John McTiernan
Die Hard
(1988)
Roderick Thorp (novel), Jeb Stuart (screenplay), Steven E. de Souza (screenplay)
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 2 nominations.
John McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save wife Holly Gennaro and several others, taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
(1995)
Jonathan Hensleigh, Roderick Thorp (certain original characters)
2 wins & 3 nominations.
John McClane and a Harlem store owner are targeted by German terrorist Simon Gruber in New York City, where he plans to rob the Federal Reserve Building.
Predator
(1987)
Jim Thomas, John Thomas
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations.
A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extra-terrestrial warrior.