Oscar Directors: Schaffner, Franklin–Background, Career, Awards, Filmography (Cum Advantage; Emmy Awards)

September 28, 2020

Franklin Schaffner Career Summation

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Nationality: Born in Japan; in the US at age 5

Social Class: Parents missionaries

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First Film: The Stripper, 1963; age 43

Breakthrough: He began directing for TV; “12 Angry Men”

First Oscar Nomination: Patton, 1970; 50

Gap between First Film and First Nom: 7 years

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Other Awards: Emmys (several)

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Franklin James Schaffner (May 30, 1920 – July 2, 1989) was an American film, television, and stage director.

He won the Best Director Oscar for Patton (1970), and is known for the films Planet of the Apes (1968), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Papillon (1973), and The Boys from Brazil (1978).

He served as president of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) between 1987 and 1989.

Schaffner was born in Tokyo, Japan, the son of American missionaries Sarah Horting (née Swords) and Paul Franklin Schaffner, and was raised in Japan.

Th Schaffners returned to the US and settled in Lancaster, Pennsylvania when Franklin Schaffner was 5-years old.

Schaffner attended J.P. McCaskey High School, where he appeared as Mr. Darcy in the school’s production of “Pride and Prejudice”. In 1938, he graduated as valedictorian of McCaskey High School’s first graduating class.

Schaffner graduated from Franklin & Marshall College (F&M) in Lancaster. As a student, Schaffner was active in the drama program at F&M’s Green Room Theatre, where he appeared eleven plays and served as president of the Green Room Club.

He then studied law at Columbia University in New York City, but his education was interrupted by service with the Navy in WWII during which he served with American amphibious forces in Europe and North Africa. In the latter stages of the war, he was sent to the Pacific Far East to serve with the United States Office for Strategic Services.

Schaffner returned to the US after the war. He worked for a world peace organization then as an assistant director for the documentary film series The March of Time. He became a director in the news and public affairs department of CBS television where his jobs including covering sports, beauty pageants and public-service programs.

In 1950 he directed “The Traitor” the first episode of Ford Theatre. He also did an adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. Treasure Island

He directed “Thunder on Sycamore Street” by Reginald Rose for Studio One.

He and Rose reunited on Twelve Angry Men, which won Schaffner an Emmy for Best Director.

The following year Schaffner earned another Emmy for his work on the 1955 TV adaptation of the Broadway play The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, shown on the anthology series Ford Star Jubilee.

Schaffner became one of three regular directors on the Kaiser Aluminium Hour the others being George Roy Hill and Fielder Cook. He was also a regular director on Playhouse 90.

He was the original director on the series, The Defenders, created by Rose. Schaffner’s work earned him another Emmy.[

In 1960, he directed Allen Drury’s stage play Advise and Consent. This earned him the Best Director recognition in the Variety Critics Poll.

Schaffner also received widespread critical acclaim in 1962 for his groundbreaking collaboration with the First Lady of the United States Jacqueline Kennedy and CBS television’s Musical Director Alfredo Antonini in the production of A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy, a television special broadcast to over 80 million viewers worldwide.

Schaffner’s contributions in this production earned him a nomination in 1963 by the Director’s Guild of America USA, for its award in the category of Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television.

In January 1960 Schaffner signed a multi picture deal with Columbia Pictures.

In May 1961 he signed to make A Summer Place at 20th Century Studios with Fabian and Dolores Hart. The film was not made.

Schaffner directed The Good Years (1962) for TV with Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball. Other TV work included The Great American Robbery.

Schaffner’s first motion picture was The Stripper (1963), made at Fox from a play by William Inge, starring Richard Beymer and Joanne Woodward. The film was well-received critically, but not a commercial success.

He continued to work for TV including The Legend of Lylah Clare.

Schaffner later made The Best Man (1964) based on a play by Gore Vidal and The War Lord (1965), based on a play by Leslie Stevens, with Charlton Heston.

In a 1966 interview he said “as you mature, you learn that the story is the most important thing.” He announced various films for Columbia – The Day Lincoln was Shot, The Whistle Blows for Victory and The Green Beret – but they were not made.

He went to Britain to make The Double Man (1967) with Yul Brynner, a film Schaffner admitted he did for the money.

Schaffner had a huge critical and commercial hit in Planet of the Apes (1968) starring Heston at 20th Century.

In December 1968 Schaffner signed a non-exclusive three-picture deal with Columbia.

His next film was for 20th Century Studios, however: Patton (1970), a biopic of General Patton starring George C. Scott. It was a major success for which Schaffner won the Oscar Award for Best Director and the Directors Guild of America Award for Best Director.

He made Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) for producer Sam Spiegel. It was an expensive box-office failure.

Schaffner followed it with Papillon (1973) a $14 million epic with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman that was a considerable financial success.

