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John Dahl (born 1956) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
 and screenwriter
Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scenarists are scriptwriters who write the screenplays from which films and television programs are made.Most screenwriters start their careers writing on speculation....
, best known for his work in the neo-noir
Neo-noir

Neo-noir is a style often seen in modern motion picture and other forms that prominently utilizes elements of film noir, but with updated themes, content, style, visual elements or media that were absent in films noirs of the 1940s and 1950s....
 genre.

Dahl was born in Billings, Montana
Billings, Montana

Billings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Montana, located in the south-central portion of the state. Billings is rapidly growing; as of the United States Census, 2000, the city had a total population of 89,847, while the Census Bureau's 2007 estimate listed the city's population at 101,876....
, the second of four children (his brother is filmmaker Rick Dahl). Dahl spent his young life in and around Montana all the way up through his college years. He first attended the University of Montana, and then transferred to Montana State University where he received a degree in film.






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John Dahl (born 1956) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
 and screenwriter
Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scenarists are scriptwriters who write the screenplays from which films and television programs are made.Most screenwriters start their careers writing on speculation....
, best known for his work in the neo-noir
Neo-noir

Neo-noir is a style often seen in modern motion picture and other forms that prominently utilizes elements of film noir, but with updated themes, content, style, visual elements or media that were absent in films noirs of the 1940s and 1950s....
 genre.

Life and career

John Dahl was born in Billings, Montana
Billings, Montana

Billings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Montana, located in the south-central portion of the state. Billings is rapidly growing; as of the United States Census, 2000, the city had a total population of 89,847, while the Census Bureau's 2007 estimate listed the city's population at 101,876....
, the second of four children (his brother is filmmaker Rick Dahl). Dahl spent his young life in and around Montana all the way up through his college years. He first attended the University of Montana, and then transferred to Montana State University where he received a degree in film. While at MSU, Dahl was a student of Bill Pullman
Bill Pullman

William James Pullman is an American film, television, and stage actor....
. His first feature film at MSU was titled The Death Mutants made for $12,000. He also met his wife, Beth Friedberg at MSU, and after graduation they both left Montana to attend the American Film Institute
American Film Institute

The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B....
 in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

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. He entered the directors program and she entered the cinematography program.

Dahl started his career as a storyboard artist
Storyboard artist

Storyboard artist is a profession specialized in creating storyboards for advertising agencies and film productions.A storyboard artist is able to visualize any stories using quick sketches on paper at any moment....
 and assistant director
Assistant director

An assistant director is a person who helps the filmmaker in the filmmaking of a movie or television show. The duties of an AD include setting the shooting schedule, tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking the arrival of cast and crew, maintaining order on t...
. He continued through the eighties making short films and directing music videos for Kool and the Gang and Joe Satriani
Joe Satriani

Joseph "Satch" Satriani is an United States multiple nominated Grammy Award multi-instrumentalist, best known as an instrumental rock guitarist....
. He finally gained notoriety directing his first two films, Kill Me Again and Red Rock West. Both films were well received. His third feature film was crime thriller, The Last Seduction
The Last Seduction

The Last Seduction is a neo-noir 1994 in film film directed by John Dahl.The movie features Linda Fiorentino as the femme fatale, Peter Berg as a small town man whose one night affair turns into more than he wanted, and Bill Pullman as Fiorentino's husband who is chasing her and running from loan sharks at the same time....
. Linda Fiorentino
Linda Fiorentino

Linda Fiorentino is an Italian-American actress. She is known for her roles in films such as Dogma , Vision Quest, Men in Black , Jade , After Hours and The Last Seduction....
's performance in that movie, although critically acclaimed, was not eligible to receive an Oscar nomination because it aired on cable television before its theatrical release. It also starred his former college professor, Bill Pullman
Bill Pullman

William James Pullman is an American film, television, and stage actor....
.

Filmography


Director

  • Kill Me Again
    Kill Me Again

    Kill Me Again is a 1989 in film United States action film directed by John Dahl and starring Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley and Michael Madsen. However the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film is also considered neo-noir because of the films style ....
     (1989)
  • Red Rock West
    Red Rock West

    Red Rock West is a neo-noir film directed by John Dahl. The film, written by Dahl and his brother Rick, was shot in Montana and Willcox, Arizona....
     (1992)
  • Fallen Angels
    Fallen Angels (TV series)

    Fallen Angels is an United States neo-noir anthology television series that ran from 1993 to 1995 on the Showtime pay cable station and was produced by Propaganda Films....
     (1993) - episode "Tomorrow I Die"
  • The Last Seduction
    The Last Seduction

    The Last Seduction is a neo-noir 1994 in film film directed by John Dahl.The movie features Linda Fiorentino as the femme fatale, Peter Berg as a small town man whose one night affair turns into more than he wanted, and Bill Pullman as Fiorentino's husband who is chasing her and running from loan sharks at the same time....
     (1994)
  • Unforgettable
    Unforgettable (film)

    Unforgettable is a 1996 Thriller with sci-fi elements, directed by John Dahl and starring Ray Liotta and Linda Fiorentino. The movie is about a man named David Krane , who is obsessed with finding out who murdered his wife....
     (1996)
  • Rounders
    Rounders (film)

    Rounders is a 1998 in film about the underground world of high-stakes poker. Directed by John Dahl and starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton, the movie follows two friends who need to quickly earn enough cash playing poker to pay off a huge debt....
     (1998)
  • Joy Ride
    Joy Ride (film)

    Joy Ride, also known as Roadkill, is a 2001 in film horror film/thriller film/suspense film road movie. The film was written by J.J....
     (2001)
  • Tilt
    Tilt (TV series)

    Tilt is a United States Television series set against the backdrop of the World Championship of Poker tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada, and with the tagline "You're playing poker....
     (2005) – episode "Shuffle Up and Deal"
  • The Great Raid
    The Great Raid

    The Great Raid is a 2005 war film which tells the story of the January 1945 Raid at Cabanatuan on the the Philippines island of Luzon during World War II....
     (2005)
  • You Kill Me
    You Kill Me

    You Kill Me is a black comedy film directed by John Dahl, and starring Ben Kingsley, Luke Wilson, T?a Leoni, Philip Baker Hall, and Bill Pullman....
     (2007)
  • Fear Itself
    Fear Itself (TV series)

    Fear Itself is a horror fiction/suspense anthology television program shot in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with some additional shooting in the city of St....
     (2008) TV Series (episode "Chance")
  • Battlestar Galactica
    Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)

    Battlestar Galactica is an Emmy Award and Peabody Award-winning Serial television program created by Ronald D. Moore that first aired in a Battlestar Galactica in December 2003, on Sci Fi Channel ....
     (2009) – episode "The Oath"


Writer

  • P.I. Private Investigations (1987)
  • Kill Me Again
    Kill Me Again

    Kill Me Again is a 1989 in film United States action film directed by John Dahl and starring Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley and Michael Madsen. However the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film is also considered neo-noir because of the films style ....
     (1989)
  • Red Rock West
    Red Rock West

    Red Rock West is a neo-noir film directed by John Dahl. The film, written by Dahl and his brother Rick, was shot in Montana and Willcox, Arizona....
     (1992)


Art Department

  • Something Wild (1986) - storyboard artist (uncredited)
  • Married to the Mob
    Married to the Mob

    Married to the Mob is a 1988 in film comedy film. It was directed by Jonathan Demme and starred Matthew Modine, Alec Baldwin, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joan Cusack, and Mercedes Ruehl....
     (1988) - storyboard artist / visual consultant


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