John Frankenheimer
Known for: Directing
Born: February 19, 1930
Died: July 6, 2002
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
75 movies · 16 TV shows, newest first
7.2
Val
2021
7.0
Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie
2021
7.2
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
2015
7.2
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
6.7
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
5.0
The Butterfly Effect 2
2006
NR
Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix
2006
NR
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
2004
5.4
Exorcist: The Beginning
2004
6.7
Path to War
20038.0
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002
8.0
Jazz Seen
2001
6.5
Ambush
2001
7.6
The Hire
2001
5.7
Reindeer Games
2000
6.4
The General's Daughter
1999
7.0
Ronin
1998
6.8
George Wallace
1997
7.0
George Wallace
1997
4.9
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996
6.5
Andersonville
1996
6.3
Andersonville
1996
8.5
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
1995
6.3
The Burning Season
1994
6.2
Against the Wall
1994
4.9
Year of the Gun
1991
5.4
The Fourth War
1990
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
6.4
Dead Bang
19897.0
Riviera
1987
6.1
52 Pick-Up
1986
5.5
The Holcroft Covenant
1985
7.4
The Rainmaker
1982
5.9
The Challenge
1982
5.4
Prophecy
1979
6.7
Black Sunday
1977
6.8
French Connection II
1975
5.2
99 and 44/100% Dead
1974
NR
Flick Flack
1974
6.1
The Iceman Cometh
1973
4.7
Impossible Object
1973
6.3
The Horsemen
19716.0
Samedi soir
1971
5.9
I Walk the Line
1970
6.0
The Gypsy Moths
1969
3.4
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969
6.0
The Sky Divers
1969
6.2
The Fixer
1968
6.3
Lionpower from MGM
1967
8.0
Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions
1966
7.3
Grand Prix
1966
7.4
Seconds
1966
7.6
The Train
1964
7.4
Seven Days in May
1964
7.5
The Manchurian Candidate
1962
7.5
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962
6.0
All Fall Down
1962
6.5
The Young Savages
1961
NR
Journey to the Day
1960
NR
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1960
8.3
The Fifth Column
1960NR
Buick-Electra Playhouse
1959
7.0
The Turn of the Screw
1959
6.8
Startime
19595.0
NBC Sunday Showcase
1959
7.2
Whicker's World
1959
NR
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959NR
Old Man
1958
7.3
Days of Wine and Roses
1958
NR
Bomber's Moon
1958
5.5
A Town Has Turned to Dust
1958NR
The Troublemakers
1957NR
A Sound of Different Drummers
1957
7.4
DuPont Show of the Month
19576.0
The Death of Manolete
1957NR
The Fabulous Irishman
1957NR
Clash by Night
1957
NR
If You Knew Elizabeth
1957
NR
The Last Tycoon
1957
9.0
The Comedian
1957
5.9
The Young Stranger
1957
NR
The Ninth Day
1957NR
The Family Nobody Wanted
1956
NR
Eloise
1956NR
Rendezvous in Black
19567.5
Forbidden Area
1956
7.5
Playhouse 90
1956
3.8
Climax!
1954
6.0
You Are There
19537.7
Danger
1950
5.4
Studio One
1948