John G. Avildsen
Film director
1935 –
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Who is John G. Avildsen?
John Guilbert Avildsen is an American film director. He won the Academy Award for Best Director in 1977 for Rocky. Other films he directed include Joe, Save the Tiger, Fore Play, The Formula, Neighbors, For Keeps, Lean on Me, The Power of One, 8 Seconds, Inferno, Rocky V and the first three Karate Kid movies.
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- Born
- Dec 21, 1935
Oak Park - Also known as
- John Gilbert Avildsen
- John Avildsen
- John Guilbert Avildsen
- Danny Mulroon
- Parents
- Spouses
- Tracy Brooks Swope
(1987/02/27 - 2003/08/28) - Marie Olga Maturevich
(1964/02/15 - )
- Tracy Brooks Swope
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- New York University
- Lived in
- Oak Park
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on July 23, 2013
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