John Michael Frankenheimer was an American film and television director known for social dramas and action/suspense films.Among his credits were Bird man of Alcatraz (1962),The Manchurian Candidate(1962),Seven Days in May (1964),The Train (1964),Seconds (1966),Grand Prix (1966),French Connection II (1975),Black Sunday (1977) and Ronin (1998).
Frankenheimer won four consecutive Emmy Awards in the 1990’s for the television movies Against the Wall,The Burning Season,Anderson ville 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.
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