About
John Frederick Milius is an American filmmaker. He was one of the writers for the first two Dirty Harry films, received an Academy Award nomination as screenwriter of Apocalypse Now, and wrote and directed The Wind and the Lion, Conan the Barbarian and Red Dawn. He wrote a number of iconic film lines such as "Charlie don't surf" and "I love the smell of napalm in the morning," from Apocalypse Now, and the famous Dirty Harry one-liners delivered by Clint Eastwood, including "Go ahead, make my day" and "Ask yourself one question, 'do I feel lucky?' Well, do you, punk?". Milius also wrote the USS Indianapolis monologue in the film Jaws; the sequence performed by Robert Shaw. After his work on Rough Riders (1997), Milius became an instrumental force in lobbying Congress to award President Theodore Roosevelt the Medal of Honor (posthumously), for acts of conspicuous gallantry while in...
Known for
Miami ViceSeries • 1984
The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1985
RomeSeries • 2005
Apocalypse NowMovie • 1979
Conan the BarbarianMovie • 1982
MegalopolisMovie • 2024
Rebel HighwaySeries • 1994
Clear and Present DangerMovie • 1994
Dirty HarryMovie • 1971
Magnum ForceMovie • 1973
Rough RidersSeries • 1997
Red DawnMovie • 1984
Uncommon ValorMovie • 1983
1941Movie • 1979
Geronimo: An American LegendMovie • 1993
HardcoreMovie • 1979
Jeremiah JohnsonMovie • 1972
Flight of the IntruderMovie • 1991
Extreme PrejudiceMovie • 1987
Used CarsMovie • 1980
Riding GiantsMovie • 2004
Big WednesdayMovie • 1978
The Wind and the LionMovie • 1975
The Life and Times of Judge Roy BeanMovie • 1972