- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- April 11, 1944
- Place of Birth
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
John Milius
John Frederick Milius is an American filmmaker. He was one of the writers for the first two Dirty Harry films, received an Academy Award nomination as screenwriter of Apocalypse Now, and wrote and directed The Wind and the Lion, Conan the Barbarian and Red Dawn. He wrote a number of iconic film lines such as "Charlie don't surf" and "I love the smell of napalm in the morning," from Apocalypse Now, and the famous Dirty Harry one-liners delivered by Clint Eastwood, including "Go ahead, make my day" and "Ask yourself one question, 'do I feel lucky?' Well, do you, punk?". Milius also wrote the USS Indianapolis monologue in the film Jaws; the sequence performed by Robert Shaw. After his work on Rough Riders (1997), Milius became an instrumental force in lobbying Congress to award President Theodore Roosevelt the Medal of Honor (posthumously), for acts of conspicuous gallantry while in comba…
Filmography
movieMegalopolis
2024 · Thanks
movieA Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieSword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019 · Self - Filmmaker
movieMade in Hollywood: Die Welt des Raoul Walsh
2017 · Self
movieThe Lotus Gun
2015 · Thanks
movieMilius
2013 · Self
movieJaws: The Inside Story
2010 · Self
Hollywood Gangster
movieHollywood Gangster
2008 · Self
movieA Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008 · Self
movieThe Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008 · Self
movieBetween the Lines: The True Story of Surfers and the Vietnam War
2008 · Narrator
movieThe Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008 · Self
movieThe Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008 · Self
movieThe Craft of Dirty Harry
2008 · Self
movieThe Searchers: An Appreciation
2006 · Self
tvRome
2005 · Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
movieA Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
2004 · Self
movieRiding Giants
2004 · John Milius
movieAn Opera of Violence
2003 · Self - Filmmaker
movieThe Wages of Sin
2003 · Self - Filmmaker
movieSomething to Do with Death
2003 · Self - Filmmaker
movieDiscovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003 · Narrator (voice)
movieFrazetta: Painting with Fire
2003 · Self
movieEasy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003 · Self
movieIron and Beyond
2002 · Self - Director
movieDirty Harry: The Original
2001 · Self - Screenwriter
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
movieDino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
2001 · Self
movieThe Bridge on the River Kwai: An Appreciation by Filmmaker John Milius
2000 · Self
movieConan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000 · Self
movieHell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales
1999 · Narrator
movieA Turning of the Earth: John Ford, John Wayne and 'The Searchers'
1998 · Self (voice)
tvRough Riders
1997 · Writer, Director, Creator
movieIn the Teeth of Jaws
1997 · Self
movieThe Making of '1941'
1996 · Self
movieShotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.
1995 · self
movieMotorcycle Gang
1994 · Director
movieClear and Present Danger
1994 · Screenplay
tvRebel Highway
1994 · Director
movieGeronimo: An American Legend
1993 · Screenplay, Story
movieHearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991 · Self
movieFlight of the Intruder
1991 · Director
movieFirst Works
1989 · Self
movieFarewell to the King
1989 · Director, Screenplay
movieExtreme Prejudice
1987 · Story
movieMackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
1986 · Self
tvThe Twilight Zone
1985 · Director
tvMiami Vice
1984 · Story
movieRed Dawn
1984 · Director, Screenplay
movieUncommon Valor
1983 · Producer
movieConan the Barbarian
1982 · Foodseller in Old City (uncredited), Screenplay, Director
movieUsed Cars
1980 · Executive Producer
movie1941
1979 · Executive Producer, Story
movieApocalypse Now
1979 · Writer
movieHardcore
1979 · Executive Producer
movieBig Wednesday
1978 · Director, Writer
movieCrazy Mama
1975 · Cop (uncredited)
movieThe Wind and the Lion
1975 · Writer, Director
movieMelvin Purvis G-Man
1975 · Teleplay, Story
The Lion Roars Again
movieThe Lion Roars Again
1975 · Self
movieMagnum Force
1973 · Screenplay
movieDillinger
1973 · Writer, Director
movieMarcello, I'm Bored
1973 · Director
movieThe Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972 · Writer
movieJeremiah Johnson
1972 · Screenplay
movieDeadhead Miles
1972 · State Trooper
movieEvel Knievel
1971 · Screenplay
movieThe Reversal of Richard Sun
1970 · Director
movieThe Devil's Eight
1969 · Screenplay
movieThe Emperor
1967 · Self, Writer