In 1971 he said his films “are almost always about people who are out of their time and place.”

Schaffner intended to follow Papillon with Dynasty of Western Outlaws, about outlaws over the years in Missouri from a script by John Gay, and an adaptation of The French Lieutenant’s Woman. He ended up making neither: Dynasty never was made, and French Lieutenant was made a decade later by another director.

Schaffner reunited with George C. Scott in Islands in the Stream (1977), based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway.

He then did The Boys from Brazil (1978) based on a novel by Ira Levin with Gregory Peck.

His later films included Sphinx (1981), a $10 million thriller about Egypt based on novel by Robin Cook and produced by Stanley O’Toole, who had made Boys from Brazil with Schaffner.

It was a commercial failure as was Yes, Giorgio (1982), a musical comedy starring Luciano Pavarotti.

Schaffner’s last films were Lionheart (1987) and Welcome Home (1989).

Schaffner was president of the Directors Guild of America from 1987 until his death in 1989.

Jerry Goldsmith composed the music for 7 of his films: The Stripper, Planet of the Apes, Patton, Papillon, Islands in the Stream, The Boys from Brazil and Lionheart.

Four of them were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score.

Schaffner twice worked with actors Charlton Heston and Maurice Evans (The War Lord; Planet of the Apes), George C. Scott (Patton; Islands in the Stream) and Laurence Olivier (Nicholas and Alexandra; The Boys from Brazil).

Schaffner married Helen Jane Gilchrist in 1948. The couple had two children, Jennie and Kate. She died in 2007.

Schaffner died on July 2, 1989 at the age of 69. He was released 10 days before his death from hospital where he was being treated for lung cancer.

Screenwriter William Goldman identified Schaffner in 1981 as being one of the three best directors (then living) at handling “scope” (a gift for screen epics) in films. The other two were David Lean and Richard Attenborough.

Legacy
In 1991, Schaffner’s widow, Jean Schaffner, established the Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal (colloquially known as the Franklin J. Schaffner Award), awarded by the American Film Institute at its annual ceremony to an alumnus of either the AFI Conservatory or the AFI Conservatory Directing Workshop for Women who best embodies the qualities of the late director: talent, taste, dedication and commitment to quality filmmaking.

The moving image collection of Franklin J. Schaffner is held at the Academy Film Archive.

In May 2020, the mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania proclaimed Franklin Schaffner Week (May 23-30, 2020) to mark the centennial of his birth.

Filmography

1952 The Wings of the Dove
1963 The Stripper 1
1964 The Best Man 1 2
1965 The War Lord
1967 The Double Man
1968 Planet of the Apes 2 1
1970 Patton 10 7 2 1 2 Also producer
1971 Nicholas and Alexandra 6 2 3 3
1973 Papillon 1 1 Also producer
1976 Islands in the Stream 1
1978 The Boys from Brazil 3 1
1981 Sphinx Also executive producer
1982 Yes, Giorgio 1 1
1987 Lionheart
1989 Welcome Home

Total 26 10 10 1 5 0

Television

1948-51 The Ford Theatre Hour 22 episodes
1949 Wesley 13 episodes
1949-56 Studio One 12 5 110 episodes
1951 Tales of Tomorrow 5 episodes
1953-59 Person to Person 6 248 episodes
1955 The Best of Broadway 1 1 episode
1955-56 Ford Star Jubilee 4 3 2 episodes
1956-57 The Kaiser Aluminum Hour 1 6 episodes
1957 Producers’ Showcase 13 7 1 episode
1957-60 Playhouse 90 34 13 1 19 episodes
1959 Startime 5 1 1 episode
1961 Cry Vengeance! Television film
1961-62 The Defenders 8 14 2 1 6 episodes
1962 The Good Years Television film
A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy Documentary special
1962-64 The DuPont Show of the Week 8 10 episodes
1964 Ambassador at Large Television film
1966 One-Eyed Jacks Are Wild
1967 ABC Stage 67 4 2 1 episode
Total 96 45 2 2
Awards and nominations
Year Award/Association Category Work Episode Result
1955 Primetime Emmy Award Best Direction Studio One “Twelve Angry Men” Won
1956 Ford Star Jubilee “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial” Won
Best Television Adaptation Won
1961 Directors Guild of America Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television Playhouse 90 “The Cruel Day” Nominated
1962 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama The Defenders Various Won
1963 Directors Guild of America Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy N/A Nominated
1964 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Crystal Globe The Best Man N/A Nominated
Special Jury Prize N/A Won
1971 Academy Awards Best Director Patton N/A Won
Golden Globe Awards Best Director N/A Nominated
Directors Guild of America Award Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures N/A Won
1979 Saturn Awards Best Director The Boys from Brazil N/A Nominated
2008 Jules Verne Award Légendaire Award Planet of the Apes N/A Won

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