John Richard Schlesinger was an English film, television and theatre 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 with provocative subject matter, combined with his status as one of the rare openly gay directors working in mainstream films.
- Occupation
- film director, actor, screenwriter, television director
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- February 16, 1926
- Died
- July 25, 2003
