John G. Avildsen

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American film director film director human

John G. Avildsen was an American film director best known for helming the Oscar-winning boxing drama "Rocky" and the popular "The Karate Kid" series.

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Avildsen 1
John Guilbert Avildsen 1

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instanceOf American film director ⓘ
film director ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Directors Guild of America Award ⓘ
awardReceivedFor Rocky ⓘ
birthName John G. Avildsen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: John Guilbert Avildsen
causeOfDeath pancreatic cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1935-12-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2017-06-16 ⓘ
directed 8 Seconds ⓘ
A Night in Heaven ⓘ
Cry Uncle! ⓘ
For Keeps? ⓘ
Guess What We Learned in School Today? ⓘ
Happy New Year ⓘ
Inferno ⓘ
Joe ⓘ
Lean on Me ⓘ
Neighbors ⓘ
Okay Bill ⓘ
Rocky ⓘ
Save the Tiger ⓘ
The Formula ⓘ
The Karate Kid ⓘ
The Karate Kid Part II ⓘ
The Karate Kid Part III ⓘ
The Power of One ⓘ
Turn on to Love ⓘ
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings ⓘ
familyName John G. Avildsen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Avildsen
genre drama film ⓘ
sports film ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
knownFor directing Rocky ⓘ
directing The Karate Kid series ⓘ
name John G. Avildsen self-link ⓘ
notableWork Lean on Me ⓘ
Neighbors ⓘ
Rocky ⓘ
Save the Tiger ⓘ
The Karate Kid franchise ⓘ
surface form: The Karate Kid

The Karate Kid Part II ⓘ
The Karate Kid Part III ⓘ
occupation film director ⓘ
film editor ⓘ
producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Oakland, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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John G. Avildsen → birthName → John G. Avildsen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Guilbert Avildsen
Rocky → director → John G. Avildsen ⓘ
Rocky V → director → John G. Avildsen ⓘ
Rocky V → editedBy → John G. Avildsen ⓘ
John G. Avildsen → familyName → John G. Avildsen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Avildsen
John G. Avildsen → name → John G. Avildsen self-link ⓘ