- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- February 16, 1926
- Place of Birth
- London, England, UK
- Died
- July 25, 2003
John Schlesinger
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' d…
Filmography
movieInnes Lloyd: The Producer
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe ROH Live: The Tales of Hoffmann
2016 · Director
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
movieReel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002 · Self (uncredited)
movieThe Next Best Thing
2000 · Director
movieThe Tale of Sweeney Todd
1998 · Director
movieMythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998 · Self
movieThe Twilight of the Golds
1996 · Dr. Adrian Lodge
movieThe Celluloid Closet
1996 · Self
movieEye for an Eye
1996 · Director
movieCold Comfort Farm
1995 · Director
movieThe Innocent
1993 · Director
tvHollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993 · Self
movieThe Lost Language of Cranes
1992 · Derek Moulthorp
movieA Question of Attribution
1991 · Director
moviePacific Heights
1990 · Man in Elevator (uncredited), Director
movieVerdi: Un ballo in maschera
1990 · Director
movieWaldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
1990 · Self
tvScreen One
1989 · Director
movieMadame Sousatzka
1988 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Believers
1987 · Director, Producer
movieDer Rosenkavalier
1985 · Director
movieThe Falcon and the Snowman
1985 · Director, Producer
movieAn Englishman Abroad
1983 · Director
movieSeparate Tables
1983 · Director
movieLes Contes d'Hoffmann
1981 · Director
movieHonky Tonk Freeway
1981 · Director
movieYanks
1979 · Director
movieMarathon Man
1976 · Director
movieThe Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People
1976 · Self
movieThe Day of the Locust
1975 · Director
tvFlick Flack
1974
movieVisions of Eight
1973 · Narrator, Director
movieThe Big Screen
1973 · Self
Film '72
tvFilm '72
1971 · Self
movieSunday Bloody Sunday
1971 · Director
movieMidnight Cowboy
1969 · Director
movieThe Crowd Around the Cowboy
1969 · Self
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
movieLocation: Far from the Madding Crowd
1967 · Himself
movieFar from the Madding Crowd
1967 · Director
movieDays in the Trees
1967 · Director
Speaking of Britain
movieSpeaking of Britain
1967 · Self
movieDarling
1965 · Theatre Director (uncredited), Idea
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964 · Director
movieBilly Liar
1963 · Officer in Dream (uncredited), Director
movieA Kind of Loving
1962 · Director
movieTerminus
1961 · Passenger (uncredited), Director, Writer
tvWinston Churchill: The Valiant Years
1960 · Director
tvThe Four Just Men
1959 · Second Unit Director
movieStormy Crossing
1958 · Mechanic
tvMonitor
1958 · Director
tvIvanhoe
1958 · Jack Ludlow
movieSeven Thunders
1957 · German Soldier
movieWakes Week in Blackburn
1957 · Director
movieBrothers in Law
1957 · Assize Court Solicitor
movieThe Battle of the River Plate
1956 · Lieutenant, Graf Spee (uncredited)
tvThe Buccaneers
1956 · Pigtail
movieThe Last Man to Hang
1956 · Dr. Goldfinger
movieSunday in the Park
1956 · Producer, Director, Director of Photography
tvThe Adventures of Robin Hood
1955 · Hale, Alan-a-Dale
movieThe Divided Heart
1954 · Ticket Collector
movieThe Starfish
1952 · Writer, Director of Photography
tvSunday Night Theatre
1950 · Amiens, An innkeeper
movieBlack Legend
1949 · The Judge, Producer, Writer, Director
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee