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Director

John Irvin

Directing

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Directed credits

38

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Very extensive directing filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.9

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Directed movies: 34Directed series: 4All crew credits: 39

TMDB ID: 17784

IMDb ID: nm0410139

Known for: Directing

Born: May 7, 1940

Age: 85

Place of birth: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1963 - 2020

Years active: 58

Average TMDB rating: 5.59

Wikidata: Q1700561

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Irvin (born May 7, 1940) is an English film director. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, he began his career by directing a number of documentaries and television works, including the BBC adaptation of John le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Also, he made several action films in the 1980s including The Dogs of War (1980), Raw Deal (1986), Hamburger Hill (1987) and Next of Kin (1989). In the 1990s and 2000s, Irvin directed films such as Robin Hood (1991), When Trumpets Fade (1998), Shiner (2000) and The Moon and the Stars (2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Irvin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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