John Schlesinger Biography (1926-)
Full name, John Richard Schlesinger; born February 16, 1926, in London, England; son of Bernard Edward (a physician) and Winifred Henrietta (maiden name,Regensburg) Schlesinger. Addresses: Agent: United Talent Agency Inc.,9560 Wilshire Blvd., 5th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Director, actor, writer
- Birth Details
- February 16, 1926
- London, United Kingdom
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Stage Director
- No Why, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1964
- Timon of Athens, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1965
- Days in the Trees, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1966
- I and Albert, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1972
- Heartbreak House, National Theatre, London, 1975
- Julius Caesar, National Theatre, 1977
- True West, National Theatre, 1980
- Opera Director
- Les contes d'Hoffmann, Royal Opera House, London, 1980
- Der Rosenkavalier, Salzburg Festival, Austria, 1984
- Un Balio in Maschera, Salzburg Festival, 1989
- Film Appearances
- Sailor of the King (also known as Single-Handed, Able Seaman Brown, and Single Handed), Twentieth-Century Fox, 1953
- Ticket Collector, The Divided Heart, Ealing/Republic, 1955
- Gentleman, Oh ... Rosalinda (also known as Fledermaus `55),1955
- Dr. Goldfinger, The Last Man to Hang, Columbia, 1956
- Pursuit of the Graf Spee (also known as Battle of the River Plate), Rank, 1957
- Tim, garage mechanic, Stormy Crossing (also known as Black Tide), 1957
- Seven Thunders (also known as The Besasts of Marseilles), 1957
- Brothers in Law, Continental, 1957
- (Uncredited) Location: Far from the Madding Crowd, 1967
- Fifty Years of Action! (documentary), Directors Guild of America Golden Jubilee Committee, 1986
- Cameo, Pacific Heights, Fox, 1990
- Interviewee, The Celluloid Closet (also known as Celluloid Closet and Gefangen in der Traumfabrik), 1995
- Film Director
- Terminus (documentary), British Transport Films, 1961
- A Kind of Loving, Governor, 1962
- Billy Liar, Continental, 1963
- Darling, Embassy, 1965
- Far from the Madding Crowd, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
- Midnight Cowboy, United Artists, 1969
- Sunday Bloody Sunday, United Artists, 1970
- "Olympic Marathon," Visions of Eight, Cinema V, 1973
- The Day of the Locust, Paramount, 1974
- Marathon Man, Paramount, 1976
- Yanks, Universal, 1978
- Honky Tonk Freeway, Universal, 1980
- (And producer) The Falcon and the Snowman, Orion, 1985
- (And producer) The Believers, Orion, 1987
- Madame Sousatzka, Cineplex-Odeon, 1988
- Pacific Heights, Fox, 1990
- A Question of Attribution, 1992
- The Innocent, 1993
- Eye for an Eye, Paramount, 1996
- The Next Best Thing, Paramount, 2000
- Also directed The Class.
- Other Film Work
- Restoration supervisor, Midnight Cowboy, 1969
- Consultant director, Privileged, New Yorker, 1981
- Television Appearances
- Movies
- Brothers-in-Law, 1985
- Dr. Adrian Lodge, The Twilight of the Golds, Showtime, 1997
- Specials
- Living in America, VH-1, 1991
- Derek Moulthorp, The Lost Language of Cranes, PBS, 1992
- Episodic
- Jack Ludlow, "The Masked Bandits," Ivanhoe, 1958
- "Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey," American Masters, PBS, 1992
- Television Director
- Movies
- Separate Tables, BBC, 1982
- An Englishman Abroad, BBC, 1983
- Cold Comfort Farm, 1995
- The Tale of Sweeney Todd, Showtime, 1998
- Also directed the short film Tonight.
- Episodic
- Monitor, 1958
- "A Question of Attribution," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1992
- Also directed episodes of The Valiant Years, BBC.
- WRITINGS
- Screenplays
- Terminus (documentary), British Transport Films, 1960
- Darling, Embassy, 1965
- Madame Sousatzka, Cineplex-Odeon, 1988
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
- Phillips, Gene D., John Schlesinger, Twayne, 1981
- Advocate, March 26, 1991, p. 32; March 28, 2000, pp. 68-71
- American Film, November, 1987, p. 13; January, 1991, pp. 16-21
- Art in America, March, 1993, pp. 66-75
- New Yorker, February 28, 1994, pp. 41-42