Lewis Gilbert

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Forenames(s): Lewis
Family name: Gilbert
Awards/Honours: CBE 1997
Work area/Craft/Role: Director, Writer, Actor
Industry: Film
Company: Twickenham Studios
Websites: Wikipedia, IMDb, BFI Screenonline, 007Wiki, BFI Screenonline - screen credits
Interview no: 386
Interview date(s): 18 June 1996, 27 June 1996, 24 July 1996
Interviewer(s): Roy Fowler
Production Media: audio
Duration (mins): 823

 

 

 

British film director, producer and screenwriter, who directed more than 40 films during six decades; among them such varied titles as Reach for the Sky (1956), Sink the Bismarck! (1960), Alfie (1966), Educating Rita (1983) and Shirley Valentine (1989), as well as three James Bond films: You Only Live Twice (1967), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979). 

L E W I S G I L B E R T   [Partial Filmography]

6 . 3 . 2 0 . L o n d o n .

1932 - child stage actor; F i l m a c t o r ;London Films, Assoc Brit., RKO, Mayflower.

R A F ; U S A F F i l m U n i t

1 9 4 4 - 4 6 - D o c s , R e a l i s t , G a u m o n t  I n t e r n a t i o n a l .

1 9 4 7 - T H E L I T T L E B A L L E R I N A

1 9 4 9 - M A R R Y M E

UNDER ONE ROOF

1950 - ONCE A SINNER

THERE IS ANOTHER SUN

1951 - SCARLET THREAD

1 9 5 2 - C O S H B O Y

T I M E G E N T L E M E N P L E A S E

E M E R G E N C Y C A L L ® ^

1953 - JOHNNY ON THE RUN

A L B E R T  R. N.

1954 - THE GOOD DIE YOUNG

THE SEA SHALL NOT HAVE THEM

1955 - CAST A DARK SHADOW 

1 9 5 6 - R E A C H F O R  T H E  S K Y

1 9 5 7 - T H E  A D M I R A B L E  C R I C H T O N .

1958 - A CRY FROM THE STREETS; CARVE HER NAME WITH PRIDE

1959 - FERRY TO HONG KONG

1 9 6 0 - S I N K T H E B I S M A R K

LIGHT UP THE SKY

1961 - THE GREENGAGE SUMMER /THE MUTINEERS 

1962  HMS DEFIANT W M < : n r r i A M T ^

1964 - THE SEVENTH DAWN

1 9 6 5 - A L F I E

1967 - YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (Tests  for OLIVER)

1 9 7 0 - T H E  A D V E N T U R E R S

1 9 7 1 - F R I E N D S

1 9 7 4 - PA U L & M I C H E L L E

1975 - OPERATION DAYBREAK

1 9 7 6 - S E V E N  N I G H T S  I N  J A PA N

1977 - THE SPY WHO LOVED ME

1979 - MOONRAKER

1 9 8 3 - E D U C AT I N G  R I TA

1984 - NOT QUITE JERUSALEM

1 9 8 9 - S H I R L E Y VA L E N T I N E

1991 - STEPPING OUT

1995 HAUNTED

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