John Frankenheimer
Directing
Awards
Won 4 Primetime Emmy Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards 4 won
- 1998 Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Won George Wallace
- 1996 Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Won Andersonville
- 1995 Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Won The Burning Season
- 1994 Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Won Against the Wall
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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).
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Filmography
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Directing
47 credits
Climax!
Tales from the Crypt
Studio One
Playhouse 90
Startime
Danger
DuPont Show of the Month
Ronin
You Are There
The Hire
Reindeer Games
The Manchurian Candidate
French Connection II
The Island of Dr. Moreau
52 Pick-Up
Grand Prix
Black Sunday
Seconds
Birdman of Alcatraz
Path to War
Seven Days in May
NBC Sunday Showcase
Prophecy
The Challenge
The Train
Against the Wall
The Horsemen
I Walk the Line
Forbidden Area
The Gypsy Moths
Dead Bang
George Wallace
Andersonville
The Iceman Cometh
The Holcroft Covenant
The Fourth War
The Comedian
Andersonville
Year of the Gun
Ambush
George Wallace
Eloise
The Young Savages
99 and 44/100% Dead
The Extraordinary Seaman
The Fixer
The Burning Season
Acting
11 credits
Samedi soir
The General's Daughter
The Butterfly Effect 2
Exorcist: The Beginning
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
Lionpower from MGM
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie
Producing
11 credits
Startime
The Manchurian Candidate
Grand Prix
Seconds
Path to War
Seven Days in May
The Horsemen
George Wallace
Andersonville
George Wallace
The Burning Season
Other credits
2 credits
Writing
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