John Schlesinger

John Schlesinger

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1926-02-16
Deathday: 2003-07-25 (77 years old)

Check on Amazon

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 rehearsals of the children's opera Noye's Fludde featuring a young Michael Crawford.


By the 1960s, he had virtually given up acting to concentrate on a directing career, and another of his earlier directorial efforts, the British Transport Films' documentary Terminus (1961), gained a Venice Film Festival Gold Lion and a British Academy Award. His first two fiction films, A Kind of Loving (1962) and Billy Liar (1963) were set in the North of England. A Kind of Loving won the Golden Bear award at the 12th Berlinale in 1962. His third feature film, Darling (1965), tartly described the modern, urban way of life in London and was one of the first films about 'swinging London'. Schlesinger's next film was the period drama Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's popular novel accentuated by beautiful English country locations. Both films (and Billy Liar) featured Julie Christie as the female lead.


Schlesinger's next film, Midnight Cowboy (1969), was internationally acclaimed. A story of two hustlers living on the fringe in the bad side of New York City, it was Schlesinger's first film shot in the US, and it won Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture. During the 1970s, he made an array of films that were mainly about loners, losers and people outside the clean world, such as Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), The Day of the Locust (1975), Marathon Man (1976) and Yanks (1979). Later, came the major box office and critical failure of Honky Tonk Freeway (1981), followed by films that attracted mixed responses from the public


From 1973, he was an associate director of the Royal National Theatre, where he produced George Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House (1975). He also directed several operas, beginning with Les contes d'Hoffmann (1980) and Der Rosenkavalier (1984), both at Covent Garden. Schlesinger was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to film in 1970. In 2003, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California Walk of Stars was dedicated to him.

Advertisement

Filmography

all 51

Movies 45

Director 30

self 8

TV Shows 6

Writer 1

Self
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy

Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (2023)

Movie
Director
The ROH Live: The Tales of Hoffmann

The ROH Live: The Tales of Hoffmann (2016)

Movie
Director
An Englishman Abroad

An Englishman Abroad (2009)

Movie
Director
The Next Best Thing

The Next Best Thing (2000)

Movie
Director
The Tale of Sweeney Todd

The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998)

Movie
Self
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs (1998)

Movie
Dr. Adrian Lodge
The Twilight of the Golds

The Twilight of the Golds (1996)

Movie
3
Self
The Celluloid Closet

The Celluloid Closet (1996)

Movie
2
Director
Eye for an Eye

Eye for an Eye (1996)

Movie
8
Director
Cold Comfort Farm

Cold Comfort Farm (1995)

Movie
Director
The Innocent

The Innocent (1993)

Movie
Self
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties (1993)

TV
Derek Moulthorp
The Lost Language of Cranes

The Lost Language of Cranes (1992)

Movie
Director
A Question of Attribution

A Question of Attribution (1991)

Movie
Man in Elevator (uncredited) / Director
Pacific Heights

Pacific Heights (1990)

Movie
6
Director
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (1990)

Movie
Self
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey (1990)

Movie
Director
Madame Sousatzka

Madame Sousatzka (1988)

Movie
Director
The Believers

The Believers (1987)

Movie
Writer
Der Rosenkavalier

Der Rosenkavalier (1985)

Movie
Director
The Falcon and the Snowman

The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)

Movie
Director
Separate Tables

Separate Tables (1983)

Movie
Director
Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Les Contes d'Hoffmann (1981)

Movie
Director
Honky Tonk Freeway

Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)

Movie
Director
Yanks

Yanks (1979)

Movie
Director
Marathon Man

Marathon Man (1976)

Movie
6.67
Self
The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People

The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People (1976)

Movie
Director
The Day of the Locust

The Day of the Locust (1975)

Movie
Flick Flack

Flick Flack (1974)

TV
Narrator / Director
Visions of Eight

Visions of Eight (1973)

Movie
5.76
Self
The Big Screen

The Big Screen (1973)

Movie
Director
Sunday Bloody Sunday

Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)

Movie
Director
Midnight Cowboy

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Movie
6.4
Self
The Crowd Around the Cowboy

The Crowd Around the Cowboy (1969)

Movie
Director
Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)

Movie
6
Director
Darling

Darling (1965)

