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John Dorr
- Born
- Sep 22, 1944 · Aged 48
- Died
- Jan 1, 1993
- Place of birth
- Lancaster, Massachusetts
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 7
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 8
Biography
John Dorr (1944-1993), born in Massachusetts, first studied at Yale University (1962-1966), where he programmed the Film Society, created the Film Bulletin and completed a thesis on D.W. Griffith's last pictures. After moving to Los Angeles to study at UCLA (1966-1969), he shot his first shorts in 8mm and worked as a film critic for « Take One », « On Film », « Millimeter » or « The Hollywood Reporter », where he proved himself ruthless towards New Hollywood movies, hoping for another type of American cinema. The 1970s were spent writing around a dozen screenplays (from 1971 to 1978 : a gay…
