John G. Avildsen
American film director
3.87body-of-work score · ranked #287 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- December 21, 1935 · Oak Park
- Died
- June 16, 2017 · Los Angeles
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, film producer, film editor, film actor
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1976 · United States · drama, action
Oscar Best Picture winner 1976 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1977 #1 · AFI 100 (2007) #57
3.657 citations - 20.231 citation
Complete filmography
All 26 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1969Turn on to Love
- 1970Guess What We Learned in School Today?
- 1970Joe
- 1971Cry Uncle!
- 1971Okay Bill
- 1973Save the Tiger
- 1974The Stoolie
- 1975Fore Play
- 1975W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
- 1976Rocky
- 1977Dance On A May Day
- 1978Slow Dancing in the Big City
- 1980The Formula
- 1981Neighbors
- 1982Traveling Hopefully
- 1983A Night in Heaven
- 1984The Karate Kid
- 1986The Karate Kid Part II
- 1987Happy New Year
- 1988For Keeps
- 1989Lean on Me
- 1989The Karate Kid Part III
- 1990Rocky V
- 1992The Power of One
- 19948 Seconds
- 1999Inferno