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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American film and television director and writer</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the American filmmaker. For the 1920s Wisconsin politician, see <a href="/wiki/John_L._Dahl" title="John L. Dahl">John L. Dahl</a>. For the Norwegian cross-country skier, see <a href="/wiki/John_Kristian_Dahl" title="John Kristian Dahl">John Kristian Dahl</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">John Dahl</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:JohnDahlJun07.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/JohnDahlJun07.jpg/220px-JohnDahlJun07.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="251" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/JohnDahlJun07.jpg/330px-JohnDahlJun07.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/JohnDahlJun07.jpg/440px-JohnDahlJun07.jpg 2x" data-file-width="666" data-file-height="760" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Dahl at a screening for <i>You Kill Me</i> in San Francisco, California, June 14, 2007</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1956-06-15</span>) </span>June 15, 1956<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 68)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Billings,_Montana" title="Billings, Montana">Billings, Montana</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Montana_State_University" title="Montana State University">Montana State University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_fine_arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Bachelor of fine arts">BFA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/American_Film_Institute" title="American Film Institute">American Film Institute</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Fine_Arts" title="Master of Fine Arts">MFA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Film_director" title="Film director">Film director</a>, <a href="/wiki/Television_director" title="Television director">television director</a>, <a href="/wiki/Screenwriter" title="Screenwriter">screenwriter</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1989–present</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Dahl</b> (born June 15, 1956) is an American <a href="/wiki/Film_director" title="Film director">film</a> and <a href="/wiki/Television_director" title="Television director">television director</a> and <a href="/wiki/Screenwriter" title="Screenwriter">writer</a>, best known for his work in the <a href="/wiki/Neo-noir" title="Neo-noir">neo-noir</a> genre.<sup id="cite_ref-dahl_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dahl-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Dahl&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>John Dahl was born in <a href="/wiki/Billings,_Montana" title="Billings, Montana">Billings, Montana</a>, the second of four children (his brother is filmmaker Rick Dahl).<sup id="cite_ref-dahl2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dahl2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dahl spent his young life in and around Montana all the way up through his college years. His interest in film began at the age of seventeen, when he first saw <a href="/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_(film)" title="A Clockwork Orange (film)"><i>A Clockwork Orange</i></a>, as told to <a href="/wiki/Robert_K._Elder" title="Robert K. Elder">Robert K. Elder</a> in an interview for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Film_That_Changed_My_Life" title="The Film That Changed My Life">The Film That Changed My Life</a></i>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>This film captured my imagination so much. It was the first film that I saw that made me realize that somebody has to make this stuff. Somebody has to build those sets. Somebody has to paint those paintings. All of a sudden it became accessible. The movie was so compelling and interesting to me on so many levels. The one thing that struck me was that somebody made a movie, and that it was something that maybe, possibly, I could do.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>John Dahl</cite></div></blockquote> <p>He first attended the <a href="/wiki/Montana_State_University" title="Montana State University">Montana State University</a>, and then transferred to Montana State University's <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sfp.montana.edu">School of Film and Photography</a>, where he received a degree in film. While at MSU, Dahl was a student of <a href="/wiki/Bill_Pullman" title="Bill Pullman">Bill Pullman</a>. His first feature film at MSU was titled <i>The Death Mutants</i> made for $12,000. While at Montana State he played guitar in the punk rock band "The Pugs". He also met his wife, Beth Friedberg at MSU, and after graduation they both left Montana to attend the <a href="/wiki/AFI_Conservatory" title="AFI Conservatory">AFI Conservatory</a> in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>. He entered the directors program and she entered the cinematography program. </p><p>Dahl started his career as a <a href="/wiki/Storyboard_artist" title="Storyboard artist">storyboard artist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Assistant_director" title="Assistant director">assistant director</a>. He continued through the eighties making short films and directing <a href="/wiki/Music_videos" class="mw-redirect" title="Music videos">music videos</a> for <a href="/wiki/Kool_%26_the_Gang" title="Kool & the Gang">Kool & the Gang</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Satriani" title="Joe Satriani">Joe Satriani</a>. Dahl's first two films were <i>Kill Me Again</i> and <i>Red Rock West</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His third feature film was the crime thriller, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Seduction" title="The Last Seduction">The Last Seduction</a></i> starring <a href="/wiki/Linda_Fiorentino" title="Linda Fiorentino">Linda Fiorentino</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fiorentino's performance in the film, although critically acclaimed, was not eligible to receive an Oscar nomination because it aired on cable television before its theatrical release. <i>The Last Seduction</i> also starred Dahl's former college professor, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Pullman" title="Bill Pullman">Bill Pullman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Dahl&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Dahl&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Director</th> <th>Writer</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/P.I._Private_Investigations" title="P.I. Private Investigations">P.I. Private Investigations</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td rowspan="2">Co-written with David W. Warfield </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Kill_Me_Again" title="Kill Me Again">Kill Me Again</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Red_Rock_West" title="Red Rock West">Red Rock West</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Co-written with Rick Dahl </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Seduction" title="The Last Seduction">The Last Seduction</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Unforgettable_(1996_film)" title="Unforgettable (1996 film)">Unforgettable</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rounders_(film)" title="Rounders (film)">Rounders</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Joy_Ride_(2001_film)" title="Joy Ride (2001 film)">Joy Ride</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Raid" class="mw-redirect" title="The Great Raid">The Great Raid</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/You_Kill_Me" title="You Kill Me">You Kill Me</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Dahl&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Fallen_Angels_(American_TV_series)" title="Fallen Angels (American TV series)">Fallen Angels</a></i> </td> <td>Episode "Tomorrow I Die" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Tilt_(American_TV_series)" title="Tilt (American TV series)">Tilt</a></i> </td> <td>Episode "Shuffle Up and Deal" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Life_(American_TV_series)" title="Life (American TV series)">Life</a></i> </td> <td>Episode "Powerless" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007-2014 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Californication_(TV_series)" title="Californication (TV series)">Californication</a></i> </td> <td>10 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008-2010 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/True_Blood" title="True Blood">True Blood</a></i> </td> <td>4 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008-2013 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dexter_(TV_series)" title="Dexter (TV series)">Dexter</a></i> </td> <td>16 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">2009 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Fear_Itself_(TV_series)" title="Fear Itself (TV series)">Fear Itself</a></i> </td> <td>Episode "Chance" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(2004_TV_series)" title="Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)">Battlestar Galactica</a></i> </td> <td>Episode "The Oath" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_of_Tara" title="United States of Tara">United States of Tara</a></i> </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Breaking_Bad" title="Breaking Bad">Breaking Bad</a></i> </td> <td>Episode "<a href="/wiki/Down_(Breaking_Bad)" title="Down (Breaking Bad)">Down</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009-2013 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Vampire_Diaries" title="The Vampire Diaries">The Vampire Diaries</a></i> </td> <td>4 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2010 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Terriers_(TV_series)" title="Terriers (TV series)">Terriers</a></i> </td> <td>Episode "Agua Caliente" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Caprica" title="Caprica">Caprica</a></i> </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010-2011 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hellcats" title="Hellcats">Hellcats</a></i> </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010-2015 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Justified_(TV_series)" title="Justified (TV series)">Justified</a></i> </td> <td>6 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011-2012 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Shameless_(American_TV_series)" title="Shameless (American TV series)">Shameless</a></i> </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2012 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Falling_Skies" title="Falling Skies">Falling Skies</a></i> </td> <td>Episode "<a href="/wiki/Love_and_Other_Acts_of_Courage" title="Love and Other Acts of Courage">Love and Other Acts of Courage</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Homeland_(TV_series)" title="Homeland (TV series)">Homeland</a></i> </td> <td>Episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Clearing_(Homeland)" title="The Clearing (Homeland)">The Clearing</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Arrow_(TV_series)" title="Arrow (TV