John Boorman (born January 18, 1933), is an English filmmaker, currently based in Ireland, best known for his feature films such as Point Blank, Deliverance, Excalibur, Hope and Glory, The General and Zardoz.

John Boorman (c.1754 – 1807) was a famous English cricketer who played from 1772 to 1793.

Boorman was possibly a genuine debutant when cricket's "statistical record" began in 1772. He is believed to have been 18 that year, although there was a Boorman active in 1768 so perhaps he was a little older. He apparently came from Sevenoaks and usually represented Kent but he seems to have relocated to Essex c.1790 and played in Essex teams also. He was a very useful bowler, probably medium-fast, and may have been left handed.

John Boorman made 61 known first-class appearances from 1772 until 1793.

John Boorman attended Catholic school (Salesian Order) although his family was not, in fact, Roman Catholic. His first job was for a drycleaner. Later he worked as a critic for a women's journal and for a radio station until he entered the television business, working for the BBC in Bristol. There he started as assistant but worked later as director on documentaries, such as "Newcomers, The" (1964). His friendship with Lee Marvin allowed him to work in Hollywood (e.g. Point Blank (1967) and Hell in the Pacific (1968)) from where he returned to the UK (e.g. Leo the Last (1970), Zardoz (1974) or _Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)_). He became famous for Excalibur (1981), Emerald Forest, The (1985) an his autobiographic story Hope and Glory (1987) where he tells his own experiences as a child after World War II and which brought him another Academy Award Nomination after Deliverance (1972).