Michael Cimino net worth
Michael Cimino Net Worth: Michael Cimino is an American director, writer and producer who has a net worth of $10 million. Michael Cimino was born in New York City in 1939 to a music publisher father and a costume designer mother. He attended Michigan State University where he took a graphic design program and graduated in three years.
Cimino continued his studies at Yale University, where he was drafted into the military. After finishing school, Cimino moved to New York City and worked on Madison Avenue. He soon started making TV commercials. Before directing commercials, he was an actor. By the early ’70s, Cimino had moved to Los Angeles, where he planned to write screenplays. He wrote several, including Clint Eastwood’s “Magnum Force.” In 1974, he began directing “Thunderbolt and Barefoot” starring Eastwood. Following the success of the film, Cimino teamed up with Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken on The Deer Hunter four years later. The film won five Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. Cimino’s other films include “Heaven’s Gate,” “The Year of the Dragon,” “Sicilian,” “Hour of Despair,” and “Sunchaser.” “Conversations en miroir” released two years later.
