Rocky
1976
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John G. Avildsen (born December 21, 1935, Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.—died June 16, 2017, Los Angeles, California) American film director best known for the aspirational boxing classic Rocky (1976) and the Karate Kid martial-arts film franchise. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
Jun 16, 2017 · John G. Avildsen, who won an Oscar for directing the original “Rocky” (1976), starring Sylvester Stallone, and also directed all three of the original “Karate Kid” films, has died in Los ...
Jun 16, 2017 · John G. Avildsen, who won an Academy Award for directing Rocky and helmed the first three original Karate Kid movies, has died. He was 81. Avildsen died Friday of pancreatic cancer at...
Jun 17, 2017 · John G. Avildsen, the Oscar-winning director of Rocky and The Karate Kid, died Friday in Los Angeles following a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 81.
Jun 16, 2017 · John G. Avildsen, who as the director of “Rocky” and “The Karate Kid” created pop culture touchstones by telling stories of down-and-out characters finding triumph, died on Friday in Los ...
Jun 16, 2017 · Oscar-winning director John G. Avildsen, whose “Rocky” sent a shot of adrenaline through movie theaters and turned Sylvester Stallone into one of cinema’s most unforgettable boxers, has died ...
Jun 17, 2017 · John G. Avildsen, who won an Academy Award as the director of “Rocky” and who directed the first three installments of “The Karate Kid,” both of which began as dark-horse films and went on ...
