Towering Inferno
Director |
1974 | |||
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Shaft in Africa
Director |
1973 | |||
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Skyjacked
Director |
1972 | |||
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El Condor
Director |
1970 | |||
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The Bridge at Remagen
Director |
1969 | |||
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House of Cards
Director |
1968 | |||
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P.J.
Director |
1968 | |||
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The Blue Max
Director |
1966 | |||
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Rapture
Director |
1965 | |||
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Guns at Batasi
Director |
1964 | |||
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Tarzan Goes to India
Director, Screenwriter |
1962 | |||
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Waltz of the Toreadors
Director |
1962 | |||
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Never Let Go
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1960 | |||
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I Was Monty's Double
Director |
1958 | |||
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Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
Director, Screenwriter |
1958 | |||
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The Whole Truth
Director |
1958 | |||
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Town On Trial
Director |
1957 | |||
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Thunderstorm
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1956 | |||
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Adventure in the Hopfields
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1954 | |||
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The Crowded Day
Director |
1954 | |||
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Operation Diplomat
Director, Screenwriter |
1953 | |||
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Bachelor in Paris
Director |
1952 | |||
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Miss Robin Hood
Director |
1952 | |||
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School for Brides
Director |
1952 | |||
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Four Days
Director |
1951 | |||
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Movie Maker
Director |
1951 | |||
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Paper Gallows
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1950 | |||
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High Jinks in Society
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1949 | |||
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Melody in the Dark
Screenwriter |
1948 |