James Fargo
James Fargo ( born August 14, 1938 in Republic, Washington ) is an American film director, screenwriter and film producer. He became famous for the movies Dirty Harry III - The Enforcer, The Lord of the caravan and the man from San Fernando.
Life and career
James Fargo, born in 1938 in Republic, Washington, began his film career in 1969 as an assistant director under Robert Alan Aurthur. Previously, he graduated from the University of Washington to study communication and journalism.
Until 1976, he worked for a total of seventeen films in this function. Last in Clint Eastwood's critical Western Texan, where he also participated as a producer.
1976 Clint Eastwood trusted him then the director of the third part of Dirty Harry Dirty Harry III - The Enforcer. The two knew each other from the screenplay work on the Western Sinola (1972 ), in which Eastwood played the lead role and Fargo worked as an assistant director. For the 1973 incurred Drifter Fargo was active as an assistant to Eastwood himself. Overall, the two worked together on six productions.
In 1978, Fargo, in another Eastwood film, the action comedy The Man from San Fernando Director. In the same year he also staged the adventure film The Lord of the caravan with Anthony Quinn, Michael Sarrazin, Christopher Lee in the lead roles. The film was very successful in the cinema, which was due not least to the popular soundtrack composer Mike Batt, who had been hired to write the film score.
Since 1983, staged Fargo moreover in his career in addition to numerous movies are also successfully dozens of episodes of well-known television series, including episodes of The Sky Dogs of Boragora, The A-Team, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Sidekicks - Karate Kid & Co, Merciless hunting, Berlin Break or for the series Beverly Hills, 90210th