Movie
4
Director
Billy Liar

Billy Liar (1963)

Movie
Director
A Kind of Loving

A Kind of Loving (1962)

Movie
Director
Terminus

Terminus (1961)

Movie
Mechanic
Stormy Crossing

Stormy Crossing (1958)

Movie
Jack Ludlow
Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe (1958)

TV
Director
Wakes Week in Blackburn

Wakes Week in Blackburn (1957)

Movie
Assize Court Solicitor
Brothers in Law

Brothers in Law (1957)

Movie
Lieutenant, Graf Spee (uncredited)
The Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate (1956)

Movie
Pigtail
The Buccaneers

The Buccaneers (1956)

TV
Dr. Goldfinger
The Last Man to Hang

The Last Man to Hang (1956)

Movie
Dutch Cook
Colonel March of Scotland Yard

Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1956)

TV
Director
Sunday in the Park

Sunday in the Park (1956)

Movie
Hale / Alan-a-Dale
The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955)

TV
Ticket Collector
The Divided Heart

The Divided Heart (1954)

Movie
Director
The Starfish

The Starfish (1952)

Movie

Ratings

Average 5.82
Based on 341 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1952
1962
1979
1971
2023
Advertisement
John SchlesingerJohn SchlesingerJohn Schlesinger

Information

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1926-02-16

Deathday
2003-07-25 (77 years old)

Birth Place
London, United Kingdom

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Also Known As
존 슐레진저

Awards
National Board of Review Award for Best Film, Directors Guild of America Award, Academy Fellowship Award, BAFTA Award for Best Direction, BAFTA Award for Best Short Film, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Golden Bear, Academy Award for Best Director


This article uses material from Wikipedia.
Advertisement
Noel Davis
John Schlesinger
Noel Davis worked together with John Schlesinger in:
7 Movies
1 TV Show
Jim Clark
John Schlesinger
Jim Clark worked together with John Schlesinger in:
7 Movies
Joseph Janni
John Schlesinger
Joseph Janni worked together with John Schlesinger in:
6 Movies
Dustin Hoffman
John Schlesinger
Dustin Hoffman worked together with John Schlesinger in:
5 Movies
Michael Childers
John Schlesinger
Michael Childers worked together with John Schlesinger in:
5 Movies
Ann Roth
John Schlesinger
Ann Roth worked together with John Schlesinger in:
5 Movies
William Devane
John Schlesinger
William Devane worked together with John Schlesinger in:
4 Movies
Julie Christie
John Schlesinger
Julie Christie worked together with John Schlesinger in:
4 Movies
Alan Bates
John Schlesinger
Alan Bates worked together with John Schlesinger in:
4 Movies
Alex Scott
John Schlesinger
Alex Scott worked together with John Schlesinger in:
1 Movie
3 TV Shows
Jerome Hellman
John Schlesinger
Jerome Hellman worked together with John Schlesinger in:
4 Movies
Richard Rodney Bennett
John Schlesinger
Richard Rodney Bennett worked together with John Schlesinger in:
4 Movies
Peter Honess
John Schlesinger
Peter Honess worked together with John Schlesinger in:
4 Movies
Richard Marden
John Schlesinger
Richard Marden worked together with John Schlesinger in:
4 Movies
Bernard Knowles
John Schlesinger
Bernard Knowles worked together with John Schlesinger in:
4 TV Shows
Malcolm Cooke
John Schlesinger
Malcolm Cooke worked together with John Schlesinger in:
4 Movies
Miriam Brickman
John Schlesinger
Miriam Brickman worked together with John Schlesinger in:
4 Movies
Dan Perri
John Schlesinger
Dan Perri worked together with John Schlesinger in:
4 Movies
Bob Lawrance
John Schlesinger
Bob Lawrance worked together with John Schlesinger in:
4 Movies
Amy Roberts
John Schlesinger
Amy Roberts worked together with John Schlesinger in:
4 Movies
  • John Schlesinger
    John Schlesinger
  • Filmography
  • Information
  • Related Persons
Social Media
X
Facebook
Pinterest
Telegram
Download
iOS Application
Made in Ukraine 🇺🇦
Copyright © MovieFit 2018 – 2024
All external content remains the property of its respective owner.