In the 60s and 70s, he pioneered kitchen-sink drama and made bisexuality mainstream. So why did the director end up making Tory ads? Those who knew him best reveal all ...

Happy Birthday, Laurence Olivier! Born in 1907, Olivier remains one of the most revered actors of the 20th century. He was the first artistic director of the National Theatre of Great Britain and its ...

Oscar-winning director John Schlesinger, who daringly brought gay characters into mainstream cinema with "Midnight Cowboy" and tapped into nightmares with the teeth-drilling torture of "Marathon Man, ...

John Schlesinger, whose 1969 hit “Midnight Cowboy” is the only X-rated film ever to win a Best Picture Oscar, died yesterday at a California hospital, a day after being taken off life support.

John Schlesinger, the British director who first gained acclaim in the 1960s with films such as “Billy Liar” and “Darling” and capped the decade by winning a best director Oscar for “Midnight Cowboy,” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. hollyblog guest blog banner John Schlesinger decided not to attend the Academy Awards in 1970, even though his film “Midnight ...

It's hard to classify a John Schlesinger film, which is probably why he was never as well known as some of his English contemporaries or the younger Americans inspired to make riskier, franker movies ...

John Richard Schlesinger, film director: born London 16 February 1926; CBE 1970; died Palm Springs, California 25 July 2003. One of Britain's new wave of directors in the Sixties who brought a fresh ...

JOHN Schlesinger, who died on Thursday aged 77, was one of Britain's most gifted, if erratic, film directors. He was best known for Midnight Cowboy, for which he won three Academy awards. He ranged ...