John Schlesinger (I) (1926–2003)

Director | Actor | Assistant Director

Oscar-winning director John Schlesinger, who was born in London, on February 16, 1926, was the ...

Born: February 16, 1926
Died: July 25, 2003 (age 77)

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Filmography

Known For

Midnight Cowboy Director (1969)
Darling Director (1965)
Marathon Man Director (1976)
Known For

Yanks Director (1979)
Director

The McCartney Years (2007)
The Next Best Thing (2000)
Paul McCartney: Little Willow (1997)
The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1997)
The Why Store: Father (1996)
Eye for an Eye (1996)
Cold Comfort Farm (1995)
The Innocent (1993)
Screen One (1991)
Pacific Heights (1990)
Madame Sousatzka (1988)
The Believers (1987)
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
An Englishman Abroad (1983)
Separate Tables (1983)
Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
Yanks (1979)
Marathon Man (1976)
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Visions of Eight (1973)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
The Wednesday Play (1967)
Darling (1965)
Billy Liar (1963)
A Kind of Loving (1962)
Terminus (1961)
Monitor (1958-1961)
Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years (1960)
Sunday in the Park (1956)
Director

The Starfish (1950)
Actor

The Twilight of the Golds Dr. Adrian Lodge (1996)
The Lost Language of Cranes Derek Moulthorpe (1991)
Pacific Heights Man in Elevator (1990)
Brothers-in-Law (1985)
Darling Theatre Director (1965)
Billy Liar Officer in Dream (1963)
Ivanhoe Jack Ludlow (1958)
Black Tide Mechanic (1958)
Armchair Theatre Ticket Inspector (1957)
The Beasts of Marseilles Minor Role (1957)
A Woman of Property Charles Reade (1957)
The Adventures of Robin Hood Alan-a-Dale (1956-1957)
The Grove Family Mr. Gribble (1956-1957)
ITV Television Playhouse Head porter (1957)
Brothers in Law Assize Court Solicitor (1957)
Aggie Ski instructor (1957)
Assignment Foreign Legion Corporal Schneider (1957)
The Buccaneers Pigtail (1956)
Pursuit of the Graf Spee Prisoner on Graf Spee (1956)
The Last Man to Hang The Hospital: Dr. Goldfinger (1956)
Colonel March of Scotland Yard Dutch Cook (1956)
The Adventures of Annabel Mr. Horatio Quick (1955)
Oh... Rosalinda!! Gentleman (1955)
As I Was Saying An Arab (1955)
The Vise Daniel Morraine (1955)
The Divided Heart Ticket Collector (1954)
A Loan from Lorenzo The Lute player (1953)
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre Amiens (1953)
Actor

Sailor of the King German Guard (1953)
Writer

Un ballo in maschera (1990)
Madame Sousatzka (1988)
Der Rosenkavalier (1985)
Darling (1965)
Terminus (1961)
Writer

The Starfish (1950)
Producer

The Believers (1987)
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
Producer

Sunday in the Park (1956)
Archive footage

Casting By (2012)
BBC Look North: Yorkshire and North Midlands (2008)
Controversy and Acclaim (2006)
Celebrating Schlesinger (2006)
After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later (2006)
Cinema mil (2005)
Archive footage

The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004)
Moving Pictures (1993)
Miscellaneous Crew

Un ballo in maschera (1990)
Der Rosenkavalier (1985)
Privileged (1982)
Miscellaneous Crew

Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) (1981)
The Four Just Men (1959)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Danger Man (1960-1961)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

The Four Just Men (1959-1960)
Camera and Electrical Department

Monitor (1958)

Awards

Did You Know

Schlesinger envisioned a cast of Al Pacino, Julie Christie and Laurence Olivier for Marathon Man (1976). Pacino has said that the only actress he had ever wanted to work with was Christie, who he claimed was "the most poetic of actresses". Producer ...

Quotes

A lot of claptrap is talked about The Method as though the British actor didn't have one. It's just that we tend to be quieter about it.

Star Sign

Aquarius

Personal Details

Born

John Richard Schlesinger
February 16, 1926
Hampstead, London, England, UK

Died

July 25, 2003 (age 77)
Palm Springs, California, USA

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