John Boorman

Attended Catholic school (Salesian Order) although his family was not Roman Catholic. Apparently his parents thought that Catholic school teachers would be less likely to be drafted into WWII.

He is President of the Young Irish Film Makers, a youth based film training organisation based in Kilkenny, Ireland.

Father of Katrine Boorman , Charley Boorman , Lola Boorman , Telsche Boorman and Daisy Boorman.

2004: Awarded the fellowship of the British Film Academy.

Said he cast Nicol Williamson and Helen Mirren as Merlin and Morgana, respectively, against both their protests, in Excalibur because he thought their real-life dislike for each other would give their scenes more of an edge.

President of the Cinfondation & Short films jury at the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival in 2009.

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985." Pages 141-145. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.

Member of Official Competition jury at the 45th Cannes International Film Festival in 1992.

Member of the Official Competition jury at the 48th Venice International Film Festival in 1991.

Grandfather of Kinvara Boorman and Doone Boorman.

1997: Achievement Award presented by Film Institute of Ireland.

June 1984: Received a CBE (Companion of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queens Birthday Honours List.

Was sent an early draft of a script for Rocky by producer Robert Chartoff. He wrote back to say that not only was he not interested but that he strongly advised Chartoff to drop the project completely.

Moved to Ireland from L.A. in 1969 when he was directing Leo the Last . Purchased a Georgian rectory in County Wicklow for 21,500. Back then the location was quite remote though, nowadays, his neighbors include such luminaries as, Paddy Moloney (The Chieftains front man), Paul McGuinness (U2 s manager), Daniel Day-Lewis , etc.

It was reported in 1968 that he was going to direct a film of "Rosenkrantz and Guilderstern are dead".

In 2012, he was the subject of a documentary film, originally made for French television and directed by his daughter Katrine. In it, it was revealed that his second marriage, to Isabella Weibrecht, had recently ended in divorce.

(April 11, 1998) When Boormans Best Director Oscar nomination for Hope and Glory coincided with directors Adrian Lyne for Fatal Attraction , Lasse Hallstrm (Sweden) for Mitt liv som hund , Norman Jewison (Canada) for Moonstruck and winner Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy) for The Last Emperor , this was the only instance in Oscar history where all five Best Director nominees were non-Americans.

I always think that watching films is very like dreaming.

Filmmaking is inventing impossible problems for yourself and then,failing to solve them.

Movies are the repository of myth. Therein lies their power. An,alternative history, that of the human psyche, is contained and,unfolded in the old stories and tales. Film carries on this tradition.

[on the infamous opening night of,Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) ] Such is a prime example of why,I never attend my own premieres. I heard about the filmmakers being,chased from the theater and several blocks down the street, about,people demanding their money back and/or throwing trash at the,screen. . . At the time, I was busy ducking and covering beneath my dining,room table at home.

All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived. .