John Frankenheimer Net Worth

John Frankenheimer Net Worth is
$6 Million

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John Michael Frankenheimer (February 19, 1930 – July 6, 2002) was an American film and television director known for social dramas and action/suspense films. Among his credits were Birdman 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 1990s for the television movies Against the Wall, The Burning Season, Andersonville, 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.Frankenheimer's 30 feature films and over 50 plays for television were notable for their influence on contemporary thought. He became a pioneer of the "modern-day political thriller," having begun his career at the peak of the Cold War. Technically highly accomplished from his days in live television, many of his films were noted for creating "psychological dilemmas" for his male protagonists along with having a strong "sense of environment," similar in style to films by director Sidney Lumet, for whom he had earlier worked as assistant director. He developed a "tremendous propensity for exploring political situations" which would ensnare his characters.Movie critic Leonard Maltin writes that "in his time [1960s]... Frankenheimer worked with the top writers, producers and actors in a series of films that dealt with issues that were just on top of the moment—things that were facing us all."

Date Of Birth	February 19, 1930, Queens, New York City, New York, United States
Died	July 6, 2002, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth	New York City, New York, USA
Height	6' 3" (1.91 m)
Profession	Director, Miscellaneous Crew, Producer
Spouse	Evans Evans (m. 1963–2002), Carolyn Miller (m. 1954–1962)
Children	Kristi Frankenheimer, Elise Frankenheimer
Parents	Helen Mary Sheedy, Walter Martin Frankenheimer
Star Sign	Pisces

#	Trademark
1	Unusual camera angles and blocking techniques
2	Films set in France

#	Quote
1	I'm a filmmaker... I like to work.
2	[on Alfred Hitchcock] When I say I have been influenced by Hitchcock, I think every director in a certain way has been influenced by Hitchcock, because in many of his films, you find those marvellous moments; but I've never been fulfilled by a Hitchcock film. I would certainly never want to be Hitchcock, and would never want to make films like his because I think they're meaningless. I think all those kind of "after the fact" and "in depth" studies of Hitchcock are ludicrous. If ever there was a commercial director, it was Hitchcock. He's terribly good, but also terribly glib and really a very surface director. I don't think his films contain deep motivations. It's very easy to read things into certain films. He's a clever man and gifted and I often think of what he could have achieved if his talents had been directed toward something more meaningful.
3	[on Alfred Hitchcock] Any American director who says he hasn't been influenced by him is out of his mind.
4	Many of my films concern the individual trying to find himself in society and trying to maintain his individuality in a mechanized world. I do feel that society wants everybody to be exactly the same. It's so much easier. I think the theme of the indomitability of the human spirit is very much there, and the fight against regimentation. When we talk about life my philosophy is that you have to live your life the way it is. You can change it but you can't change who you are or what you've done before. And you have to live with that. I think that point was very well brought out in Seconds (1966), that's what the film is all about.
5	[on Kirk Douglas] He's wanted to be Burt Lancaster all his life.
6	No one ever looked like Burt Lancaster in "The Crimson Pirate. [on the impressive physique of friend Lancaster]
7	On referring to Val Kilmer and his personal feelings about him while making The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996): Will Rogers never met Val Kilmer.
8	There are two things I will never do in my life. I will never climb Mount Everest, and I will never work with Val Kilmer again. There isn't enough money in the world. - in Premiere magazine, April 1997. (Frankenheimer directed the 1996 film The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), which starred Val Kilmer, with whom he reportedly had personal differences.)
9	I feel that my job is to create an atmosphere where creative people can do their best work. In other words, I have to create an atmosphere where these people feel safe, where they feel respected, and where they feel that they can contribute.
10	It's very eclectic, the way one chooses subjects in the movie business, especially in the commercial movie business. You need to develop material yourself or material is presented to you as an assignment to direct.

