- Nacimiento
- Defunción16 de junio de 2017 · Los Ángeles, California, Estados Unidos (un cáncer de páncreas)
- Nombre de nacimientoJohn Guilbert Avildsen
- Altura1.65 m
- John G. Avildsen nació el 21 de diciembre de 1935 en Oak Park, Illinois, Estados Unidos. Fue un director y editor, conocido por Rocky (1976), Rocky V (1990) y El Karate Kid, parte III: el desafío final (1989). Estuvo casado con Tracy Brooks Swope y Marie Olga Maturevich. Murió el 16 de junio de 2017 en Los Ángeles, California, EE.UU..
- CónyugesTracy Brooks Swope(27 de febrero de 1987 - 28 de agosto de 2003) (divorciado, 1 niño)Marie Olga Maturevich(15 de febrero de 1964 - 1979) (divorciado, 2 niños)
- Niños
- Underdog films complete with realistic character development and montage sequences
- Directed seven actors to Oscar nominations: Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Burgess Meredith, Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Pat Morita and Burt Young. Lemmon won Best Actor prizes for Save the Tiger (1973).
- Was going to direct Serpico (1973), but was replaced just before filming due to differences with the producer.
- Declined to direct Rocky II: La revancha (1979).
- Died a month and a half before the release of John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs (2017), a documentary about his life, career and films, directed by Derek Wayne Johnson.
- He was the original director of Fiebre de sábado por la noche (1977) but pulled out. He was replaced by John Badham.
- When I read Rocky V (1990), it was a terrific story, a great script. Rocky died at the end. He has this devastating fight with Tommy Gunn, ends up in an ambulance with his head in Adrian's lap, and by the time they get to the hospital, he's dead.
- I thought boxing was stupid.
- My dream was to have my own advertising agency by the time I was 30, and that was before I got into movies.
- [on Noches de pasión (1983) flopping in theaters : I knew it....I have absolutely no defense for it. I'd almost be willing to give people their money back.
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