John Frankenheimer

ActorCrewDirectorProducerWriter Feb 19 (died age 72) New York City, New York, USA 1948–2021 (73 year career)

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Biography

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 featur…

Known For

Film

Tales from the Crypt

Director

Film

Ronin

Director

Film

The Manchurian Candidate

Director

Film

The Train

Director

Film

Seconds

Co-Executive Producer

Film

The General's Daughter

General Sonnenberg

Film

Birdman of Alcatraz

Director

Film

French Connection II

Director

Filmography

Acting (15)

Movies (13)

Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie

2021

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans

2015

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

7.2

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

2014

as Self (archive footage)

6.7

Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix

2006

as Self (archive footage)

Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane

2004

as Self

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

2002

as Self (uncredited)

Jazz Seen

2001

as Self

The General's Daughter

1999

as General Sonnenberg

6.4

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

1995

as Self

8.5

The Sky Divers

1969

as Self

Lionpower from MGM

1967

as Self (uncredited)

4.5

Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions

1966

as Self

Television (2)

Flick Flack

1974

Samedi soir

1971

as Self

6.0

Crew (88)

Movies (73)

The Butterfly Effect 2

2006

In Memory Of

5.0

Exorcist: The Beginning

In Memory Of

Path to War

Director

Path to War

Executive Producer

Ambush

Director

Reindeer Games

Director

Ronin

Director

George Wallace

Director

George Wallace

Producer

Andersonville

Director

Andersonville

Executive Producer

The Island of Dr. Moreau

Director

Against the Wall

Director

The Burning Season

Director

The Burning Season

Producer

Year of the Gun

Director

The Fourth War

Director

Dead Bang

Director

Dead Bang

Screenplay

Riviera

Director

52 Pick-Up

1986

Director

6.0

The Holcroft Covenant

Director

The Rainmaker

Director

The Challenge

Director

Prophecy

Director

Black Sunday

Director

French Connection II

Director

99 and 44/100% Dead

Director

Impossible Object

Director

The Iceman Cometh

Director

The Horsemen

Director

The Horsemen

Producer

I Walk the Line

Director

The Gypsy Moths

Director

The Extraordinary Seaman

Director

The Fixer

Director

Grand Prix

Director

Grand Prix

Executive Producer

Grand Prix

Writer

Seconds

Co-Executive Producer

Seconds

Director

The Train

Director

Seven Days in May

Co-Executive Producer

7.3

Seven Days in May

1964

Director

7.3

The Manchurian Candidate

1962

Director

7.5

The Manchurian Candidate

Producer

Birdman of Alcatraz

Director

All Fall Down

Director

The Young Savages

Director

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

1960

Director

Journey to the Day

1960

Director

The Fifth Column

1960

Director

9.5

The Turn of the Screw

1959

Director

The Turn of the Screw

1959

Producer

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1959

Director

Old Man

1958

Director

Days of Wine and Roses

1958

Director

7.0

A Town Has Turned to Dust

1958

Director

Bomber's Moon

1958

Director

The Last Tycoon

1957

Director

The Comedian

1957

Director

9.0

The Ninth Day

1957

Director

The Young Stranger

1957

Director

5.8

A Sound of Different Drummers

1957

Director

Clash by Night

1957

Director

The Death of Manolete

1957

Director

If You Knew Elizabeth

1957

Director

The Fabulous Irishman

1957

Director

The Family Nobody Wanted

1956

Director

Rendezvous in Black

1956

Director

Eloise

1956

Director

Forbidden Area

1956

Director

7.5

The Hire

Director

Television (15)

The Hire

2001

Director

7.6

George Wallace

1997

Director

George Wallace

1997

Producer

Andersonville

1996

Director

6.0

Tales from the Crypt - Uncut

1992

Producer

Tales from the Crypt

Director

Startime

Director

NBC Sunday Showcase

Director

Buick-Electra Playhouse

1959

Director

DuPont Show of the Month

Director

Playhouse 90

Director

Climax!

Director

You Are There

Director

Danger

Director

Studio One

Director