#	Fact
1	Named the State Fair (1945) as his favorite film when polled by the AFI's "Private Screenings.".
2	Steve Martin's long-time girlfriend in the 1970s, Mitzi Trumbo, left him for Frankenheimer. A number of years later, Frankenheimer tried unsuccessfully to seduce Martin's wife at the time, Victoria Tennant, according to Martin's autobiography.
3	'Burt Lancaster' (aqv) personally chose him to replace 'Arthur Penn' as director of The Train (1964) when Lancaster did not approve of Penn's vision of the film--he wanted a more action-oriented film that would appeal to a wider audience, while Penn envisioned it as being more about the paintings that drove the film's plot.
4	Although often thought of as an actor's director, he had a very abrasive working relationship with Sir Dirk Bogarde on The Fixer (1968). Since then, Bogarde always referred to him as "Frankenstein".
5	He was married three times. His first wife was called Joanne Evans and they were briefly married while both were college students--chiefly, he claimed, because in the 1940s it was easier than living together. He claimed that neither of them remotely expected the marriage to last long, and it didn't.
6	According to Frankenheimer he and Burt Lancaster did not get along doing The Young Savages (1961). In a 1983 interview the director remarked, "We disliked each other intensely. There was no way I was ever going to work with him again." Lancaster changed his mind after seeing the film, and when the actor acquired the rights to "Birdman of Alcatraz" and learned that Frankenheimer wanted to do it, they formed a personal and professional partnership and ended up doing five films together, among them Birdman of Alcatraz (1962).
7	Frankenheimer was initially set to direct Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), but was taken off the film because star Audrey Hepburn had never heard of him. Ironically that gave him the opportunity to do The Manchurian Candidate (1962).
8	Was attached to direct Men of War (1994) starring Dolph Lundgren, originally written by John Sayles as "A Safe Place". Dropped out to make a somewhat ecologically similarly themed, The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story (1994).
9	Owned a 1988 supercharged Mercedes-Benz 560 SEL, which was willed to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles upon his death. It can occasionally be seen at the museum on display.
10	Was originally set to direct Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) with Marilyn Monroe in the leading role.
11	Directed six actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Burt Lancaster, Telly Savalas, Thelma Ritter, Angela Lansbury, Edmond O'Brien, and Alan Bates.
12	Grandson Dylan.
13	Had been working on directing Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) at the time of his death.
14	One of his biggest dreams when he started directing was to work with a concert orchestra. He eventually did it twice, in Prophecy (1979) and The Holcroft Covenant (1985).
15	Directed "For Whom The Bell Tolls" for Playhouse 90 (1956), one of the first showcase dramas to be presented in two parts and on tape. The production, which cost $400,000, was the most expensive TV show at that time (1959).
16	The camera work of most directors in "The Golden Age" of TV drama was static, reflecting most TV directors' backgrounds in the theater, and they typically used blocking more appropriate for a stage production. Frankenhiemer was one of the first TV directors to use multiple camera angles, a moving camera, quick editing and close-ups.
17	When Burt Lancaster walked onto the set the first day of shooting of The Young Savages (1961), he was startled and dismayed to see the camera on the floor, aiming upward. Lancaster had never before worked with a director who used such innovative camera angles. He grew to trust Frankenhiemer, and they made four more films together.
18	Famous for his use of innovative camera angles, Frankenheimer was acclaimed for a shot in The Manchurian Candidate (1962) that is slightly out of focus. He said that the shot was an accident.
19	Directed 140 live television dramas for Studio One in Hollywood (1948), Playhouse 90 (1956), The DuPont Show of the Month (1957) and other showcase anthologies.
20	Directed the television debuts of Sir John Gielgud and Ingrid Bergman in "The Browning Version" episode for The DuPont Show of the Month (1957) and Startime: The Turn of the Screw (1959), respectively.
21	As a director on the You Are There (1953) TV series, he was supervised by fellow director Sidney Lumet.
22	Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985." Pages 365-372. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.
23	Inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2002.
24	Was approached by Albert R. Broccoli to screen-test for the role of James Bond in Dr. No (1962) (Frankenheimer began his career as an actor).
25	Served in the U. S. Air Force.
26	Was fluent in French.
27	Children: daughters Elise and Kristi Frankenheimer. Kristi, a location manager of 20+ years, worked with her father on several projects, including his last, Path to War (2002), for HBO.
28	When Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968, it was his good friend Frankenheimer who had personally driven him there that day.

