John Schlesinger
Sign in to saveEnglish film and stage director (1926–2003)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1926
- Died
- 2003-07-25
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Midnight cowboy
- Conversations with John Schlesinger
- Midnight cowboy
- Midnight cowboy
- Les contes d'Hoffmann
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Directing · London, England, UK
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…
Known for
- Innes Lloyd: The Producer — Self (archive footage)2025
- Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film — Self (uncredited)2002
- Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs — Self1998
- The Twilight of the Golds — Dr. Adrian Lodge1996
- The Celluloid Closet — Self1996
- Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties — Self1993
- The Lost Language of Cranes — Derek Moulthorp1992
- Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey — Self1990
- Pacific Heights — Man in Elevator (uncredited)1990
- The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People — Self1976
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 86
- Total plays
- 190
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 199,603x
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 49,394x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,243x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,227x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,013x
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Key facts
- Born
- John Richard Schlesinger , ( 1926-02-16 ) 16 February 1926, London, England
- Died
- 25 July 2003 (2003-07-25) (aged 77), Palm Springs, California , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Balliol College, Oxford
- Occupations
- Director actor
- Partner
- Michael Childers
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 16 February 1926
- Died
- 25 July 2003
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Family name
- Schlesinger
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Palm Springs
- Educated at
- Uppingham School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Golden Bear
Article
John Richard Schlesinger (/ˈʃlɛsɪndʒər/ SHLESS-in-jər; 16 February 1926 – 25 July 2003) was an English film, television and theatre director, and actor. He emerged in the early 1960s as a leading light of the British New Wave, before embarking on a successful career in Hollywood, often directing films dealing with provocative subject matter, combined with his status as one of the rare openly gay directors working in mainstream films.
Schlesinger started his career making British kitchen sink dramas A Kind of Loving (1962) and Billy Liar (1963), and the Thomas Hardy adaptation 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). He gained acclaim for his Hollywood films The Day of the Locust (1975) and Marathon Man (1976). His later films include Madame Sousatzka (1988) and Cold Comfort Farm (1995). He also served as an associate director of the Royal National Theatre.
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1926 births2003 deaths20th-century English LGBTQ people21st-century English LGBTQ peopleAlumni of Balliol College, OxfordBAFTA fellowsBest Directing Academy Award winnersBest Director BAFTA Award winnersBritish Army personnel of World War IIBritish LGBTQ film directorsBritish LGBTQ military personnelCommanders of the Order of the British Empire