John McTiernan - biography

“Before I did any action movies, I did a couple of thrillers.  That’s hung around for me.”

“To find a script that works with provocative ideas is hard to find.”

“You see a lot of good ideas or well-written scripts that are bad ideas.”

“In a thriller, the camera’s an active narrator, or can be.”

“The entertainment is in the presentation.”

“Thrillers are an enormous amount of fun for filmmakers.”

John McTiernan directed the following films:
Nomads (1986)
Die Hard (1988)
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Medicine Man (1992)
Last Action Hero (1993)
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
The 13th Warrior (1999)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Rollerball (2002)
Basic (2003)


John McTiernan contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
Nomads (1986)


John McTiernan has appeared in the following films:
Death of a Soldier (1986)