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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.

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Highest rated movies

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

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19% 35% The Next Best Thing Director $15.0M 2000
No Score Yet 37% The Tale of Sweeney Todd Director - 1998
8% 55% Eye for an Eye Director $25.7M 1996
83% 81% Cold Comfort Farm Director $5.6M 1995
22% 28% The Innocent Director $413.6K 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Question of Attribution Director - 1992
No Score Yet 79% The Lost Language of Cranes Derek Moulthorpe (Character) - 1991
54% 48% Pacific Heights Director $27.9M 1990
78% 65% Madame Sousatzka Director,
Screenwriter 		$2.9M 1988
35% 45% The Believers Director,
Producer 		$17.4M 1987
83% 69% The Falcon and the Snowman Director,
Producer 		$14.9M 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet An Englishman Abroad Director - 1983
No Score Yet 55% Honky Tonk Freeway Director - 1981
57% 62% Yanks Director - 1979
82% 81% Marathon Man Director - 1976
63% 75% The Day of the Locust Director - 1975
54% 58% Visions of Eight Director - 1973
86% 70% Sunday, Bloody Sunday Director - 1971
89% 88% Midnight Cowboy Director $201.0K 1969
64% 77% Far From the Madding Crowd Director - 1967
72% 70% Darling Director - 1965
95% 83% Billy Liar Director $35.6K 1963
93% 86% A Kind of Loving Director $3.3K 1962