USA

John Frankenheimer

29 films · 1957 to 2000 · 1 on TSPDT
Born 19 February 1930 · Died 6 July 2002
Senses of Cinema, Great Directors
John Frankenheimer

Defining films

The Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate
1962
The Fixer
The Fixer
1968
Grand Prix
Grand Prix
1966
Seconds
Seconds
1966
Seven Days in May
Seven Days in May
1964
Birdman of Alcatraz
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962

In their own words

I saw Rashomon and I thought, 'My God, this is the way to move a camera, this is the way to compose a shot.' And I tried to bring that kind of dynamic visual storytelling into all my films.

On Seven Days in May · The Directors: John Frankenheimer (documentary)

Films by decade

Reindeer Games
Reindeer Games
2000

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