American film director and producer
Son of John McTiernan Sr..
Has remade two of Norman Jewison s films: The Thomas Crown Affair and Rollerball .
Attended Julliard School in New York and The American Film Institute in L.A.
In a criminal-wiretapping case filed by the U.S. District Attorney for Los Angeles, John McTiernan plead guilty to lying to F.B.I. agents about requesting to have Anthony Pellicano investigate producer Charles Roven during production of Rollerball . Sentenced to four months in federal prison on 09/24/07, plea was withdrawn and restated as innocent since statement had been given to FBI when McTiernan was admittedly suffering jet-lag and drunk after arriving in US from UK trip. Case was tried and US conviction was handed down on 10/4/2010 by US District Judge Dale Fischer with one-year sentence and $100,000 USD fine against McTiernan. McTiernans attorneys announced intent to appeal and he is currently free on appeal.
Has directed four actors to Golden Razzie nominations: Lorraine Bracco , Arnold Schwarzenegger , Austin OBrien , and Rebecca Romijn.
Was a candidate to direct Batman Forever before Joel Schumacher took over from Tim Burton.
Was originally considered to direct Mission: Impossible .
Was offered the chance to direct Commando , but turned it down. He worked with Arnold Schwarzenegger later on Predator and Last Action Hero .
Was offered the chance to direct Predator 2 , but turned to down to work on The Hunt for Red October .
Was offered to direct Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday .
Sentenced to federal prison to serve a one-year term for lying to FBI agents, after losing his appeal of his conviction in 2010 (January 15, 2013).
Turned down the chance to direct Die Hard 2 in order to direct The Hunt for Red October . He later directed Die Hard with a Vengeance , the next entry in the "Die Hard" film series.
Spent two years developing "The Adventures of Robin Hood" for 20th Century Fox. The project was cancelled after Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves went into production.
Was attached to direct "Sun-Tzu: the Art of War" for French producer Samuel Hadida in 2003-2004.
