John Schlesinger

Career Overview

John Schlesinger has 65 screen credits in a career dating back to 1944. Signature works include Midnight Cowboy, Pacific Heights, The Believers. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

65

Birth Date

1926-02-16

Birth Place

London, England, UK

Known For

• 

  Midnight Cowboy
• 

  Pacific Heights
• 

  The Believers
• 

  Marathon Man
• 

  Eye for an Eye
• 

  The Innocent

Frequent Collaborators

• Dustin Hoffman (2 collaborations)
• Beverly D'Angelo (2 collaborations)
• Jon Voight (1 collaborations)
• Sylvia Miles (1 collaborations)
• John McGiver (1 collaborations)
• Brenda Vaccaro (1 collaborations)
• Barnard Hughes (1 collaborations)
• Ruth White (1 collaborations)
• Jennifer Salt (1 collaborations)
• Gilman Rankin (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (24 credits)

  • Innes Lloyd: The Producer

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

    Self (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • The Twilight of the Golds

    Dr. Adrian Lodge

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • The Celluloid Closet

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • The Lost Language of Cranes

    Derek Moulthorp

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Pacific Heights

    Man in Elevator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • The Big Screen

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • The Crowd Around the Cowboy

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Location: Far from the Madding Crowd

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Speaking of Britain

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Darling

    Theatre Director (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Billy Liar

    Officer in Dream (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Terminus

    Passenger (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Stormy Crossing

    Mechanic

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Seven Thunders

    German Soldier

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Brothers in Law

    Assize Court Solicitor

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Battle of the River Plate

    Lieutenant, Graf Spee (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Last Man to Hang

    Dr. Goldfinger

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Divided Heart

    Ticket Collector

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Black Legend

    The Judge

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Golden Globe Awards

    - The 34th Golden Globe Awards (1977) ... Self - Nominee actor actors
    1944

• directing (30 credits)

  • The ROH Live: The Tales of Hoffmann

    director

    directing
    2016
  • The Tale of Sweeney Todd

    director

    directing
    1998
  • Eye for an Eye

    director

    directing
    1996
  • Cold Comfort Farm

    director

    directing
    1995
  • The Innocent

    director

    directing
    1993
  • A Question of Attribution

    director

    directing
    1991
  • Pacific Heights

    director

    directing
    1990
  • Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

    director

    directing
    1990
  • Madame Sousatzka

    director

    directing
    1988
  • The Believers

    director

    directing
    1987
  • Der Rosenkavalier

    director

    directing
    1985
  • The Falcon and the Snowman

    director

    directing
    1985
  • An Englishman Abroad

    director

    directing
    1983
  • Separate Tables

    director

    directing
    1983
  • Les Contes d'Hoffmann

    director

    directing
    1981
  • Honky Tonk Freeway

    director

    directing
    1981
  • Yanks

    director

    directing
    1979
  • Marathon Man

    director

    directing
    1976
  • The Day of the Locust

    director

    directing
    1975
  • Sunday Bloody Sunday

    director

    directing
    1971
  • Midnight Cowboy

    director

    directing
    1969
  • Far from the Madding Crowd

    director

    directing
    1967
  • Days in the Trees

    director

    directing
    1967
  • Darling

    director

    directing
    1965
  • Billy Liar

    director

    directing
    1963
  • Terminus

    director

    directing
    1961
  • Wakes Week in Blackburn

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Sunday in the Park

    director

    directing
    1956
  • The Starfish

    director

    directing
    1952
  • Black Legend

    director

    directing
    1949

• writing (5 credits)

  • Madame Sousatzka

    screenplay

    writing
    1988
  • Darling

    idea

    writing
    1965
  • Terminus

    writer

    writing
    1961
  • The Starfish

    writer

    writing
    1952
  • Black Legend

    writer

    writing
    1949

• production (4 credits)

  • The Believers

    producer

    production
    1987
  • The Falcon and the Snowman

    producer

    production
    1985
  • Sunday in the Park

    producer

    production
    1956
  • Black Legend

    producer

    production
    1949

• camera (2 credits)

  • Sunday in the Park

    director of photography

    camera
    1956
  • The Starfish

    director of photography

    camera
    1952