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Franklin J. Schaffner
Life Time
30 May 1920 - 2 July 1989
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Franklin James Scheffner was born on May 30, 1920 in Tokyo to a family of missionaries and grew up in Japan. Served in the Marines. He worked on television, made his debut as a TV director with the film March of Time, then worked for CBS, was engaged in news programs, and then took up television productions. Franklin Scheffner became famous for documentaries and television films, including Twelve Angry Men (1954), Kane's Rebellion (1955), for which he received Emmy Awards. The director's debut in
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Franklin James Scheffner was born on May 30, 1920 in Tokyo to a family of missionaries and grew up in Japan. Served in the Marines. He worked on television, made his debut as a TV director with the film March of Time, then worked for CBS, was engaged in news programs, and then took up television productions. Franklin Scheffner became famous for documentaries and television films, including Twelve Angry Men (1954), Kane's Rebellion (1955), for which he received Emmy Awards. The director's debut in the "big" cinema was not a noticeable success, but the second film, "The Best Man" (1964), directed on the play by Gore Vidal, was noted by the audience and criticism. The fantastic picture “Planet of the Apes” (1968) was shot by Scheffner. A great success for him was the biographical film Patton (1970), in which the title role was played by George S. Scott and which won seven Oscars. The award went to Franklin Scheffner as the director of this film. A little less success accompanied his next films - Nikolai and Alexandra (1971) and Moth (1973). The director’s other films never managed to rise to the creative and commercial heights that his previous films had conquered.