Lewis Gilbert

Lewis Gilbert
Forename/s: 
Lewis
Family name: 
Gilbert
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Interview Number: 
386
Interview Date(s): 
18 Jun 1996
27 Jun 1996
24 Jul 1996
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Duration (mins): 
823

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Biographical

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