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Birthday: December 21, 2035
Director John G. Avildsen's career endured many ups and downs. Not only has he produced a string of bombs, and low-budget films, the self-described dreamer has also produced some of the most popular films of our time--most notably the triple Oscar winning Rocky(1976) and the thematically similar Karate Kid (1984). The son of a Chicago tool manufacturer, Avildsen worked as a copywriter ...more
- 1982
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Documentary Short Subject
- Traveling Hopefully
- nom
- 1977
- British Academy of Film and Television
- Best Picture
- Rocky
- nom
- 1976
- Directors Guild of America
- Best Director
- Rocky
- win
- 1976
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Director
- Rocky
- win
- 1976
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Director
- Lipstick
- nom
- 1963
- Greenwich Village Story
- Alvie
- 2008
- Jacques D'Amboise in China: The Other Side of the World
- Producer
- 1998
- Desert Heat
- Director
- 1994
- 8 Seconds
- Director
- 1992
- The Power of One
- Director
- 1992
- The Power of One
- Editor
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