John Frederick Milius (/ˈmɪliəs/; born April 11, 1944) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer of motion pictures. He was one of the writers for the first two Dirty Harry films, received an Academy Award nomination as screenwriter of Apocalypse Now, and wrote and directed The Wind and the Lion, Conan the Barbarian and Red Dawn. He later served as the co-creator of the Primetime Emmy Award-winning HBO series Rome.