series)">Arrow</a></i> </td> <td>Episode "Year's End" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Person_of_Interest_(TV_series)" title="Person of Interest (TV series)">Person of Interest</a></i> </td> <td>Episode "Dead Reckoning" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2013-2014 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Americans" title="The Americans">The Americans</a></i> </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bridge_(2013_TV_series)" title="The Bridge (2013 TV series)">The Bridge</a></i> </td> <td>3 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013-2015 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hannibal_(TV_series)" title="Hannibal (TV series)">Hannibal</a></i> </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013-2020 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ray_Donovan" title="Ray Donovan">Ray Donovan</a></i> </td> <td>11 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2014 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Outlander_(TV_series)" title="Outlander (TV series)">Outlander</a></i> </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Strain_(TV_series)" title="The Strain (TV series)">The Strain</a></i> </td> <td>Episode "Loved Ones" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">2015 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/House_of_Cards_(American_TV_series)" title="House of Cards (American TV series)">House of Cards</a></i> </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/House_of_Lies" title="House of Lies">House of Lies</a></i> </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Aquarius_(American_TV_series)" title="Aquarius (American TV series)">Aquarius</a></i> </td> <td>Episode "It's Alright Ma. (I'm Only Bleeding.)" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Jones_(TV_series)" title="Jessica Jones (TV series)">Jessica Jones</a></i> </td> <td>Episode "<a href="/wiki/AKA_Sin_Bin" class="mw-redirect" title="AKA Sin Bin">AKA Sin Bin</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015-2017 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Affair_(TV_series)" title="The Affair (TV series)">The Affair</a></i> </td> <td>5 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_(American_TV_series)" title="Kingdom (American TV series)">Kingdom</a></i> </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016-2020 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Billions_(TV_series)" title="Billions (TV series)">Billions</a></i> </td> <td>4 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2017 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Iron_Fist_(TV_series)" title="Iron Fist (TV series)">Iron Fist</a></i> </td> <td>2 episodes; also executive producer, 1 episode </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Good_Doctor_(American_TV_series)" title="The Good Doctor (American TV series)">The Good Doctor</a></i> </td> <td>Episode "Oliver" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017-2018 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/SEAL_Team_(TV_series)" title="SEAL Team (TV series)">SEAL Team</a></i> </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Looming_Tower_(miniseries)" title="The Looming Tower (miniseries)">The Looming Tower</a></i> </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019-2020 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Yellowstone_(American_TV_series)" title="Yellowstone (American TV series)">Yellowstone</a></i> </td> <td>4 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Walking_Dead_(TV_series)" title="The Walking Dead (TV series)">The Walking Dead</a></i> </td> <td>Episode "<a href="/wiki/The_World_Before_(The_Walking_Dead)" title="The World Before (The Walking Dead)">The World Before</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019-2024 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Evil_(TV_series)" title="Evil (TV series)">Evil</a></i> </td> <td>8 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/For_All_Mankind_(TV_series)" title="For All Mankind (TV series)">For All Mankind</a></i> </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Servant_(TV_series)" title="Servant (TV series)">Servant</a></i> </td> <td>Episode "Balloon" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/American_Rust" title="American Rust">American Rust</a></i> </td> <td>5 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Super_Pumped_(TV_series)" title="Super Pumped (TV series)">Super Pumped</a></i> </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2024 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Manhunt_(miniseries)" title="Manhunt (miniseries)">Manhunt</a></i> </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Dahl&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 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.reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-dahl-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-dahl_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFLucia_Bozzola2012" class="citation news cs1">Lucia Bozzola (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121104194355/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/86568/John-Dahl/biography">"John Dahl"</a>. Movies & TV Dept. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Baseline_(database)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseline (database)">Baseline</a> & <a href="/wiki/All_Movie_Guide" class="mw-redirect" title="All Movie Guide">All Movie Guide</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://movies.nytimes.com/person/86568/John-Dahl/biography">the original</a> on November 4, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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