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| Film credits |
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| CATCH US IF YOU CAN / HAVING A WILD WEEKEND | 1965 | director |
| POINT BLANK | US, 1967 | director |
| HELL IN THE PACIFIC / THE ENEMY | US, 1968 | director |
| LEO THE LAST | US/UK, 1969 | director; screenplay |
| DELIVERANCE | US, 1972 | director; producer; screenplay |
| THE DANGEROUS WORLD OF DELIVERANCE | 1972 | on-screen participant |
| ZARDOZ | 1973 | director; producer; screenplay / a brutal shot by Zed (uncredited) |
| EXORCIST II THE HERETIC | 1977 | director; producer |
| LONG SHOT | 1978 | the director |
| THE HARD WAY | Eire, 1979 | executive producer |
| EXCALIBUR | US, 1981 | director; producer; screenplay |
| ANGEL | Eire/UK, 1982 | executive producer |
| DREAM ONE | UK/France, 1984 | producer |
| THE EMERALD FOREST | 1985 | director; producer |
| HOPE AND GLORY | 1987 | director; producer; screenplay; narrator |
| WHERE THE HEART IS | US, 1990 | director; producer; screenplay |
| BEYOND RANGOON | US, 1995 | director; producer; screenplay |
| LUMIÈRE ET COMPAGNIE / LUMIÈRE AND COMPANY | France/Spain/Sweden, 1995 | New Lumière film directed by |
| ANGELA MOONEY DIES AGAIN | Eire, 1997 | Executive producer |
| THE GENERAL | Eire/UK, 1998 | director; producer; screenplay |
| THE TAILOR OF PANAMA | US/Eire, 2001 | director; producer; screenplay |
| COUNTRY OF MY SKULL / IN MY COUNTRY / TRUTH | UK/Eire/South Africa, 2003 | director; producer |
| THE TIGER'S TAIL | UK/Eire, 2006 | director; producer; screenplay |
| MAN OF CINEMA: PIERRE RISSIENT | US, 2007 | on-screen participant |
| A LOVE STORY...: CHRIS & DON | US, 2008 | interviewee (uncredited) |
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| Television credits |
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| CITIZEN 63 | BBC tx 28/8-25/9/1963 (5 pts) | producer |
| SIX DAYS TO SATURDAY | BBC tx 11/12/1963 | director; producer (uncredited); script |
| THE NEWCOMERS | BBC2 tx 30/4-4/6/1964 (6 pts) | producer |
| SUNDAY NIGHT: The Quarry: Portrait of a Man as a Paralysed Artist | 1966 | director; script / guest at party (uncredited) |
| THE GREAT DIRECTOR | BBC1 tx 27/10/1966 | director |
| AQUARIUS - SUMMER MISCELLANY:
It's Cannes, Man | ITV tx 6/9/1970 | on-screen participant |
| FILM 72 | BBC1 tx 25/9/1972 | interviewee |
| FILM 74 | BBC1 tx 19/3/1974 | interviewee |
| CLAPPERBOARD | ITV tx 4/7/1981 | interviewee |
| CLAPPERBOARD | ITV tx 11/7/1981 | interviewee |
| A PLUS 4: John and Charlie Boorman | Channel 4 tx 25/11/1985 | on-screen participant |
| THE LAST RESORT WITH JONATHAN ROSS | Channel 4 tx 17/1/1987 | guest |
| JUST A SONG AND DANCE STORY . . . | ITV tx 29/12/1987 | on-screen participant |
| FILM 88 | BBC1 tx 8/3/1988 | interviewee |
| THE DIRECTOR'S PLACE: I Dreamt I Woke Up | BBC2 tx 15/10/1994 | director; script; cast member |
| PICTURE WINDOWS: Two Nudes Bathing | Showtime (US) tx 29/10/1995 | director; producer; screenplay |
| ENNIO MORRICONE | BBC2 tx 30/11/1995 | interviewee |
| LEE MARVIN A PERSONAL PORTRAIT BY JOHN BOORMAN | BBC2 tx 30/1/1999 | director |
| THE LAST MOVIE: STANLEY KUBRICK AND EYES WIDE SHUT | Channel 4 tx 5/9/1999 | on-screen participant |
| BEHIND THE CAMERA | BBC2 tx 12/12/1999 | on-screen participant |
| MY GENERATION: Into the Light | BBC2 tx 4/6/2000 | on-screen participant |
| THE SOUTH BANK SHOW: Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings | ITV tx 16/12/2001 | on-screen participant |
| THE SOUTH BANK SHOW: John Boorman | ITV1 tx 10/4/2005 | interviewee |
| BRITISH FILM FOREVER: Bullets, Bombs and Bridges: The Story of the British War Film | BBC2 tx 1/9/2007 | interviewee |