Biography
John Richard Schlesinger 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.
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Awards & recognition
- BAFTA Fellowship · 1996
- BAFTA Award — Best Direction · 1972
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1970
- BAFTA Award — Best Direction · 1970
- BAFTA Award — Best Short Film · 1962
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- Golden Bear · 1962
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Directors Guild of America Award
- National Board of Review Award — Best Film
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1972 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1970 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1966 · nominated
Filmography25 titles
Midnight Cowboy
Terminus
The Celluloid Closet
Marathon Man
Visions of Eight
A Kind of Loving
Madame Sousatzka
Far from the Madding Crowd
Darling
Billy Liar
Separate Tables
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Falcon and the Snowman
The Day of the Locust
Pursuit of the Graf Spee
The Buccaneers
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Eye for an Eye
Pacific Heights
An Englishman Abroad
The Believers
Yanks
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
Seven Thunders
Honky Tonk Freeway