Director
Jim McBride
Born September 16, 1941 in New York City, New York, USA17 films
Jim McBride is an American television and film director, film producer and screenwriter.
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Richard Brody, writing for The New Yorker, named McBride as one of the twelve greatest living narrative filmmakers, citing David Holzman's Diary as a "time capsule of sights and sounds, ideas and moods, politics and history", and "one of the greatest first films."
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First watchGreat Balls of Fire!19896.3The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s. His arrogance, remarkable talent, and unconventional lifestyle often brought…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
17 films as director- 2009My Son's Wedding to My Sister-in-LawDirector
- 2004Welcome to São PauloDirector
- 2000Meat Loaf: To Hell and BackDirector
- 1997Dead by MidnightDirector
- 1997ProntoDirector
- 1997The InformantDirector
- 1995UncoveredDirector
- 1993The Wrong ManDirector
- 1991Blood TiesDirector
- 1989Great Balls of Fire!Director
- 1986The Big EasyDirector
- 1983BreathlessDirector
- 1974Hot TimesDirector
- 1971Glen and RandaDirector
- 1971Pictures from Life's Other SideDirector
- 1969My Girlfriend's WeddingDirector
- 1967David Holzman's DiaryDirector