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John Dahl

Director John Dahl's 1993 film Red Rock West was hailed as modern film noir filled with humor and twists. The picture starred Nicolas Cage as a man who is mistaken for a contract killer hired by Dennis Hopper to do in a seductress played by Lara Flynn Boyle.

Dahl followed Red Rock West with another critically acclaimed thriller. The Last Seduction, starring Linda Fiorentino as a femme fatale who ditches her husband, Bill Pullman, in New York City after stealing money he's made from a drug deal. She then wreaks havoc on a small town man, Peter Berg, using him as a patsy.

In 1994 Dahl received the Los Angeles Film Critics Association New Generation Award for Red Rock West and The Last Seduction.

Dahl's credits also include Kill Me Again starring Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, Unforgettable, a thriller starring Ray Liotta and Linda Fiorentino; and Rounders, a drama set in the world of high stakes poker, starring Matt Damon, Edward Norton and John Malkovich.

Dahl entered the industry as a storyboard artist on films such as Something Wild, RoboCop and Married to the Mob, and as an assistant director. He attended the American Film Institute as a directing fellow, and later helmed music video shorts.


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John Dahl Facts

OccupationDirector
BirthplaceBillings, Montana, USA

Selected Filmography

True Blood: The Complete Second Season
Battlestar Galactica: Season 4.5
Californication : The Complete Second Season
Rounders
The Great Raid
The Last Seduction
Joy Ride
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