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Director

Title	Year	Status
Path to War	2002	TV Movie
7up Commercial James Bond Theme	2001	Short
Ambush	2001	Short
Reindeer Games	2000
Ronin	1998
George Wallace	1997	TV Movie
The Island of Dr. Moreau	1996
Andersonville	1996	TV Movie
The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story	1994	TV Movie
Against the Wall	1994	TV Movie
Tales from the Crypt	1992	TV Series 1 episode
Year of the Gun	1991
The Fourth War	1990
Dead Bang	1989
Riviera	1987	TV Movie as Alan Smithee
52 Pick-Up	1986
The Holcroft Covenant	1985
The Rainmaker	1982	TV Movie
The Challenge	1982
Prophecy	1979
Black Sunday	1977
French Connection II	1975
99 and 44/100% Dead	1974
The Iceman Cometh	1973
Story of a Love Story	1973
The Horsemen	1971
I Walk the Line	1970
The Gypsy Moths	1969
The Extraordinary Seaman	1969
The Fixer	1968
Grand Prix	1966
Seconds	1966
The Train	1964
Seven Days in May	1964
The Manchurian Candidate	1962
Birdman of Alcatraz	1962
All Fall Down	1962
The Young Savages	1961
Playhouse 90	1956-1960	TV Series 27 episodes
Sunday Showcase	1959-1960	TV Series 2 episodes
Buick-Electra Playhouse	1960	TV Series 2 episodes
The Snows of Kilimanjaro	1960	TV Movie
The Fifth Column	1960	TV Movie
Startime	1959	TV Series 1 episode
The DuPont Show of the Month	1959	TV Series 1 episode
Studio One in Hollywood	1958	TV Series 1 episode
The Young Stranger	1957
The Ninth Day	1956	TV Movie
Climax!	1955-1956	TV Series 26 episodes
Danger	1954-1955	TV Series 6 episodes
You Are There	1954	TV Series 1 episode

Miscellaneous

Title	Year	Status	Character
Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers	1953-1954	TV Series floor manager - 58 episodes

Producer

Title	Year	Status
Path to War	2002	TV Movie executive producer
George Wallace	1997	TV Movie producer
Andersonville	1996	TV Movie executive producer
The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story	1994	TV Movie producer
The Horsemen	1971	producer - uncredited
Grand Prix	1966	executive producer - uncredited
Seconds	1966	co-executive producer - uncredited
Seven Days in May	1964	co-executive producer - uncredited
The Manchurian Candidate	1962	producer
Sunday Showcase	1959-1960	TV Series producer - 2 episodes
Startime	1959	TV Series producer - 1 episode

Assistant Director

Title	Year	Status
Person to Person	1953	TV Series documentary assistant director - 1953
You Are There	1953	TV Series assistant director - 1 episode
The Garry Moore Show	1950	TV Series assistant director - 1953-1954
Lamp Unto My Feet	1948	TV Series assistant director

Actor

Title	Year	Character
The General's Daughter	1999	Gen. Sonnenberg
The Holcroft Covenant	1985	Bernie Sussman (voice, uncredited)
Black Sunday	1977	TV Director (uncredited)

Writer

Title	Year	Status
The Butterfly Effect 2	2006	inspired by
Grand Prix	1966	uncredited
The Manchurian Candidate	1962	uncredited

Thanks

Title	Year	Status
The Life and Times of Kirk Douglas	2000	Video documentary short special thanks
The Escape	2016/VI	Short in memory of
Edición Especial Coleccionista	2011	TV Series in memory of - 1 episode
The Butterfly Effect 2	2006	in memory of
Exorcist: The Beginning	2004	in memory of
Cultivision (Collapsing Stars)	2002	thanks
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film	2002	TV Movie documentary special thanks
The Contender: The Making of a Political Thriller	2001	Video documentary short special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Hollywood Greats	2002	TV Series documentary	Himself
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film	2002	TV Movie documentary	Himself (uncredited)
The Contender: The Making of a Political Thriller	2001	Video documentary short	Himself
Jazz Seen: The Life and Times of William Claxton	2001	Documentary	Himself
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies	2001	TV Special documentary	Himself
HBO First Look	2000	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Life and Times of Kirk Douglas	2000	Video documentary short	Himself - Director
Charlie Rose	2000	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane	1998	Video documentary short	Himself
The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	1998	TV Special	Himself - Winner: Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Movie and Nominated: Outstanding Miniseries
Biography	1998	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Directors	1997	TV Series documentary	Himself
The 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	1996	TV Special	Himself - Winner: Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Special & Nominated: Outstanding Miniseries
American Masters	1995	TV Series documentary	Himself - Director
The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards	1995	TV Special	Himself - Winner: Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King	1995	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	1994	TV Special	Himself - Winner: Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Special
Reflections on 'Citizen Kane'	1991	TV Short documentary	Himself
The Manchurian Candidate Interviews	1988	Video documentary short	Himself
WOAK Live	1988	TV Series	Himself
Omnibus	1986	TV Series documentary	Himself
The American Sportsman	1977	TV Series	Himself
Frankenheimer	1971	TV Short documentary	Himself
The David Frost Show	1971	TV Series	Himself
Samedi soir	1971	TV Series	Himself
The Sky Divers	1969	Documentary short	Himself
Lionpower from MGM	1967	Short	Himself (uncredited)
Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions	1966	Documentary short	Himself (uncredited)

