Midnight Cowboy
1969
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John Schlesinger, English film director known for a wide variety of sensitively told stories set in his homeland and in the United States. His best-known movies included Darling (1965), Midnight Cowboy (1969), Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971), Marathon Man (1976), and The Falcon and the Snowman (1985).
Apr 4, 2022 · Where to begin with John Schlesinger. Sixty years after the release of his debut feature, the kitchen-sink classic A Kind of Loving, we plot a course through the career of John Schlesinger, the Oscar-winning British director of Billy Liar and Midnight Cowboy. 4 April 2022.
Jul 25, 2003 · July 25, 2003. John Schlesinger, the Academy Award-winning director of "Midnight Cowboy" whose other films — including "Billy Liar," "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" and "Darling" — often captured the...
Jul 26, 2003 · July 26, 2003 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. John Schlesinger, the British director who first gained acclaim in the 1960s with films such as “Billy Liar” and “Darling” and capped the decade by...
Jul 26, 2003 · John Schlesinger. Generous and energetic film director whose reputation was enhanced by Hollywood success but damaged by dire commercial flops. Brian Baxter. Sat 26 Jul 2003 04.52 EDT. Asked...
Interview with John Schlesinger. Roger Ebert May 18, 1975. Tweet. The kinds of films he likes to make are just the ones the studios are most wary about, John Schlesinger was complaining. And so he spends too much time turning down nice, tidy commercial subjects and trying to get, his latest dreams off the ground.
Quick Facts John Schlesinger CBE, Born ... Close. Schlesinger started his career making British dramas A Kind of Loving (1962), Billy Liar (1963), and Far from the Madding Crowd (1967). He won the Academy Award for Best Director for Midnight Cowboy (1969) and was Oscar-nominated for Darling (1965) and Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971).
