John Schlesinger

English film and stage director (1926–2003).

Born February 16th, 1926 in London.

Died July 25th, 2003 at 77 years old in Palm Springs (stroke).

Occupations
actor, director, film director, film screenwriter, screenwriter, television director, writer
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks