Franklin J. Schaffner
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Franklin James Schaffner was an American film, television, and stage director. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for Patton, and is known for the films Planet of the Apes, Nicholas and Alexan
Schaffner in 1977
(from far left) Stanley O'Toole, Gregory Peck and Franklin J. Schaffner outside Franklin & Marshall College after accepting an honorary degree in 1977
Papillon (1973 film)
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Papillon is a 1973 historical adventure drama prison film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. The screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr. was based on the 1969 autobiography by the French co
Franklin J. Schaffner
…He won the Academy Award for Best Director 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 between 1987 and 1989. Schaffner was born in Tokyo…
Theatrical release poster by Tom Jung
The prison as it appeared in 1954, not long before it was closed and abandoned