John Briley

Nascimento : 1925-06-25, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Morte : 2019-12-14

Filmes

Damião: O Santo De Molokai
Associate Producer
Baseado em uma história verdadeira, o filme acompanha um padre que, no século 19, se voluntariou para ir até a ilha de Molokai para cuidar dos que foram acometidos por um surto de lepra.
Damião: O Santo De Molokai
Writer
Baseado em uma história verdadeira, o filme acompanha um padre que, no século 19, se voluntariou para ir até a ilha de Molokai para cuidar dos que foram acometidos por um surto de lepra.
Cristóvão Colombo: A Aventura do Descobrimento
Screenplay
Genoan navigator Christopher Columbus has a dream to find an alternative route to sail to the Indies, by traveling west instead of east, across the unchartered Ocean sea. After failing to find backing from the Portugese, he goes to the Spanish court to ask Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand for help. After surviving a grilling from the Head of the Spanish Inquisition Tomas de Torquemada, he eventually gets the blessing from Queen Isabella and sets sail in three ships to travel into the unknown. Along the way he must deal with sabotage from Portugese spies and mutiny from a rebellious crew.
Sandino
Screenplay
Narrative of a period of life (1926 - 1934) of the Nicaraguan revolutionary leader Sandino, who was known as "The general of free men."
Um Grito de Liberdade
Co-Producer
Na África do Sul dos anos 70, Donald Woods, um jornalista branco, faz amizade com Stephen Biko, um corajoso ativista negro contra o apartheid. Biko é executado em 1977 e Donald, exilado, dedica-se a divulgar a luta do amigo pela liberdade.
Um Grito de Liberdade
Screenplay
Na África do Sul dos anos 70, Donald Woods, um jornalista branco, faz amizade com Stephen Biko, um corajoso ativista negro contra o apartheid. Biko é executado em 1977 e Donald, exilado, dedica-se a divulgar a luta do amigo pela liberdade.
Tai-Pan
Screenplay
The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the terrain unfriendly, it has a large port that both the British government and various trading companies believe will be useful for the import of merchandise to be traded on mainland China, a highly lucrative market.
Marie
Screenplay
A single mother takes a job with the government where she is confronted with corruption.
Enigma
Screenplay
Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.
Gandhi
Writer
África do Sul, início do século XX. Após ser expulso da 1ª classe de um trem, o jovem e idealista advogado indiano inicia um processo de auto-avaliação da condição da Índia, que na época era uma colônia britânica, e seus súditos ao redor do planeta. Já na Índia, através de manifestações enérgicas, mas não-violentas, atraiu para si a atenção do mundo ao se colocar como líder espiritual de hindus e muçulmanos.
Indômita Disputa
Screenplay
Two men, an aging Native American and a ne'er-do-well trapper from North America, race to claim the stallion Eagle's Wing in antebellum Mexico, meeting marauded stagecoach travelers and garrisoned Mexicans along the way.
O Toque da Medusa
Screenplay
Suspense psicológico sobre um romancista telecinético que causa desastres simplesmente pensando neles.
That Lucky Touch
Screenplay
A European arms dealer meets a liberated woman journalist, who is writing a story about the ridiculous things men do with the armaments during a NATO war games meeting.
Joana, A Mulher Que Foi Papa
Producer
Based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D. The movie presents her existence as fact, though it is questionable that Pope Joan really did exist, and portrays her relationships with other notables of the time.
Joana, A Mulher Que Foi Papa
Screenplay
Based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D. The movie presents her existence as fact, though it is questionable that Pope Joan really did exist, and portrays her relationships with other notables of the time.
Hammerhead
Adaptation
An American agent has tracked down the stronghold of an evil criminal mastermind, determined to take over the world (what, another one ?).
Children of the Damned
Screenplay
Six children are found spread through out the world that not only have enormous intelligence, but identical intelligence and have a strange bond to each other.
Postman's Knock
Screenplay
Likeable country postman Harold Petts gets transferred from his village to London, where on his arrival he unwittingly foils a mail train robbery. Innocent in the ways of the big city, he is thought to be a member of another gang by both the train robbers and the police, who all suspect him of trying to rob the post office where he works.
O Quarteto Invasor
Screenplay
This British men-on-a-mission spoof set during World War II finds intrepid officer Bill Travers leading three colorful compatriots into Nazi-occupied France to destroy an obnoxiously large, loud, and destructive enemy gun. See if this fearless foursome can stomp their Fascist foes and get back to their game of cricket! Spike Milligan, Gregoire Aslan, and Thorley Walters co-star.