Schlesinger was born in London into a middle-class Jewish family, the son of Winifred Henrietta (née Regensburg) and Bernard Edward Schlesinger, a physician.After St Edmund’s School, Hindhead, Uppingham School and Balliol College, Oxford, he worked as an actor. Schlesinger’s acting career began in the 1950s and consisted of supporting roles in British films such as […]
Oscar: Actors Nominated for Writing, Directing, Acting
January 9, 2014 by
Oscar-nominated actors who have been nominated for writing and directing Oscars
Oscar 1954: On the Waterfront Sweeps Awards
January 7, 2014 by
60 years ago: Kazan’s drama, starring Brando at his very best, swept the Oscars.
Inside Llewyn Davis: Joel and Ethan Coen’s Feature Dominates National Society of Film Critics Awards
January 4, 2014 by
The National Society of Film Critics chose Inside Llewyn Davis as Best Picture of the Year 2013. The Society, made up of the country’s most distinguished movie critics, held its 48th annual awards voting meeting, using a weighted ballot system, at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Center as guests of the Film Society of Lincoln Center. […]
Oscar Artists: Zaentz, Saul, Oscar-Winning Producer Extraordinaire Dies at 92
January 4, 2014 by
I have met the colorful Zaentz and interviewed him three or four time, at the Golden Globes and other Hollywood functions Vibrant and intellectual, he had amazing grasp of literature and cinema, both classic and modern.
