He is best known for directing , producing and co-writing the 1978 Academy Award-winning film `` The Deer Hunter '' and for writing and directing 1980 's financial and critical failure `` Heaven 's Gate . ''
He is best known for directing , producing and co-writing the 1978 Academy Award-winning movie `` The Deer Hunter '' , and for writing and directing 1980s financial failure `` Heaven 's Gate '' .