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Chicago, Illinois, United States. Died. April 4, 2007 (aged 75) Pacific Palisades, California, United States. Occupation (s) Film director and screenwriter. Years active. 1961–2001. John Flynn (March 14, 1932 – April 4, 2007) was an American film director and screenwriter known for films such as The Outfit and Rolling Thunder.
John was born on March 14, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Manhattan Beach, California. He served in the coast guard, where he studied journalism with "Roots" author Alex Haley. Flynn received a degree in journalism from UCLA. John began his cinematic career as an apprentice to director Robert Wise on "Odds Against Tomorrow" and was the ...
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- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Pacific Palisades, California, USA
John Flynn (March 14, 1932 – April 4, 2007) was an American film director and screenwriter known for making efficient, no-nonsense crime-thrillers The Outfit and Rolling Thunder. Flynn was raised in Hermosa Beach, California and served in the Coast Guard, It was during this stint that he studied journalism with Roots author Alex Haley.
Apr 20, 2007 · John Flynn, 75, a director best known for the action movies "Rolling Thunder" and "The Outfit," died in his sleep April 4 at his Los Angeles home, his son Tara Flynn said.
John Flynn. Producer: Rain. John Flynn is a New York-based director and producer known for his dark, edgy dramas with complex characters. His love of cinema began with his obsession with Steven Spielberg at a young age; often replicating his films with his mother's camcorder.
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- John Flynn
John Flynn. Producer: Rain. John Flynn is a New York-based director and producer known for his dark, edgy dramas with complex characters. His love of cinema began with his obsession with Steven Spielberg at a young age; often replicating his films with his mother's camcorder. He began making all sorts of shorts in high school in his AV club but went to the next level when he started working on...
In the early 1990s, Flynn directed two made-for-cable-TV films, the Dennis Hopper cop film, Nails, and the crime drama Scam. His last film was the direct-to-video film Protection. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Flynn (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. More details at TMDb
