George P. Cosmatos was born on January 4, 1941 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy as Yorgo Pan Cosmatos. He was a director and writer, known for Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Leviathan (1989) and Cobra (1986). He was married to Birgitta Ljungberg. He died on April 19, 2005 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.poke Greek fluently Father of Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010) and Mandy (2018) director, Panos Cosmatos. Collected rare books, mostly 19th and 20th Century English literature. Greek director born in Italy who made international blockbusters. He had a well-known knack for complex action shoots and aerial photography and for saving troubled projects. A student of the London Film School, he began as an assistant to Otto Preminger on Exodus (1960).My pictures appeal all round the world. I do slick American pictures with a European sensitivity.