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Jack Clayton

British film director and producer (1921-1995) · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Died at 73

Jack Isaac Clayton was an English film director and producer, known for his skill directing literary adaptations. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for his feature-length debut, Room at the Top (1959), and three of his films were nominated for the Palme d'Or.

Jack Clayton is read about 133 times a day, in 24 languages.

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A life in dates

1995Died26 February 19951993Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part OneFilm1992Memento MoriFilm, Director, Writer1987The Lonely Passion of Judith HearneFilm, Director1983Something Wicked This Way ComesFilm, Director1974The Great GatsbyFilm, Director1971Film '72Series1967Our Mother's HouseFilm, Director, Producer1964The Pumpkin EaterFilm, Director1961The InnocentsFilm, Director, Producer1958Room at the TopFilm, DirectorThe Whole TruthFilm, 1958Producer1956Sailor BewareFilm, Producer1955The Bespoke OvercoatFilm, Director, Producer1944Naples Is a BattlefieldFilm, Director1943R.A.F. RegimentFilm, Director1921Born1 March 1921

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Known for

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  • The Innocents 1961
  • Our Mother's House 1967
  • Room at the Top 1958
  • The Pumpkin Eater 1964
  • Something Wicked This Way Comes 1983

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 14

26 credits on file

Television 1

About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1921 to 1995 · aged 73

In the same film or series as Jack

Muriel SparkAlso in Memento Mori (1992)Paul EddingtonAlso in Sailor Beware (1956)Peter GilmoreAlso in The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)John GuillerminAlso in The Whole Truth (1958)