John Douglas

Born: 1945-06-18

John Douglas is an American author and retired FBI special agent. He began his career in the FBI as a special agent in the Detroit and Milwaukee field offices in the early 1970s. In 1977, he joined the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit at Quantico. In 1985, he created the Criminal Profiling Program for the National Center as part of the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC). Since his retirement in 1995, he has remained active as an author, speaker, and independent investigator.


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West of Memphis

as Self – FBI Profiler, Retired
Released: 2012-11-22

The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to...

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Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'

as Self
Released: 2002-10-28

Documentary about the adaptation of the 1988 novel by Thomas Harris into the 1991 film directed...

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The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper

as Self - FBI Special Agent
Released: 1988-08-31

A panel of experts examines the five main suspects in the Jack the Ripper murders and determines...

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The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

as Self
Released: 1991-08-20

This brief throwback piece focused on interview snippets from Hopkins, Demme, Glenn, Foster, FBI...

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The Atlanta Child Murders

as Himself
Released: 2001-01-01

The Atlanta murders of 1979–1981, sometimes called the Atlanta child murders, were a series of...

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