Joseph Losey
American filmmaker and theatre director (1909-1984) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 75
Joseph Walton Losey III 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.
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1984Died22 June 19841979
Don GiovanniFilm, Director, Writer1978
Ciné regardsSeries1977César Award for Best DirectorAwardCésar Award for Best FilmAward1976
30 millions d'amisSeries1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSeries
GalileoFilm, 1975Director, Writer1972
The Assassination of TrotskyFilm, Director, Producer1971Palme d'OrAwardFilm '72Series1968
Boom!Film, Director1966
Modesty BlaiseFilm, Director1963
The ServantFilm, Director, Producer1959
Blind DateFilm, Director1957
Time Without PityFilm, Director1955
A Man on the BeachFilm, Director1951
MFilm, Director1948
The Boy with Green HairFilm, Director1942
A Child Went ForthFilm, Director1939
Pete Roleum and His CousinsFilm, Director, Producer1909Born14 January 1909
Don GiovanniFilm, Director, Writer1978Ciné regardsSeries1977César Award for Best DirectorAwardCésar Award for Best FilmAward197630 millions d'amisSeries1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSeriesGalileoFilm, 1975Director, Writer1972The Assassination of TrotskyFilm, Director, Producer1971Palme d'OrAwardFilm '72Series1968Boom!Film, Director1966Modesty BlaiseFilm, Director1963The ServantFilm, Director, Producer1959Blind DateFilm, Director1957Time Without PityFilm, Director1955A Man on the BeachFilm, Director1951MFilm, Director1948The Boy with Green HairFilm, Director1942A Child Went ForthFilm, Director1939Pete Roleum and His CousinsFilm, Director, Producer1909Born14 January 1909People around Joseph
Dirk Bogarde Joseph directed Modesty Blaise and Accident
Alexander Knox Joseph directed Modesty Blaise and Accident
Stanley Baker Joseph directed Accident, Eva and The Criminal
Jeanne Moreau Joseph directed Monsieur Klein and The Trout
Leo McKern Joseph directed King & Country (1964)- James Villiers Joseph directed The Damned and Eva
Bertolt Brecht Taught Joseph
Sergei Eisenstein Taught Joseph
Alain Delon Joseph directed Monsieur Klein (1976)
Harold Pinter Joseph produced The Servant (1963)
Joan Lorring Joseph directed The Big Night (1951)
Patrick Magee Joseph produced The Servant (1964)
Jean Bouise Joseph directed Monsieur Klein (1976)
Roland Bertin Joseph directed Monsieur Klein and The Trout
Roger Lloyd-Pack Joseph directed The Go-Between (1971)
Elizabeth Taylor Joseph directed Boom! and Secret Ceremony
Richard Burton Joseph directed The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
Michael Lonsdale Joseph directed Monsieur Klein (1976)
Edward Fox Joseph directed The Go-Between (1971)
Alexis Smith Joseph directed The Trout and The Sleeping Tiger
Giorgio Albertazzi Joseph directed The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
Juliet Berto Joseph directed Monsieur Klein (1976)
Enrico Maria Salerno Joseph directed The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
Ben Barzman Also in The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
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The Servant 1963
Mr. Klein 1976
King and Country 1964
The Go-Between 1971
The Prowler 1951
Filmography 40
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Television 4
Media & music
![Losey Memorial Arch (1901) was erected by the city of La Crosse, Wisconsin, in tribute to Losey's grandfather, a prominent attorney and civic leader[5]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/LoseyArch.JPG/1280px-LoseyArch.JPG)
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About this person
Blacklisted by Hollywood in the 1950s, he moved to Europe where he made the remainder of his films, mostly in the United Kingdom.
Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1909 to 1984 · aged 75
In the same film or series as Joseph
Robert ShawAlso in Figures in a Landscape (1970)
Luigi VannucchiAlso in The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
Kate NelliganAlso in The Romantic Englishwoman (1975)
Hugh BeaumontAlso in A Gun in His Hand (1945)
Delphine SeyrigAlso in A Doll's House (1973)
Keith MichellAlso in The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958)