John McTiernan Net Worth, Age, Height, Bio, Birthday, Wiki!

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John McTiernan Biography

John McTiernan is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on January 8, 1951 in New York, United States. Director of the iconic action films of the 1980s, Die Hard and Predator.

He was the director Chris Klein in the action sci-fi film Rollerball.

McTiernan was born in Albany, New York, the son of Myra and John Campbell McTiernan Sr., a lawyer and actor. He attended the Juilliard School before graduating with a Master of Fine Arts from the AFI Conservatory in 1975.

In 1986, he wrote and directed his first feature film, Nomads, starring Pierce Brosnan (which was Brosnan’s first lead role in a film), which was not well received by critics, receiving only one positive review out of eight according to the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times rated it 1.5 stars out of four and said that even if viewers cared about the characters, the film is too confusing to understand. However, Jay Scott of The Globe and Mail described it as “a breathlessly unself-conscious film (there is none of the self-congratulatory stylization of Blood Simple), the tone alternates maniacally between scaring the audience and making it giggle. Until the end. And then, via one of the funniest, cleverest and most unexpected conclusions to any movie in history, Nomads comes off the fence it has been sitting on with a bravura jump.” Scott credited McTiernan, saying “he has brought to his project a staggeringly resourceful technique. The sharply unpredictable editing, the hypnotic use of slow motion and rack focus (that’s when the background and foreground reverse in clarity), the ominous rock music – everything adds up to a debut of singular confidence, full of fun and creepiness.” Variety wrote, “Nomads avoids the more obvious ripped-guts devices in favor of dramatic visual scares. […] In fact, everything seems to come naturally in a tale that even has the supernatural ring true.” Walter Goodman of The New York Times called the Innuat “as menacing as the chorus from West Side Story”. In his memoir, Total Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger said he was so impressed by the film’s tense atmosphere made with a low budget that he hired John McTiernan to direct Predator.

The third time he was married, he divorced 2005, when the divorce was finalized in 2005. Kate Harrington. He had two kids, Isabella as well as Elizabeth.

NameJohn McTiernan
First NameJohn
Last NameMcTiernan
OccupationDirector
BirthdayJanuary 8
Birth Year1951
Place of Birth
Home TownNew York
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignCapricorn
Full/Birth Name
ParentsJohn McTiernan Sr., Myra McTiernan
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseGail Sistrunk , Kate Harrington , Donna Dubrow
Children(s)John "Jack" Clarence McTiernan, Truman Elizabeth McTiernan, Isabella Ruby Montecelli McTiernan

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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He directed Medicine Man (1992), about a medical researcher in a rainforest, starring Sean Connery. Medicine Man was poorly received. Roger Ebert gave it one-and-a-half stars, saying that although the film had “some beautiful moments”, it never really came together and had “a cornball conclusion”. Entertainment Weekly said the story was “built around some very tired devices” and especially criticized the performance of the female lead.

John McTiernan Net Worth

John McTiernan is one of the richest Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John McTiernan's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was awarded an Masters in Fine Arts from the AFI Conservatory.

He also produced and directed The Hunt for Red October and Basic.

John Campbell McTiernan Jr. (born January 8, 1951) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for his action films, especially Predator (1987), Die Hard (1988), and The Hunt for Red October (1990). His later well-known films include the action-comedy-fantasy film Last Action Hero (1993), the action film sequel Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), the heist film-remake The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), and The 13th Warrior (1999). His last completed feature film was the mystery-thriller Basic, released in 2003.

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeDirector
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HouseLiving in own house.

He directed and co-produced Last Action Hero, a 1993 action-comedy vehicle for Arnold Schwarzenegger. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics. Entertainment Weekly said it was “a stupid, generic slab of action bombast that keeps reminding us it’s a stupid, generic slab of action bombast” and called it “a lead balloon of a movie”. Variety called it a “a joyless, soulless machine of a movie, an $80 million-plus mishmash”. Vincent Canby likened the film to “a two-hour Saturday Night Live sketch” and called it “something of a mess, but a frequently enjoyable one”. Roger Ebert gave the film 2.5 stars out of 4, writing that despite some entertaining moments Last Action Hero more often “plays more like a bright idea than like a movie that was thought through”.

During 1995–97, McTiernan was a producer for several smaller projects, including at least three films that were not major releases – The Right to Remain Silent (a made-for-television film), Amanda, and Quicksilver Highway (a made-for-television film).

