John Schlesinger Biography

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NAME: John Schlesinger
OCCUPATION: Director
BIRTH DATE: February 16, 1926
DEATH DATE: July 25, 2003
PLACE OF BIRTH: London, England
PLACE OF DEATH: Palm Springs, California
Full Name: John Richard Schlesinger

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British film and theater director John Schlesinger’s first American film, Midnight Cowboy (1969), won him an Academy Award.

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John Schlesinger was born February 16, 1926 in London, England. He worked as an actor before becoming a documentary director for BBC television. His feature films A Kind of Loving and Billy Liar depicted English urban life. The successful Darling mocked the jet set, and he followed it with Far from the Madding Crowd. His first American film, Midnight Cowboy, won him an Academy Award.

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