Franklin J. Schaffner

Franklin J. Schaffner (* May 30, 1920 in Tokyo as Franklin James Schaffner, † July 2, 1989 in Santa Monica ) was an American film director.

Schaffner began his directing career in the flourishing American television in the early 1950s. His television series and television dramas have been the model for numerous successors. 1955, 1956 and 1962, he was honored for his television work each with an Emmy. Only in the 1960s, he had as a director for movies success. For the film Patton - Rebell in uniform, he received a 1971 Academy Award for Best Director. Other major successes were followed in the 1970s. From 1987 until his death in 1989 he was president of the Directors Guild of America ( DGA).

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