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Palm Springs, California, U.S. Alma mater. Balliol College, Oxford. Occupations. Director. actor. Partner. Michael Childers. John Richard Schlesinger [1] CBE ( / ˈʃlɛsɪndʒər / SHLESS-in-jər; 16 February 1926 – 25 July 2003) was an English film and stage director, and actor.
- Filmmaker
- University of Oxford
- 1946–2003
- John Richard Schlesinger, 16 February 1926, London, England
John Schlesinger. Director: Midnight Cowboy. Oscar-winning director John Schlesinger, who was born in London, on February 16, 1926, was the eldest child in a solidly middle-class Jewish family. Berbard Schlesinger, his father, was a pediatrician, and his mother, Winifred, was a musician.
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- Hampstead, London, England, UK
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- Palm Springs, California, USA
Apr 24, 2024 · 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).
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Oscar-winning director John Schlesinger, who was born in London, on February 16, 1926, was the eldest child in a solidly middle-class Jewish family. Berbard Schlesinger, his father, was a pediatrician, and his mother, Winifred, was a musician. He served in the Army in the Far East during World War II.
- February 16, 1926
- July 25, 2003
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.
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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.
Jul 25, 2003 · By Mel Gussow. 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...
