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John Guilbert Avildsen (December 21, 1935 – June 16, 2017) was an American film director. He is best known for directing Rocky (1976), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Director. He is also renowned for directing the first three films in The Karate Kid franchise (1984–1989). Other films he directed include Joe (1970), Save the ...
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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.) scene from the film Save the Tiger.
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John G. Avildsen. Director: Rocky. John G. Avildsen was born on 21 December 1935 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. He was a director and editor, known for Rocky (1976), The Karate Kid Part III (1989) and Rocky V (1990).
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Jun 17, 2017 · Published 8:24 PM PDT, June 16, 2017. LOS ANGELES (AP) — John G. Avildsen, who directed “Rocky” and “The Karate Kid” — two dark-horse, underdog favorites that went on to become Hollywood franchises — died Friday at age 81. Anthony Avildsen said his father died Friday in Los Angeles from pancreatic cancer. “Rocky” was a huge ...
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 Cedars-Sinai ...
John Guilbert Avildsen was an American film director. He is best known for directing Rocky , which earned him the Academy Award for Best Director. He is also renowned for directing the first three films in The Karate Kid franchise . Other films he directed include Joe , Save the Tiger , The Formula , Neighbors , Lean on Me , Rocky V , 8 Seconds , and Inferno .
Jun 16, 2017 · June 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 ...
