John Moore (film director)

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John Moore (1970 -) is a film director, producer, and writer. Born in Dundalk, Ireland, he went from directing commercials to making the $40 million motion picture Behind Enemy Lines. In 2006 he directed a remake of Richard Donner's The Omen, which received mixed critical feedback. He attended a technical college in Dublin where he learned the tricks of his trade, he says. In an interview he says the first film to ever scare him was Jaws followed by The Omen and Freaks. He says that remaking The Omen was a homage to Richard Donner and that Superman - another Donner film - was his inspiration and reason for being so keen to give Donner a tribute.

Moore is not known for having a pleasant and likeable demeanour whilst working, and also possesses a foul mouth, as many interviews and DVD features have revealed. He even claims on The Omen DVD, that when some film was destroyed he was sick, distraught, and destroyed parts of his apartment. However, outside of filming he appears very likeable and has been praised for his conduct in Empire magazine. He has made three feature-length films, The Omen, Flight of the Phoenix, and Behind Enemy Lines, all for Twentieth Century Fox. He is reported to be involved with the upcoming The Last Mission, but it appears Fox have that project on hiatus. Moore was also reportedly linked to X-Men: The Last Stand, though if he ever was a candidate to direct that movie remains unproven. Moore is currently attached to horror movie Virulents scheduled for release some time between 2008 and 2009. Moore is also slated to direct Max Payne, a film spin-off of the popular videogame by the same title. Work on Max Payne began in 2008.