John Milius

Milius at the party celebrating the release of the “Dirty Harry” film franchise. Directors Guild of America, West Hollywood, CA. 05-29-08, s_bukley/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: John Frederick Milius

Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

Date of Birth: April 11, 1944

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

John Milius is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He directed the films Dillinger (1973), The Wind and the Lion, Big Wednesday, Conan the Barbarian (1982), Red Dawn (1984), Farewell to the King, and Flight of the Intruder. He also wrote his first two films, co-wrote the next three, and wrote the sixth. He also co-wrote the films The Devil’s 8, Evel Knievel (1971), Jeremiah Johnson, Magnum Force, Apocalypse Now, Geronimo: An American Legend, Clear and Present Danger, and Texas Rangers, and wrote the film The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean. He co-directed the short film Marcello, I’m So Bored; and co-wrote the short film The Emperor. He also created and co-wrote the made-for-tv movie Melvin Purvis: G-Man, directed the made-for-tv movie Motorcycle Gang (1994), directed and co-wrote the mini-series Rough Riders, directed an episode of The Twilight Zone, and wrote an episode of Rome. The John Goodman character in The Big Lebowski, Walter Sobchak, is based on him.

He is the son of Elizabeth Marie (Roe) and William Styx Milius, a shoe manufacturer. After his father sold the family’s shoe company, he was partly raised in Bel Air, California. He attended a private school in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

John is married to Elan Oberon. He has two children with his former wife Renee Fabri; and one child with his former wife, actress Celia Kaye.

John’s paternal grandfather was George W. Milius (George Washington Milius, the son of William Solomon Milius and Eva Deutch/Deutsch). George was born in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, and founded the Milius Shoe Company. His parents were German Jewish emigrants, from Bavaria. William was the son of Solomon Milius.

John’s paternal grandmother was Pauline Stix (the daughter of William Stix and Dinah Rice). Pauline was born in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, to German Jewish parents. William was born in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, the son of Solomon Stix and Deborah/Dorothea Cohen, whose father, Aaron Cohen, was a Rabbi. John’s great-grandmother Dinah was born in Bamberg, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, the daughter of Seligmann Rice and Yetta Neumann.

John’s maternal grandfather was named Julius/Julian Roe. Julius was a Jewish emigrant, who was born in Warsaw, Poland.

John’s maternal grandmother was Helen Newbury/Newberger/Neuberger (the daughter of Ferdinand Neuberger/Newberger and Caroline Fuhrman). Helen was born in Illinois, to German Jewish parents. Ferdinand was from Mannheim. Caroline was from Fürfeld, the daughter of Isaac Fuhrmann; and of a mother surnamed Sternberger.

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Genealogy of John Milius (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com

John’s father on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

John’s paternal grandfather, George Washington Milius, on the 1860 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
George Washington Milius on the 1870 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Death records of John’s paternal great-grandparents, William Solomon Milius and Eva (Deutch/Deutsch) Milius – https://www.findagrave.com

Birth record of John’s mother – https://www.familysearch.org

John’s mother on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
John’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org

Marriage record of John’s maternal grandparents, Julius/Julian Roe and Helen Newbury/Newberger/Neuberger – https://www.familysearch.org

Death records of John’s maternal grandfather, Julius/Julian Roe – https://www.familysearch.org
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Death record of John’s maternal grandmother, Helen (Newbury/Newberger/Neuberger) Roe – https://www.familysearch.org

Death records of John’s maternal great-grandmother, Caroline (Fuhrman) Neuberger/Newberger – https://www.familysearch.org
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