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Joseph Losey
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American filmmaker and theatre director (1909–1984)
Film & TV
La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Walton Losey III (January 14, 1909, La Crosse, Wisconsin – June 22, 1984, London, England) was an American theater and film director. After studying in Germany with Bertolt Brecht, Losey returned to the United States, eventually making his way to Hollywood. In the 1950s Losey was blacklisted in the United States and moved to Europe, where he made the…
Known for
- The New Deal for Artists — Self1981
- Cinématon VIII — N°761980
- Cinématon — N°761978
- Ciné regards — Self1978
- How Yukong Moved the Mountains — English-language commentary (voice)1976
- Mr. Klein — Man at the Vel d'Hiv (uncredited)1976
- 30 millions d'amis — Self1976
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self1975
- Film '72 — Self1971
- Eva — Patron at Harry's Bar (uncredited)1962
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Key facts
- Born
- Joseph Walton Losey III , ( 1909-01-14 ) January 14, 1909, La Crosse, Wisconsin , U.S.
- Died
- June 22, 1984 (1984-06-22) (aged 75), London , England
- Alma mater
- Dartmouth College , Harvard University
- Occupations
- Director producer screenwriter
- Years active
- 1933–1984
- Children
- 2, including Gavrik
- Awards
- See below
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- La Crosse
- Place of death
- London
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Documenta 6
- Student of
- Sergei Eisenstein
- Image
- Joseph Losey 1965.jpg
- Residence
- London
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- related category
- Category:Films directed by Joseph Losey
- date of birth
- 1909-01-14
- date of death
- 1984-06-22
- Commons category
- Joseph Losey
- name in native language
- Joseph Losey
- start of work period
- 1939-00-00
- archives at
- Cinémathèque Française
- birth name
- Joseph Walton Losey
- place of burial
- Putney Vale Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview
Joseph Walton Losey III (/ˈloʊsi/; January 14, 1909 – June 22, 1984) was an American film and theatre director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Wisconsin, he studied in Germany with Bertolt Brecht and then returned to the United States. Blacklisted by Hollywood in the 1950s, he moved to Europe where he made the remainder of his films, mostly in the United Kingdom.
Among the most critically and commercially successful were the three films with screenplays by Harold Pinter: The Servant (1963), Accident (1967), and The Go-Between (1971). His 1976 film Monsieur Klein won the César Awards for Best Film and Best Director. Other notable films included The Boy with Green Hair (1948), Eva (1962), King & Country (1964), Modesty Blaise (1966), Figures in a Landscape (1970), A Doll's House (1973), Galileo (1975), and Don Giovanni (1979). Though drubbed by critics and a box office failure, Boom! (1968) was sometimes cited by Losey as his personal favorite, and Tennessee Willams considered it the best movie adaptation of one of his plays. The film starred Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, both of whom worked with Losey again, Taylor in Secret Ceremony (1968) and Burton in The Assassination of Trotsky (1972).
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