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Film & Television
Michael Cimino
1939–2016New York City, NYItalian American descendantHistoric
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Why Included
The Deer Hunter (5 Oscars)
Biography
The Deer Hunter (5 Oscars); Heaven's Gate (bankrupted United Artists); brilliant and self-destructive. 5 Academy Awards for The Deer Hunter (1978) including Best Director
Notable For
- The Deer Hunter (5 Oscars)
- Heaven's Gate (bankrupted United Artists)
- brilliant and self-destructive
Honors & Recognition
- 5 Academy Awards for The Deer Hunter (1978) including Best Director
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Film & Television
- Specialty
- Directing
- Years
- 1939–2016
- Birth Place
- New York City, NY
- Origin
- Italian American descendant
- Regional Ancestry
- Italian
- Ancestry Verification
- Needs Review
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