Cast & creator
John Frankenheimer
Best known for Climax!, Studio One, Tales from the Crypt
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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film credits
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television credits
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1948–2021 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (106)
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Climax!
Director
1954
Studio One
Director
1948
Tales from the Crypt
Director
1989Samedi soir
Self
1971
Playhouse 90
Director
1956Danger
Director
1950
You Are There
Director
1953
Startime
Director
1959Startime
Producer
1959
The Hire
Director
2001
DuPont Show of the Month
Director
1957
Ronin
Director
1998
Reindeer Games
Director
2000
The General's Daughter
General Sonnenberg
1999
The Butterfly Effect 2
In Memory Of
2006
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Director
1996
Exorcist: The Beginning
In Memory Of
2004
Birdman of Alcatraz
Director
1962
The Manchurian Candidate
Producer
1962The Manchurian Candidate
Director
1962
Whicker's World
1959
Grand Prix
Director
1966Grand Prix
Writer
1966Grand Prix
Executive Producer
1966
Flick Flack
1974
52 Pick-Up
Director
1986
The Train
Director
1964
French Connection II
Director
1975
George Wallace
Director
1997George Wallace
Producer
1997NBC Sunday Showcase
Director
1959
Seconds
Director
1966Seconds
Co-Executive Producer
1966
Val
Self (archive)
2021
Seven Days in May
Director
1964Seven Days in May
Co-Executive Producer
1964
I Walk the Line
Director
1970
Andersonville
Director
1996
Year of the Gun
Director
1991
Path to War
Director
2003Path to War
Executive Producer
2003
Black Sunday
Director
1977
Against the Wall
Director
1994
Prophecy
Director
1979
The Gypsy Moths
Director
1969
Dead Bang
Director
1989Dead Bang
Screenplay
1989
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014
The Holcroft Covenant
Director
1985
The Comedian
Director
1957
99 and 44/100% Dead
Director
1974
The Challenge
Director
1982
The Iceman Cometh
Director
1973
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Self (archive footage)
2014
The Last Tycoon
Director
1957
Andersonville
Director
1996Andersonville
Executive Producer
1996
The Fourth War
Director
1990
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
Self (archive footage)
2015
The Horsemen
Director
1971The Horsemen
Producer
1971
The Young Savages
Director
1961Forbidden Area
Director
1956The Troublemakers
Director
1957
Eloise
Director
1956
George Wallace
Director
1997George Wallace
Producer
1997
Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie
Self (archive footage)
2021
Days of Wine and Roses
Director
1958
The Turn of the Screw
Director
1959The Turn of the Screw
Producer
1959
Lionpower from MGM
Self (uncredited)
1967
Journey to the Day
Director
1960
The Fixer
Director
1968A Sound of Different Drummers
Director
1957
The Burning Season
Director
1994The Burning Season
Producer
1994
A Town Has Turned to Dust
Director
1958
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Director
1959Riviera
Director
1987
The Rainmaker
Director
1982
All Fall Down
Director
1962
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Self
1995
The Young Stranger
Director
1957
The Extraordinary Seaman
Director
1969
Ambush
Director
2001
Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix
Self (archive footage)
2006
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Director
1960Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Self (uncredited)
2002Old Man
Director
1958
Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions
Self
1966
If You Knew Elizabeth
Director
1957
The Fifth Column
Director
1960
Impossible Object
Director
1973Clash by Night
Director
1957
The Death of Manolete
Director
1957The Family Nobody Wanted
Director
1956Bomber's Moon
Director
1958
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane
Self
2004Rendezvous in Black
Director
1956
The Ninth Day
Director
1957Buick-Electra Playhouse
Director
1959The Fabulous Irishman
Director
1957
The Sky Divers
Self
1969
Jazz Seen
Self
2001The Thundering Wave
Director
1957