John Frankenheimer
American film and television director (1930-2002) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 72
John Michael Frankenheimer was an American film and television director, known both for his social dramas and his action/suspense pictures.
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The HireSeries, Director2000
Reindeer GamesFilm, Director1998Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic SpecialAward
RoninFilm, 1998Director1997
George WallaceSeries, Director, Producer1996Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic SpecialAward
AndersonvilleFilm, 1996Director, Producer1995Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic SpecialAward1994Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic SpecialAward1990
The Fourth WarFilm, Director1989
Tales from the CryptSeries, Director1986
52 Pick-UpFilm, Director1982
The ChallengeFilm, Director1977
Black SundayFilm, Director1974
Flick FlackSeries1973
Impossible ObjectFilm, Director1971Samedi soirSeries1970
I Walk the LineFilm, Director1968
The FixerFilm, Director1962
All Fall DownFilm, Director1957
DuPont Show of the MonthSeries, Director
The Young StrangerFilm, 1957Director1956
Playhouse 90Series, Director1954
Climax!Series, Director1950DangerSeries, Director1948
Studio OneSeries, Director1930Born19 February 1930People around John
Burt Lancaster John directed Birdman of Alcatraz and The Train
Clarence Williams III John directed Reindeer Games and George Wallace
Gary Sinise John directed Reindeer Games and George Wallace
Edmond O'Brien John directed Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
James Gregory John directed The Young Stranger (1957)
Albert Paulsen John directed All Fall Down (1962)
Whit Bissell John directed Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Lonny Chapman John directed Reindeer Games and I Walk the Line
Frederic Forrest John directed Path to War and Andersonville
Toshiro Mifune John directed Grand Prix and The Challenge
Kirk Douglas John directed Seven Days in May (1964)
Gene Hackman John directed French Connection II (1976)
Angela Lansbury John directed The Manchurian Candidate (1963)
Karl Malden John directed Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Eva Marie Saint John directed Grand Prix and All Fall Down
Harry Dean Stanton John directed Against the Wall (1994)
John Houseman John directed Seven Days in May (1964)
Alan Bates John directed The Fixer (1968)
James Frain John directed Reindeer Games and Path to War
Richard Anderson John directed Seconds and Seven Days in May
Tim Reid John directed Dead Bang and The Fourth War
Vernon Dobtcheff John directed The Horsemen (1974)
Charles Millot John directed French Connection II and The Train
Albert Rémy John directed Grand Prix and The Train
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The Train 1964
The Manchurian Candidate 1962
Birdman of Alcatraz 1962
Seconds 1966
Seven Days in May 1964
Filmography 40
106 credits on file
Television 16
Media & music
Awards
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Among his best-known theatrical film credits are Birdman of Alcatraz, The Manchurian Candidate, Seven Days in May, The Train, Seconds, Grand Prix, The Fixer (1968), The Iceman Cometh (1973), French Connection II (1975), Black Sunday (1977), 52 Pick-Up (1986), and Ronin (1998).
