Director · Actor · Producer
John Glen
John Glen has worked on 16 movies and 1 TV show, between 1954 and 2025. On Nahoko: 7 movies and 1 TV show. Best known for Licence to Kill, Octopussy and For Your Eyes Only.
- Born
- 15 May 1932 (94 years old)
- Birthplace
- Sunbury-on-Thames, London, England, UK
- Activities
- Director · Actor · Producer
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Career start
- 1954
Known for
Where to watch
United States
8 of their 8 titles are streaming right now in United States.
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Biography
John Glen (born 15 May 1932) is a British film director. He was born in Sunbury-on-Thames, England. He is best known for his work as a film editor, and director of five James Bond movies, he also worked as film editor and second unit director on three previous Bond movies: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979). Glen's other films as second unit director include Superman and The Wild Geese, both in 1978. He also directed the feature films Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) and The Point Men (2001) and directed the TV series Space Precinct. In 2001, he published his memoir "For My Eyes Only."
Career in figures
Career
- Active since
- 1954
- Titles on Nahoko
- 7 movies and 1 TV shows
- Main genres
- Action, Thriller, Adventure
Ratings and box office
- Average rating
- ★ 5.9 IMDb
- Most voted
- Licence to Kill
- Box office
- $882.6M, led by For Your Eyes Only ($195.3M)
Frequent collaborators
Roger Moore3 titles together
Timothy Dalton2 titles togetherFilmography 8
2001
- The Point MenMovieMovie · Director
★ 4.3
1994
- Space PrecinctTV showTV show · Director
★ 6.4
1992
- Aces: Iron Eagle IIIMovieMovie · Director
★ 3.8
1989
- Licence to KillMovieMovie · Director★ 6.7
1987
- The Living DaylightsMovieMovie · Director★ 6.7
1985
- A View to a KillMovieMovie · Director★ 6.3
1983
- OctopussyMovieMovie · Director★ 6.5
1981
- For Your Eyes OnlyMovieMovie · Director★ 6.7
More credits 24
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2025
- Space Precinct: The Fire WithinMovieMovie · Director
2024
- From Roger Moore with LoveMovieMovie · as themselves
2022
- The Sound of 007MovieMovie · as themselves
2016
- Petroleum SpiritMovieMovie · Executive producer
2006
- Bond in GreeceMovieMovie · as themselves
- On the Set with John GlenMovieMovie
- Testing the Limits: The Aerial TeamMovieMovie · as themselves
2002
- Best Ever BondMovieMovie · as themselves
2000
- Inside 'A View to a Kill'MovieMovie · as themselves
- Inside 'For Your Eyes Only'MovieMovie
- Inside 'Licence to Kill'MovieMovie · as themselves
- Inside 'Moonraker'MovieMovie · as themselves
- Inside 'Octopussy'MovieMovie · as themselves
- Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'MovieMovie
- Inside 'The Living Daylights'MovieMovie · as themselves
- Inside Q's LabMovieMovie · as themselves
- Inside The Living DaylightsMovieMovie · as themselves
- Silhouettes: The James Bond TitlesMovieMovie · as themselves
1997
- The Secrets of 007MovieMovie · as themselves
1992
- 30 Years of James BondMovieMovie · as themselves
- Christopher Columbus: The DiscoveryMovieMovie · Director
1990
- Checkered FlagMovieMovie · Director
1983
- James Bond in IndiaMovieMovie
1954
- Views on TrialMovieMovie · as Prosecuting Counsel