Michael Cimino Biography

Birth of Michael Cimino

Directs Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Directs The Deer Hunter, the picture becomes a massive critical and commercial success, and won a number of Oscars, including Best Director and Best Picture

Directs Heavens Gate, the film is several times over budget; the result IS a financial disaster that nearly bankrupts the studio

Cimino wrote the script for The Dogs of War starring Christopher Walken and was also signed to direct but subsequently abandoned the project, the film is eventually made with a heavily rewritten script in 1981

Cimino was at the helm of Footloose for four months, making more and more extravagant demands in terms of set construction and overall production, Paramount realized it potentially had another Heavens Gate on its hands & fires Cimino

Cimino publishes his first novel, "Big Jane"

Cimino publishes his first novel, "Big Jane"

Cimino publishes his first novel, "Big Jane"

Cimino wrote an adaptation of the French bicycle marathon novel The Yellow Jersey with Dustin Hoffman committed and slated to go into production at Lorimar in 1985 but is dropped

Directs The Sicilian

Directs Desperate Hours

Directs The Sunchaser