John Schlesinger

Series

Series Name

This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.

731

Date Released

1973

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1John Schlesinger

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: John Schlesinger is one of a group of British film directors who have brought their own distinctive styles to the international cinema in the past decade. His films include the award winning ‘Midnight Cowboy’ and ‘Sunday, Bloody Sunday’. Michele Brown talked to him about his attitudes to the films and filming and how he goes about selecting his scripts and stories.

Keywords

Cinema

Written sources

The National Archives INF 6   /1290 - used for synopsis
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]

COI Reference

MI 936/731

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Presenter

Michele Brown

Presenter

Silverio Perez Salas

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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