John McTiernan

John Campbell McTiernan Jr. (born January 8, 1951) is an American former filmmaker and a convicted felon. He is best known for his action films, including ''Predator'' (1987), ''Die Hard'' (1988), and ''The Hunt for Red October'' (1990). The last three of his 11 feature films, ending with ''Basic'' (2003), were critical and box office failures.

He pleaded guilty in 2006 to lying to an FBI investigator; the judgment was vacated, after which he pleaded guilty in 2007 to the original charge and an additional charge of perjury, in regard to his hiring of the private investigator Anthony Pellicano in late 2000 to illegally wiretap the phone calls of two people, one of whom was Charles Roven, a co-producer of his action film remake ''Rollerball'' (2002). He was incarcerated in federal prison from April 2013 to February 2014. During his imprisonment, he filed for bankruptcy amidst foreclosure proceedings for his large ranch residence. He did not return to directing feature films after his run of failed films, his time dealing with the courts, and serving his prison sentence; in 2017, he directed an advertisement for a video game release. Provided by Wikipedia