John Schlesinger

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-02-16 (77 years old)

Deathday

2003-07-25

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

John Schlesinger

Biography

John Richard Schlesinger, CBE, was an English film and stage director, and actor. He won an Academy Award for Best Director for Midnight Cowboy, and was nominated for two other films (Darling and Sunday Bloody Sunday). Schlesinger was born in London, into a middle class Jewish family. His acting career began in the 1950s and consisted of supporting roles in British films and television productions. He began his directorial career in 1956 with the short documentary Sunday in the Park about London's Hyde Park. In 1958, Schlesinger created a documentary on Benjamin Britten and the Aldeburgh Festival for the BBC's Monitor TV programme, including...

Acting

1992

The Lost Language of Cranes

as Derek Moulthorp

1973

1956

The Battle of the River Plate

as Lieutenant, Graf Spee (uncredited)

1973

Visions of Eight

as Narrator

1949

Black Legend

as The Judge

1996

The Twilight of the Golds

as Dr. Adrian Lodge

1956

The Last Man to Hang

as Dr. Goldfinger

1965

Darling

as Theatre Director (uncredited)

1963

Billy Liar

as Officer in Dream (uncredited)

1961

Terminus

as Passenger (uncredited)

1957

Brothers in Law

as Assize Court Solicitor

1958

Stormy Crossing

as Mechanic

1990

Pacific Heights

as Man in Elevator (uncredited)

1954

The Divided Heart

as Ticket Collector

1957

Seven Thunders

as German Soldier

Production

2000

1990

Pacific Heights

as Director

1976

Marathon Man

as Director

1969

Midnight Cowboy

as Director

1979

Yanks

as Director

1975

1965

Darling

as Director

1987

The Believers

as Director

1987

The Believers

as Producer

1962

A Kind of Loving

as Director

1995

1963

Billy Liar

as Director

1996

Eye for an Eye

as Director

1971

1961

Terminus

as Director

1961

Terminus

as Writer

1981

1973

Visions of Eight

as Director

1993

The Innocent

as Director

1983

1983

Separate Tables

as Director

1988

Madame Sousatzka

as Director

1988

Madame Sousatzka

as Screenplay

1985

1981

1949

Black Legend

as Director

1949

Black Legend

as Producer

1949

Black Legend

as Writer

1965

Darling

as Idea

1952

The Starfish

as Director

1952

The Starfish

as Writer

1952

The Starfish

as Director of Photography

1956

1956

1956

Sunday in the Park

as Director of Photography

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