Quick Facts

• 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

Best Known For

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