Director John McTiernan was ordered by a federal judge to serve four months behind bars and pay a $100,000 fine on Monday after admitting he lied to investigators probing a Hollywood wire-tapping scandal.

The 56-year-old moviemaker was also sentenced to two years of supervised release after admitting making "knowingly false" statements to the FBI.

The “Predator” director was among the seven defendants who pleaded guilty in the conspiracy and racketeering case of disgraced celebrity detective Anthony Pellicano, who worked for Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor and who has been accused of conspiracy and plotting to secretly bug the phones of stars including Sylvester Stallone, Keith Carradine and a dozen other people. He was also accused of bribing in order to obtain certain police records.

In April last year, McTiernan admitted he paid Pellicano $50,000 to wiretap film producer Charles Roven after their collaboration on the 2000 box-office flop "Rollerball."

McTiernan told the court when he entered his plea that he was lying when he told a person identifying himself as an FBI agent that the only time he hired Pellicano was during his divorce. The conversation took place by telephone on Feb. 13, CBS2.com reported.