Directing
John Schlesinger
- Titles
- 51movies12TV shows
- Career
Active from 1949 to 2016, with a break from 2001 to 2015, with up to 2 main titles a year.
- Directed
- 36titles as director
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
Midnight Cowboy82/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical4.9average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism5.2average 3.3
- Social Commentary6.7average 4.9
- Melancholy6.1average 4.7
- Wit & Wordplay4.7average 3.7
- Pathos6.2average 5.2
- Nostalgia4.6average 3.6
- Politics3.5average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Tech & Humanity0.5, average 1.6
- Fantasy0.8, average 1.8
- Contemporary Realism4.4, average 5.2
- Futuristic0.2, average 1.0
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 6
- Social Commentary 5
- Political Intrigue 4
- British New Wave 3
- Character Study 3
- Complex Relationships 3
- Thought-Provoking 3
- Historical Drama 3
- Moral Ambiguity 2
- Melancholy 2
- Social Realism 2
- Iconic Performances 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Jim ClarkEditorMarathon Man, The Day of the Locust, Darling, Yanks, Honky Tonk Freeway, +1 more
Peggy AshcroftActorSunday Bloody Sunday, Madame Sousatzka, Days in the Trees, Terminus
Julie ChristieActorDarling, Far from the Madding Crowd, Billy Liar, Separate Tables
Alan BatesActorFar from the Madding Crowd, A Kind of Loving, Separate Tables, An Englishman Abroad- RRichard MardenEditorThe Falcon and the Snowman, Sunday Bloody Sunday, The Innocent, The Starfish
- RRichard Rodney BennettComposerYanks, Far from the Madding Crowd, Billy Liar, The Tale of Sweeney Todd
- PPeter HonessEditorEye for an Eye, The Next Best Thing, The Believers, Madame Sousatzka
Mark DayEditorThe Tale of Sweeney Todd, Cold Comfort Farm, A Question of Attribution
Brian LargeDirectorLes Contes d'Hoffmann, Verdi: Un ballo in maschera, Der Rosenkavalier- GGerald GourietComposerThe Innocent, Madame Sousatzka, A Question of Attribution
Eileen AtkinsActorThe Lost Language of Cranes, Cold Comfort Farm
Peter FinchActorSunday Bloody Sunday, Far from the Madding Crowd
Movies and TV shows
51980s
1 title · average score 72
72
Madame Sousatzka (1988)
Director, Screenplay
1960s
2 titles · average score 60
62
Darling (1965)
as Theatre Director (uncredited)
57
Terminus (1961)
as Passenger (uncredited)
1950s
1 title
The Starfish (1952)
Director of Photography, Writer
1940s
1 title
Black Legend (1949)
as The Judge