John Milius

John Milius

Known for

Writing

Born

April 11, 1944 (age 82)

Birthplace

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Biography

John Frederick Milius is an American filmmaker. He was one of the writers for the first two Dirty Harry films, received an Academy Award nomination as screenwriter of Apocalypse Now, and wrote and directed The Wind and the Lion, Conan the Barbarian and Red Dawn.

He wrote a number of iconic film lines such as "Charlie don't surf" and "I love the smell of napalm in the morning," from Apocalypse Now, and the famous Dirty Harry one-liners delivered by Clint Eastwood, including "Go ahead, make my day" and "Ask yourself one question, 'do I feel lucky?' Well, do you, punk?". Milius also wrote the USS Indianapolis monologue in the film Jaws; the sequence performed by Robert Shaw. After his work on...

Best known work

Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979
Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian
1982
Clear and Present Danger
Clear and Present Danger
1994
Rome
Rome
2005
Magnum Force
Magnum Force
1973
Megalopolis
Megalopolis
2024
Red Dawn
Red Dawn
1984
1941
1941
1979
Jeremiah Johnson
Jeremiah Johnson
1972
Miami Vice
Miami Vice
1984

Filmography

  1. 2024

    Megalopolis

    Thanks

  2. 2019

  3. 2019

  4. 2017

  5. 2015

  6. 2013

    Milius

    as Self

  7. 2010

  8. 2008

  9. 2008

  10. 2008

  11. 2008

  12. 2008

  13. 2008

  14. 2008

  15. 2006

  16. 2005

    RomeTV

    Writer, Executive Producer, Creator

  17. 2004

  18. 2004

    Riding Giants

    as John Milius

  19. 2003

    An Opera of Violence

    as Self - Filmmaker

  20. 2003

    The Wages of Sin

    as Self - Filmmaker

  21. 2003

    Something to Do with Death

    as Self - Filmmaker

  22. 2003

  23. 2003

  24. 2003

  25. 2002

    Iron and Beyond

    as Self - Director

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