Where to watch John Schlesinger in the UK
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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 productions. He began his directorial career in 1956 with the short documentary Sunday in the Park about London's Hyde Park. In 1958, Schlesinger created a documentary on Benjamin Britten and the Aldeburgh Fest…
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- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- The Wednesday Play (1964) Director
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955) as Hale
- Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Amiens
- Monitor (1958) Director
- The Buccaneers (1956) as Pigtail
- Screen One (1989) Director
- Midnight Cowboy (1969) Director
- Ivanhoe (1958) as Jack Ludlow
- The Four Just Men (1959) Second Unit Director
- Eye for an Eye (1996) Director
- Marathon Man (1976) Director
- Pacific Heights (1990) Director
- Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years (1960) Director
- Flick Flack (1974) Cast
- The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) Director
- Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties (1993) as Self
- The Battle of the River Plate (1956) as Lieutenant, Graf Spee (uncredited)
- Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) Director
- The Day of the Locust (1975) Director
- The Believers (1987) Director
- Yanks (1979) Director
- The Next Best Thing (2000) Director
- Visions of Eight (1973) Director
- Darling (1965) Director
- The Celluloid Closet (1996) as Self
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) Director
- Madame Sousatzka (1988) Director
- Billy Liar (1963) Director
- The Lost Language of Cranes (1992) as Derek Moulthorp
- The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998) Director
- Cold Comfort Farm (1995) Director
- The Twilight of the Golds (1996) as Dr. Adrian Lodge
- Honky Tonk Freeway (1981) Director
- The Starfish (1952) Director
- A Question of Attribution (1991) Director
- The Crowd Around the Cowboy (1969) as Self
- The Innocent (1993) Director
- Brothers in Law (1957) as Assize Court Solicitor
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Most-watched John Schlesinger films currently: Midnight Cowboy (1969), Eye for an Eye (1996), Marathon Man (1976), Pacific Heights (1990), The Falcon and the Snowman (1985).
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Selected TV credits: Golden Globe Awards (1944), Film '72 (1971), The Wednesday Play (1964), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955), Sunday Night Theatre (1950).
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