Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Irvin (born May 7, 1940) is an English film director. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, he began his career by directing a number of documentaries and television works, including the BBC adaptation of John le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Also, he made several action films in the 1980s including The Dogs of War (1980), Raw Deal (1986), Hamburger Hill (1987) and Next of Kin (1989). In the 1990s and 2000s, Irvin directed films such as Robin Hood (1991...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
2020
as Self
Explore the personal and professional triumphs and challenges of actor Natalie Wood, which have often been overshadowed by her premature death.

The Big Meeting
2019
as Self
Every second Saturday in July, since 1871, the city of Durham has been taken over by miners, trade-unions and the general public for one of the bigges...

Mandela's Gun
2016
Director
Set in 1962 MANDELA’S GUN is a political thriller, based on Mandelas African Odyssey. As Commander-in-Chief of the Liberation Army Umkhonto we Sizwe (...

Garden of Eden
2008
Director
A young American writer completes his service in WWI and travels across Europe with his wife and her attractive Italian girlfriend. Based on the novel...

The Moon and the Stars
2007
Director
1939: Rome stands on the brink of World War II. In the midst of this political and social tension famed producer Davide Rieta is making a major film. ...

The Fine Art of Love: Mine Ha-Ha
2005
Director
A group of young girls are brought up in a college within dark forests and gloomy lakes. Young Hidalla and her friends Irene, Vera, Blanka, Melusine a...

Dot.Kill
2005
Director
Charlie Daines is a morphine-addicted detective on the trail of a psychopath who is setting up murders and broadcasting them live on the internet. As ...

The Boys & Girl from County Clare
2003
Director
In Ireland in the mid 1960s, two feuding brothers and their respective Ceilidh bands compete at a music festival.

The Fourth Angel
2001
Director
Workaholic reporter, Jack Elgin takes his family on a working trip to India, but their aircraft is hijacked in Cyprus by a previously-unknown terroris...

Shiner
2000
Director
The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter.

When Trumpets Fade
1998
Director
In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon...

City of Industry
1997
Director
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.

Crazy Horse
1996
Director
The legendary Native American chieftain refuses to go with his people peacefully to the reservation and starts a rebellion.

A Month by the Lake
1995
Director
For 16 years Miss Bentley has been spending April at an elegant hillside villa on Lake Como. This year, 1937, her London society artist father has rec...

Widows' Peak
1994
Director
Scandal and mystery reign following the arrival of Edwina in a small Irish town populated entirely by widows. Edwina quickly falls out with the locals...

Freefall
1994
Director
New York publisher Dex Dellum sends his fiancée and star photographer Katy Mazur to Swaziland to shoot the taita falcon. There she meets 'highman' (al...

Robin Hood
1991
Director
The Swashbuckling legend of Robin Hood unfolds in the 12th century when the mighty Normans ruled England with an iron fist.

Eminent Domain
1991
Director
A high-ranking Polish politburo member is banished from the party, and must find out why. Set in 1979 Poland before the Solidarity events.

Next of Kin
1989
Director
Truman Gates, a Chicago cop, sets out to find his brother's killer. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer...

Hamburger Hill
1987
Director
The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of...

Raw Deal
1986
Director
Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief H...

Turtle Diary
1985
Director
Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd,...

Champions
1984
Director
The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National

Down at the Hydro
1983
Director
Diedre and The Colonel separately attend a health spa and find themselves falling in love.

A Moment in Time
1983
Director
Colonel Hunt is a widower in his 60s. It is in search of health, not romance, that he books in for a week at the Elm Park Hydro and submits himself to...

Ghost Story
1981
Director
Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies...

The Dogs of War
1980
Director
Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot. Havoc ensues.
You Are My Heart's Delight
1978
Director
Two contrasting stories: one couple dream of leaving the city; another have left the countryside.
Alphabetical Order
1978
Director
Michael Frayn play part of TV series ITV Sunday Night Drama.
The Proofing Session
1977
Director
Graham, an executive, is ordered by his boss to look after a couple of out-of-town buyers - who make it clear they would like to visit a brothel.

Haunted: The Ferryman
1974
Director
A horror novelist and his wife go to a house in the country for a short vacation. However, they soon find that one of his novels is coming true when t...

The Nearly Man
1974
Director
A middle class man finds life as a Labour MP challenging.

Tomorrow Night in London
1969
Director
Sporadically edited footage of London's streets and night life.

Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt
1969
Writer, Director
Dramatically portraying the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, the film reveals the conditions of virtual slavery which persisted throughout the Middle Ages, a...
Mafia No!
1967
Director
A BAFTA award nominated documentary about Danilo Dolci's 1967 march across Sicily as an expression of his fight against poverty, corruption and violen...

Bedtime
1967
Director
The film begins at the end of one act of love-making and ends at the beginning of the next and is a dialogue between two people who are neither in lov...

Carousella
1966
Director
25min short documentary about Soho strippers which was banned on its first release by the British Board of Censors as head scissor man at the time Joh...
Go Go Go Said the Bird
1966
Director
Four young people pinpoint the attitudes that have contributed to the phenomenon of swinging London.

Gala Day
1963
Director, Writer
A description of the various activities of Gala Day held annually at Durham when the miners and their families come to town.