Filmography
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Known For
Midnight Cowboy Director (1969) -
Darling Theatre Director (1965) -
Marathon Man Director (1976) -
Known For
Sunday Bloody Sunday Director (1971) -
Director
The McCartney Years (2007) -
The Next Best Thing (2000) -
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]( "The Believers")
The Believers (1987) -
![The Falcon and the Snowman]( "The Falcon and the Snowman")
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) -
![Separate Tables]( "Separate Tables")
Separate Tables (1983) -
![An Englishman Abroad]( "An Englishman Abroad")
An Englishman Abroad (1983) -
![Honky Tonk Freeway]( "Honky Tonk Freeway")
Honky Tonk Freeway (1981) -
![Yanks]( "Yanks")
Yanks (1979) -
![Marathon Man]( "Marathon Man")
Marathon Man (1976) -
![The Day of the Locust]( "The Day of the Locust")
The Day of the Locust (1975) -
![Visions of Eight]( "Visions of Eight")
Visions of Eight (1973) -
![Sunday Bloody Sunday]( "Sunday Bloody Sunday")
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) -
![Midnight Cowboy]( "Midnight Cowboy")
Midnight Cowboy (1969) -
![Far from the Madding Crowd]( "Far from the Madding Crowd")
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) -
![The Wednesday Play]( "The Wednesday Play")
The Wednesday Play (1967) -
![Darling]( "Darling")
Darling (1965) -
![Billy Liar]( "Billy Liar")
Billy Liar (1963) -
![A Kind of Loving]( "A Kind of Loving")
A Kind of Loving (1962) -
![Terminus]( "Terminus")
Terminus (1961) -
![Monitor]( "Monitor")
Monitor (1958-1961) -
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DirectorSunday in the Park (1956)
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Actor
![The Twilight of the Golds]( "The Twilight of the Golds")
The Twilight of the Golds Dr. Adrian Lodge (1996) -
![The Lost Language of Cranes]( "The Lost Language of Cranes")
The Lost Language of Cranes Derek Moulthorpe (1991) -
![Pacific Heights]( "Pacific Heights")
Pacific Heights Man in Elevator (1990) -
![Brothers-in-Law]( "Brothers-in-Law")
Brothers-in-Law (1985) -
![Darling]( "Darling")
Darling Theatre Director (1965) -
![Billy Liar]( "Billy Liar")
Billy Liar Officer in Dream (1963) -
![Ivanhoe]( "Ivanhoe")
Ivanhoe Jack Ludlow (1958) -
![Black Tide]( "Black Tide")
Black Tide Mechanic (1958) -
![Armchair Theatre]( "Armchair Theatre")
Armchair Theatre Ticket Inspector (1957) -
![The Beasts of Marseilles]( "The Beasts of Marseilles")
The Beasts of Marseilles Minor Role (1957) -
A Woman of Property Charles Reade (1957)
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![The Adventures of Robin Hood]( "The Adventures of Robin Hood")
The Adventures of Robin Hood Alan-a-Dale (1956-1957) -
![The Grove Family]( "The Grove Family")
The Grove Family Mr. Gribble (1956-1957) -
![ITV Television Playhouse]( "ITV Television Playhouse")
ITV Television Playhouse Head porter (1957) -
![Brothers in Law]( "Brothers in Law")
Brothers in Law Assize Court Solicitor (1957) -
Aggie Ski instructor (1957)
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Assignment Foreign Legion Corporal Schneider (1957)
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![The Buccaneers]( "The Buccaneers")
The Buccaneers Pigtail (1956) -
![Pursuit of the Graf Spee]( "Pursuit of the Graf Spee")
Pursuit of the Graf Spee Prisoner on Graf Spee (1956) -
![The Last Man to Hang?]( "The Last Man to Hang?")
The Last Man to Hang? Dr. Goldfinger (1956) -
![Colonel March of Scotland Yard]( "Colonel March of Scotland Yard")
Colonel March of Scotland Yard Dutch Cook (1956) -
The Adventures of Annabel Mr. Horatio Quick (1955)
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![Oh... Rosalinda!!]( "Oh... Rosalinda!!")
Oh... Rosalinda!! Gentleman (1955) -
As I Was Saying An Arab (1955)
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![The Vise]( "The Vise")
The Vise Daniel Morraine (1955) -
![The Divided Heart]( "The Divided Heart")
The Divided Heart Ticket Collector (1954) -
A Loan from Lorenzo The Lute player (1953)
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![BBC Sunday-Night Theatre]( "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre")
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre Amiens (1953) -
Actor
![Sailor of the King]( "Sailor of the King")
Sailor of the King German Guard (1953) -
WriterUn ballo in maschera (1990)
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![Madame Sousatzka]( "Madame Sousatzka")
Madame Sousatzka (1988) -
![Der Rosenkavalier]( "Der Rosenkavalier")
Der Rosenkavalier (1985) -
![Darling]( "Darling")
Darling (1965) -
Writer
![Terminus]( "Terminus")
Terminus (1961) -
Producer
![The Believers]( "The Believers")
The Believers (1987) -
![The Falcon and the Snowman]( "The Falcon and the Snowman")
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) -
ProducerSunday in the Park (1956)
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Archive footage
![Casting By]( "Casting By")
Casting By (2012) -
![BBC Look North: Yorkshire and North Midlands]( "BBC Look North: Yorkshire and North Midlands")
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Controversy and Acclaim (2006)
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Celebrating Schlesinger (2006)
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Archive footageCinema mil (2005)
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![The 76th Annual Academy Awards]( "The 76th Annual Academy Awards")
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Miscellaneous CrewUn ballo in maschera (1990)
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![Der Rosenkavalier]( "Der Rosenkavalier")
Der Rosenkavalier (1985) -
![Privileged]( "Privileged")
Privileged (1982) -
Miscellaneous Crew
![Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)]( "Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)")
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![The Four Just Men]( "The Four Just Men")
The Four Just Men (1959) -
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
![Danger Man]( "Danger Man")
Danger Man (1960-1961) -
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
![The Four Just Men]( "The Four Just Men")
The Four Just Men (1959-1960) -
Camera and Electrical Department
![Monitor]( "Monitor")
Monitor (1958)
All Filmography
Did You Know
Trivia
Profiled in "Conversations with Directors: An Anthology of Interviews from Literature/Film Quarterly", E.M. Walker, D.T. Johnson, eds. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2008.
Quotes
The days of dealing with one despot are over. Now it's clearly with a whole group of frightened committee people.
Star Sign
Aquarius
Personal Details
Born
John Richard Schlesinger
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Died
(age 77)
Palm Springs, California, USA
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