Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows FanStore News Showtimes

John Schlesinger

Highest Rated: 95% Billy Liar (1963)

Lowest Rated: 8% Eye for an Eye (1996)

Birthday: Feb 16, 1926

Birthplace: London, England, UK

John Schlesinger was celebrated for his ability to elicit sensitive performances from his actors, a skill which drew on his own experience on the British stage in the 1950s. His style was also influenced by techniques he developed while directing TV documentaries--a period of his career characterized by extensive location shooting, tight production schedules and an emphasis on the role of editing in shaping narrative structure.

Show Less Show More

Highest-Rated Movies

95% 83% Billy Liar
Watchlist
93% 86% A Kind of Loving
Watchlist
89% 88% Midnight Cowboy
Watchlist
86% 70% Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Watchlist
83% 69% The Falcon and the Snowman
Watchlist
83% 81% Cold Comfort Farm
Watchlist
82% 81% Marathon Man
Watchlist
78% 65% Madame Sousatzka
Watchlist
72% 70% Darling
Watchlist
64% 77% Far From the Madding Crowd
Watchlist
View All John Schlesinger photos

John Schlesinger

John Schlesinger THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN, director John Schlesinger, 1985, ©Orion Pictures . YANKS, director John Schlesinger, on location, 1979, (c) Universal Pictures DARLING, from left: director John Schlesinger, Dirk Bogarde (rear), Julie Christie on set, 1965 FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD, Terence Stamp, director John Schlesinger, on-set, 1967 A KIND OF LOVING, June Ritchie, Director John Schlesinger and Alan Bates, 1962. FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD, John Schlesinger directs Julie Christie and Alan Bates, 1967 THE NEXT BEST THING, Rupert Everett, Madonna, director John Schlesinger, on set, 2000. (c)Paramount MARATHON MAN, director John Schlesinger, Laurence Olivier on set, 1976 EYE FOR AN EYE, director John Schlesinger, Sally Field, Ed Harris on set, 1996, (c) Paramount View more photos

Filmography

Movies TV Shows
Sort By: Newest
The Next Best Thing 19% 35% 2000 Director The Tale of Sweeney Todd 37% 1998 Director Eye for an Eye 8% 55% 1996 Director Cold Comfort Farm 83% 81% 1995 Director The Innocent 22% 28% 1993 Director A Question of Attribution 1992 Director The Lost Language of Cranes 79% 1991 Derek Moulthorpe Actor Pacific Heights 54% 48% 1990 Director Madame Sousatzka 78% 65% 1988 Director, Screenwriter The Believers 35% 45% 1987 Director, Producer The Falcon and the Snowman 83% 69% 1985 Director, Producer An Englishman Abroad 1983 Director Honky Tonk Freeway 56% 1981 Director Yanks 57% 62% 1979 Director Marathon Man 82% 81% 1976 Director The Day of the Locust 63% 75% 1975 Director Visions of Eight 54% 58% 1973 Director Sunday, Bloody Sunday 86% 70% 1971 Director Midnight Cowboy 89% 88% 1969 Director Far From the Madding Crowd 64% 77% 1967 Director Darling 72% 70% 1965 Director Billy Liar 95% 83% 1963 Director A Kind of Loving 93% 86% 1962 Director
Load More