1926 - 2003
John Richard Schlesinger ( SHLESS-in-jər; 16 February 1926 – 25 July 2003) was an English film and stage director, and actor. He emerged in the early 1960s as a leading light of the British New Wave, before embarking on a successful career in Hollywood, often directing films dealing frankly in provocative subject matter, combined with his status as one of the only openly-gay directors working in mainstream films.Schlesinger started his career making British dramas A Kind of Loving (1962), Billy Liar (1963), and Far from the Madding Crowd (1967). He won the Academy Award for Best Director for Midnight Cowboy (1969) and was Oscar-nominated for Darling (1965) and Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Schlesinger has received more than 1,084,202 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. John Schlesinger is the 265th most popular film director (down from 211th in 2019), the 1,138th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 942nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular British Film Director.
John Schlesinger is most famous for directing the films Midnight Cowboy, Sunday Bloody Sunday, and Marathon Man.
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Among film directors, John Schlesinger ranks 265 out of 1,581. Before him are Leonid Gaidai, Tex Avery, Zack Snyder, Franklin J. Schaffner, Bigas Luna, and Jean-Jacques Beineix. After him are Patrice Chéreau, Henri Verneuil, Damiano Damiani, Tobe Hooper, George Roy Hill, and Henry Hathaway.
1923 - 1993
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 259
1908 - 1980
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 260
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 261
1920 - 1989
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 262
1946 - 2013
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 263
1946 - 2022
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 264
1926 - 2003
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 265
1944 - 2013
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 266
1920 - 2002
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 267
1922 - 2013
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 268
1943 - 2017
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 269
1921 - 2002
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 270
1898 - 1985
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 271
Among people born in 1926, John Schlesinger ranks 100. Before him are Maria Teresa de Filippis, Yoshio Okada, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Francisco Rabal, Jean-Marie Lustiger, and Siegfried Lenz. After him are Hans Werner Henze, Roger Corman, Patricia Neal, Sydney Chaplin, Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, and Hugo Banzer. Among people deceased in 2003, John Schlesinger ranks 59. Before him are Bob Hope, Monique Wittig, Lee Yoo-hyung, Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza, Walt Whitman Rostow, and Anna Lindh. After him are Vasil Bykaŭ, Georg Henrik von Wright, Ilan Ramon, Michael P. Anderson, Moktar Ould Daddah, and Alan Bates.
1926 - 2016
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 94
1926 - 2002
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 95
1926 - 2006
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 96
1926 - 2001
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 97
1926 - 2007
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 98
1926 - 2014
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 99
1926 - 2003
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 100
1926 - 2012
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 101
1926 - Present
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 102
1926 - 2010
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 103
1926 - 2009
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 104
1926 - 2013
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 105
1926 - 2002
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 106
1903 - 2003
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 53
1935 - 2003
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 54
1911 - 2003
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 55
1911 - 2003
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 56
1916 - 2003
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 57
1957 - 2003
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 58
1926 - 2003
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 59
1924 - 2003
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 60
1916 - 2003
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 61
1954 - 2003
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 62
1959 - 2003
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 63
1924 - 2003
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 64
1934 - 2003
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 65
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Schlesinger ranks 1,138 out of 7,765. Before him are Peter Green (1946), Robert Browning (1812), Ian Anderson (1947), Joseph Needham (1900), Francis Walsingham (1532), and Ealhswith (852). After him are Angus Deaton (1945), James Murray (1837), Simon Pegg (1970), Jeremiah Horrocks (1618), Joseph Banks (1743), and John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504).
1946 - 2020
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 1,132
1812 - 1889
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,133
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,134
1900 - 1995
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,135
1532 - 1590
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,136
852 - 902
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,137
1926 - 2003
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 1,138
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 1,139
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,140
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,141
1618 - 1641
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,142
1743 - 1820
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 1,143
1504 - 1553
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 1,144
Among film directors born in United Kingdom, John Schlesinger ranks 17. Before him are Guy Ritchie (1968), Danny Boyle (1956), Tony Richardson (1928), Mike Newell (1942), Stephen Frears (1941), and David Hamilton (1933). After him are Frank Lloyd (1886), Carol Reed (1906), Sam Mendes (1965), John Boorman (1933), Ken Russell (1927), and John Guillermin (1925).
1968 - Present
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 11
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 12
1928 - 1991
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 13
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 14
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 15
1933 - 2016
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 16
1926 - 2003
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 17
1886 - 1960
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 18
1906 - 1976
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 19
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 20
1933 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 21
1927 - 2011
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 22
1925 - 2015
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 23