“I wish I was making movies back in the days when John Ford made movies and you were a director under contract to a studio. John Ford had years when he made three movies in a year.”

American film director, screenwriter, producer and author

Michael Antonio Cimino Jr. was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and author. He became widely known for The Deer Hunter (1978), a film that won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Cimino was known for his exacting attention to detail and his drive for perfection in filmmaking. His work is most closely associated with the scale and ambition of The Deer Hunter, which secured his place in American film history.