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name: "John McNaughton"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "13 January 1950"
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# John McNaughton

Director. Born 13 January 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 13 January 1950, Chicago, Illinois, USA

## Biography

John McNaughton is an American film and television director. He was born on 13 January 1950 in Chicago, Illinois. He studied fine arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a degree in television production and a minor in photography.

McNaughton is known for directing the films *Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer* (1986), which he also co-wrote and co-produced, *Mad Dog and Glory* (1993), *Normal Life* (1996) and *Wild Things* (1998). He has directed episodes of the television series *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), *Masters of Horror* (2005) and *Without a Trace* (2002), as well as *The Harvest* (2015).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, screenslate.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1993), Fi1m 89, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/homicide-life-on-the-street.md)

## Also known for

- *Wild Things* (1998), Director
- *Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer* (1986), Director, Writer
- *Mad Dog and Glory* (1993), Director
- *Masters of Horror* (2005), Director
- *Without a Trace* (2002), Director
- *The Harvest* (2015), Director
- *The Borrower* (1991), Director
- *Normal Life* (1996), Director

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