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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The budget for Predator was around $15 million, but it opened as #1 at the U.S. box office with a gross of $12 million on its opening weekend, and went on to gross nearly $100 million overall. For the calendar year 1987, it was second only to Beverly Hills Cop II. Initial critical reaction to Predator was negative, with criticism focusing on the thin plot. Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, rates the film with an average score of 36 based on 11 reviews from 1987, with the review opinions summarized as “generally unfavorable”. However, in subsequent years critics’ attitudes toward the film warmed, and it has appeared on a number of “best of” lists. The review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes reports that 78% of 40 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review. Elvis Mitchell of The New York Times described it as “grisly and dull, with few surprises”. Dean Lamanna wrote in Cinefantastique that “the militarized monster movie tires under its own derivative weight.” Variety wrote that the film was a “slightly above-average actioner that tries to compensate for tissue-thin-plot with ever-more-grisly death sequences and impressive special effects.”

He directed The 13th Warrior (1999), a loose retelling of the tale of Beowulf starring Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora and Omar Sharif that was adapted from the novel Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton. The film did poorly at the box office, with a total loss estimated at $70–130 million. It received generally mixed-to-poor reviews. Roger Ebert gave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying that it “lumber[s] from one expensive set-piece to the next without taking the time to tell a story that might make us care.” Conversely, James Berardinelli gave it three stars out of four, calling it “a solid offering” that “delivers an exhilarating 100 minutes”. The outcome disappointed Sharif so much that he temporarily retired from film acting, saying “After my small role in The 13th Warrior, I said to myself, ‘Let us stop this nonsense, these meal tickets that we do because it pays well.’ ” Sharif said it was “terrifying to have to do the dialogue from bad scripts, to face a director who does not know what he is doing, in a film so bad that it is not even worth exploring.” The Thomas Crown Affair, directed by McTiernan – a heist film remake starring Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo, which opened to solid reviews and strong box office results was released later the same year.

Who is John McTiernan Dating?

According to our records, John McTiernan married to Gail Sistrunk , Kate Harrington , Donna Dubrow . As of December 1, 2023, John McTiernan’s is not dating anyone.

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In 1995, he rebounded with Die Hard with a Vengeance, the third installment of the Die Hard film series. It was highly successful – garnering $366M in box office receipts and becoming the highest-grossing film of the year, although the film had mixed reviews by critics. Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly said that while “McTiernan stages individual sequences with great finesse… they don’t add up to a taut, dread-ridden whole.” James Berardinelli said the explosions and fights were “filmed with consummate skill, and are thrilling in their own right.” Desson Howe of The Washington Post said “the best thing about the movie is the relationship between McClane and Zeus”, saying that Samuel L. Jackson was “almost as good as he was in Pulp Fiction”. Ebert gave the film a positive review, praising the action sequences and the performances of Willis, Jackson, and Jeremy Irons, concluding: “Die Hard with a Vengeance is basically a wind-up action toy, cleverly made, and delivered with high energy. It delivers just what it advertises, with a vengeance.” Empire Magazine’ s Ian Nathan gave the film a 3/5 star review stating that “Die Hard With A Vengeance is better than Die Hard 2, but not as good as the peerless original. Though it’s breathless fun, the film runs out of steam in the last act. And Jeremy Irons’ villain isn’t fit to tie Alan Rickman’s shoelaces.”

Facts & Trivia

John Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. John McTiernan celebrates birthday on January 8 of every year.

He pleaded guilty to perjury and lying to an FBI investigator in regard to his hiring of the private investigator Anthony Pellicano in late 2000 to illegally wiretap the phone calls of two people, one of whom was Charles Roven, a co-producer of his dystopian science-fiction action film remake Rollerball (2002). He was incarcerated in federal prison from April 2013 to February 2014. During his imprisonment, he filed for bankruptcy amidst foreclosure proceedings for his ranch residence.

What happened to John McTiernan?

He was released from prison on February 25, 2014, after 328 days of incarceration, to serve the remainder of his 12-month prison sentence under house arrest at his ranch home in Wyoming until April 3, 2014.

How old is John McTiernan?

71 years (January 8, 1951)

Will Arnold ever do another Predator?

Fans have long wanted original Predator star Arnold Schwarzenegger to return, but at this point, it’s just too late for that to work well. While fans have long wanted original Predator star Arnold Schwarzenegger to return, but at this stage, it’s too late for that to work.

How rich is Bruce Willis?

Bruce Willis’s Net Worth is $255 Million. Bruce Willis has a net worth which is estimated to be $255 million. He was born on a military base. He is known for the role of John McClane in the movie “Die Hard” and its four sequels and he has appeared in over 60 films.

Where was Predator filmed?

Principal photography eventually began in the jungles of Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico, during the last week of March 1986, but most of the film was shot in Mismaloya, Mexico.

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