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4 unusual facts about Michael Cimino


David S. Ward

Ward's efforts to sell a script based on the frontier days of California were undone by an industry-wide "ban" on Westerns after the spectacular failure of Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate (1980).

Quinn Redeker

As a writer, Redeker was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and a WGA Award for "Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen" for The Deer Hunter, along with Deric Washburn, Louis Garfinkle and Michael Cimino.

Steven Paul

Steven Paul (born May 16, 1959) is an American film producer and manager for Jon Voight, Gene Wilder, Michael Cimino, and Bob Clark (before Clark's death in 2007).

The Last Hunter

Unlike director Michael Cimino, Antonio Margheriti did not want to make a political film that was for or against the Vietnam War.


Deric Washburn

As a writer, Washburn was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and a WGA Award for "Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen" for The Deer Hunter, along with Quinn Redeker, Louis Garfinkle and Michael Cimino.

Guido Chiesa

Born in Turin, Chiesa graduated in philosophy and letters with a thesis in cinema, then he moved in New York where he was the correspondent of several music magazines, but also the assistant of film directors such as Michael Cimino, Amos Poe and Jim Jarmusch, among others.


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