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

Books

Phillips, Gene D., John Schlesinger, Twayne, 1981

Periodicals

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

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