John Glen
Born	May 15, 1932 (1932-05-15) (age 77) Sunbury-on-Thames, England, UK
Occupation	Film director Film editor

John Glen (born May 15, 1932) is a 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:

• For Your Eyes Only (1981)
• Octopussy (1983)
• A View to a Kill (1985)
• The Living Daylights (1987)
• Licence to Kill (1989)

Glen has directed the most Bond films of any director.

He had 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 was also director of the 1992 movie Christopher Columbus: The Discovery and directed the TV series Space Precinct.

[edit] Trademarks

John Glen's movies each have an individual trademark in the form of a pigeon flying out of a hole in a wall. These are noticeable during his five Bond movies, Glen's Bond movies also feature at least one character falling to his or her death from an airplane, with each character performing the same scream.

[edit] External links

• John Glen at the Internet Movie Database

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