John Frankenheimer
John Michael Frankenheimer (February 19, 1930 – July 6, 2002) was an American film and television director known for social dramas. He won four consecutive Emmy Awards in the 1990s for the television movies Against the Wall, The Burning Season, Andersonville and George Wallace, which also received a Golden Globe award. He was considered one of the last remaining directors who insisted on having complete control over all elements of production, making his style unique in Hollywood. His 30 feature films and over 50 plays for television were notable for their influence on contemporary thought. He became a pioneer of the "modern-day political thriller," having begun his career at the peak of the Cold War. Many of his films were noted for creating "psychological dilemmas" for his male protagonists along with having a strong "sense of environment," similar in style to films by director Sidney Lumet, for whom he had earlier worked as assistant director. He developed a "tremendous propensity for exploring political situations" which would ensnare his characters. Movie critic Leonard Maltin writes that "in his time [1960s]... Frankenheimer worked with the top writers, producers and actors in a series of films that dealt with issues that were just on top of the moment—things that were facing us all." Among his credits were The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Birdman of Alcatraz (also 1962), The Train, (1964), Seven Days in May (also 1964) and Ronin (1998). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Frankenheimer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
71 directing credits · 15 acting credits
Directing · 71
Climax!
1954
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Studio One
1948
Playhouse 90
1956
Startime
1959
Danger
1950
Ronin
1998
The Hire
2001
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
You Are There
1953
The Manchurian Candidate
1962
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959
52 Pick-Up
1986
Reindeer Games
2000
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996
Grand Prix
1966
Seven Days in May
1964
The Train
1964
Prophecy
1979
French Connection II
1975
Seconds
1966
Andersonville
1996
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962
George Wallace
1997
Black Sunday
1977
Dead Bang
1989
The Challenge
1982
Path to War
2003
Year of the Gun
1991
Against the Wall
1994
George Wallace
1997
The Holcroft Covenant
1985
The Horsemen
1971
I Walk the Line
1970
Andersonville
1996
Forbidden Area
1956
The Gypsy Moths
1969
The Young Savages
1961
The Fixer
1968
The Burning Season
1994
Ambush
2001
The Iceman Cometh
1973
All Fall Down
1962
The Rainmaker
1982
99 and 44/100% Dead
1974
The Fourth War
1990
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1960
Impossible Object
1973
Bomber's Moon
1958
Riviera
1987
The Fifth Column
1960
Old Man
1958
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969
Days of Wine and Roses
1958
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959
Buick-Electra Playhouse
1959
Eloise
1956
The Turn of the Screw
1959
The Comedian
1957
Rendezvous in Black
1956
A Town Has Turned to Dust
1958
A Sound of Different Drummers
1957
Clash by Night
1957
The Young Stranger
1957
The Last Tycoon
1957
Journey to the Day
1960
The Death of Manolete
1957
The Fabulous Irishman
1957
The Family Nobody Wanted
1956
If You Knew Elizabeth
1957
The Ninth Day
1957
Acting · 15
Samedi soir
1971
The General's Daughter
1999
Flick Flack
1974
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions
1966
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
2004
Lionpower from MGM
1967
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
2015
Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix
2006
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
1995
Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie
2021
Jazz Seen
2001
The Sky Divers
1969