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John Schlesinger (1926-2003) was an Oscar®-winning English director. Schlesinger won an Academy Award® for Best Director for 1969’s Midnight Cowboy. He also received Best Director Oscar nominations for 1965’s Darling and 1971’s Sunday Bloody Sunday. His IMDb page shows 32 directing credits from 1952 to 2007. This page will rank John Schlesinger movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
John Schlesinger Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.
John Schlesinger Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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Possibly Interesting Facts About John Schlesinger
1. John Richard Schlesinger was born and raised at Hampstead, London.
2. John Schlesinger served in the British Army in the Far East during World War II.
3. John Schlesinger was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1970 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his services to film.
4. John Schlesinger directed eight different actors in Oscar®-nominated performances: Julie Christie, Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Burgess Meredith and Laurence Olivier. Christie won an Oscar® for Darling (1965).
5. While shooting 1976’s Marathon Man, John Schlesinger realized he had no idea of how to stage a fight, so he watched other films to see how it was done.
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I have seen 4 John Schlesinger movies.
Marathon Man is a favourite of mine.
I have also seen Midnight Cowboy, Darling, and Sunday Bloody Sunday
I’ve seen 7 John Schlesinger films, favorites are – Marathon Man, Pacific Heights and The Believers.
I’ve also seen Midnight Cowboy, The Day of the Locust, Darling and Billy Liar.
“Hey! I’m walkin’ here, I’m walkin’ here.” The first X-rated movie to win the Best Picture Oscar was directed by a British director. So proud. [wipes tear]
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