"American film director and screenwriter" . "1939-02-03Z"^^ . . . . . . . "Cimino, Michael"@en . . . "Michael Cimino (/t\u0283\u026A\u02C8mi\u02D0no\u028A/ chi-MEE-noh; born February 3, 1939) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and author. He is best known for directing, producing and co-writing the 1978 Academy Award-winning film The Deer Hunter and for writing and directing 1980's financial and critical failure Heaven's Gate. Although now some critics have described Heaven's Gate as a \"modern masterpiece\"."@en . . "Michael Cimino"@en . "1939Z"^^ .