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films	2014	Documentary	Himself
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget	2009	Documentary	Himself (uncredited)
Frankenheimer in Focus	2009	Video documentary	Himself
Pushing the Limit: The Making of 'Grand Prix'	2006	Video documentary short	Himself
The 75th Annual Academy Awards	2003	TV Special	Himself (Memorial Tribute)

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2002	PGA Hall of Fame - Motion Pictures	PGA Awards		The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
2001	Hollywood Film Award	Hollywood Film Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Directing
1999	Billy Wilder Award	National Board of Review, USA
1998	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Movie	George Wallace (1997)
1998	Lifetime Achievement Award	Casting Society of America, USA
1998	President Award	Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival	Robert Wise Director of Distinction
1998	Lifetime Achievement Award	San Diego World Film Festival
1997	Lifetime Achievement Award	Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
1997	CableACE	CableACE Awards	Miniseries	George Wallace (1997)
1997	CableACE	CableACE Awards	Directing a Movie or Miniseries	George Wallace (1997)
1996	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Special	Andersonville (1996)
1995	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or a Special	The Burning Season (1994)
1995	CableACE	CableACE Awards	Directing a Movie or Miniseries	The Burning Season (1994)
1994	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or a Special	Against the Wall (1994)
1994	Special Jury Award	Mystfest		For his whole works.
1965	Bodil	Bodil Awards	Best Non-European Film (Bedste ikke-europæiske film)	Seven Days in May (1964)
1964	Boxoffice Blue Ribbon Award	Boxoffice Magazine Awards	Best Picture of the Month for the Whole Family (March)	Seven Days in May (1964)
1962	San Giorgio Prize	Venice Film Festival		Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2003	DGA Award	Directors Guild of America, USA	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television	Path to War (2002)
2003	PGA Award	PGA Awards	Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television	Path to War (2002)
2002	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special	Path to War (2002)
2002	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Made for Television Movie	Path to War (2002)
2002	OFTA Television Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries	Path to War (2002)
2001	Video Premiere Award	DVD Exclusive Awards	Best Internet Video Premiere	Ambush (2001)
1998	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Miniseries	George Wallace (1997)
1998	DGA Award	Directors Guild of America, USA	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials	George Wallace (1997)
1998	OFTA Television Award	Online Film & Television Association	Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries	George Wallace (1997)
1997	DGA Award	Directors Guild of America, USA	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials	Andersonville (1996)
1997	Razzie Award	Razzie Awards	Worst Director	The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
1996	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Miniseries	Andersonville (1996)
1995	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Made for Television Movie	The Burning Season (1994)
1995	CableACE	CableACE Awards	Directing a Movie or Miniseries	Against the Wall (1994)
1995	CableACE	CableACE Awards	Movie or Miniseries	The Burning Season (1994)
1995	DGA Award	Directors Guild of America, USA	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials	Against the Wall (1994)
1994	Best Film	Mystfest		Against the Wall (1994)
1991	Critics Award	Deauville Film Festival		Year of the Gun (1991)
1985	Best Film	Mystfest		The Holcroft Covenant (1985)
1983	ACE	CableACE Awards	Directing a Theatrical-Non-Musical Program	The Rainmaker (1982)
1971	Golden Laurel	Laurel Awards	Best Director	4th place.
1970	Golden Laurel	Laurel Awards	Director	4th place.
1968	Golden Laurel	Laurel Awards	Director	7th place.
1967	DGA Award	Directors Guild of America, USA	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures	Grand Prix (1966)
1967	Golden Laurel	Laurel Awards	Director	6th place.
1966	Palme d'Or	Cannes Film Festival		Seconds (1966)
1966	Golden Laurel	Laurel Awards	Director	10th place.
1965	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Director	Seven Days in May (1964)
1963	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Director	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
1963	DGA Award	Directors Guild of America, USA	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures	Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
1963	DGA Award	Directors Guild of America, USA	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
1963	Golden Laurel	Laurel Awards	Top Director	6th place.
1962	Palme d'Or	Cannes Film Festival		All Fall Down (1962)
1962	Golden Lion	Venice Film Festival		Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
1960	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama	Startime (1959)
1960	Hugo	Hugo Awards	Best Dramatic Presentation	Startime (1959)
1959	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Best Direction of a Single Dramatic Program - One Hour or Longer	Playhouse 90 (1956)
1958	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Best Direction - One Hour or More	Playhouse 90 (1956)
1957	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Best Direction - One Hour or More	Playhouse 90 (1956)
1956	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Best Director - Live Series	Climax! (1954)

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John Frankenheimer Net Worth

John Frankenheimer Net Worth is
$6 Million