About John McTiernan
John Campbell McTiernan Jr. (born January 8, 1951) is an American film director, producer and writer best known for his work in the action film genre. His films include Predator (1987), Die Hard (1988), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Last Action Hero (1993), The Thomas Crown Affair and The 13th Warrior (both 1999). His career was hamstrung in the mid-2000s after unknowingly lying to an FBI investigator; a crime he pleaded guilty for in 2006. The judgment was vacated, after which he pleaded guilty in 2007 to the original charge and an additional charge of perjury, 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 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 large ranch residence. He was considered persona non grata in the Hollywood industry, and was not subsequently hired by another studio to direct a feature film. In 2017, he briefly returned to directing with two advertisements for the video game Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands. In 1986, McTiernan wrote and directed his first feature film, Nomads, starring Pierce Brosnan (Brosnan's first lead role in a film). Two short films which he directed—The Red Dot and Ruthless—were released by Ubisoft to advertise the 2017 video game Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, and marked his first narrative project in fourteen years.
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