Robert De Niro, Michael Cimino, and Vilmos Zsigmond in The Deer Hunter (1978)

Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, and Michael Cimino in The Deer Hunter (1978)

Michael Cimino and Kris Kristofferson in Heaven's Gate (1980)

Christopher Walken and Michael Cimino in Heaven's Gate (1980)

Michael Cimino and Kelly Lynch in Desperate Hours (1990)

Clint Eastwood and Michael Cimino in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)

Atom Egoyan, Bille August, Jane Campion, Michael Cimino, and Claude Lelouch at an event for To Each His Own Cinema (2007)

"Academy Awards: 51st Annual," Jon Voight (Best Actor), Jane Fonda (Best Actress), Michael Cimino (Best Director). 1979.

"Academy Awards: 51st Annual," Jon Voight (Best Actor), Jane Fonda (Best Actress), Michael Cimino (Best Director).  1979.

"Academy Awards: 51st Annual," Francis Ford Coppola, Ali McGraw, and Michael Cimino  (Best Director).

Robert De Niro and Michael Cimino in The Deer Hunter (1978)

Jane Fonda, Jon Voight and Michael Cimino at "The 51st Annual Academy Awards"

Christopher Lambert and Michael Cimino in The Sicilian (1987)

Robert De Niro, Michael Cimino, and Stephen Kopestonsky in The Deer Hunter (1978)