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Lewis Gilbert

British film director, producer and screenwriter (1920-2018) · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Died at 97

Lewis Gilbert was an English film director, producer and screenwriter who directed more than 40 films during six decades; among them such varied titles as Cast a Dark Shadow (1955), Reach for the Sky (1956), Carve Her Name with Pride (1958), Sink the Bismarck!

Lewis Gilbert is read about 187 times a day, in 33 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 9 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 111 days, one point a day.

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2018Died23 February 20182012Everything or NothingFilm2000Inside 'Moonraker'Film1997Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1989Shirley ValentineFilm, Director, Producer1983Educating RitaFilm, Director, Producer1976Seven Nights in JapanFilm, Director, Producer1974Paul and MichelleFilm, Director, Writer1971Film '72Series1970The AdventurersFilm, Director, Writer1964The 7th DawnFilm, Director1961The Greengage SummerFilm, Director1959Whicker's WorldSeriesFerry to Hong KongFilm, 1959Director, Writer1956Reach for the SkyFilm, Director, Writer1954The Good Die YoungFilm, Director, Writer1951Scarlet ThreadFilm, Director1939Over the MoonFilm, Minor Role (uncredited)1920Born6 March 1920

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  • Everything or Nothing 2012
  • Educating Rita 1983
  • Operation: Daybreak 1975
  • Sink the Bismarck! 1960
  • The Spy Who Loved Me 1977

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Filmography 40

84 credits on file

Television 2

Awards

Commander of the Order of the British Empire1997

About this person

(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).

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2018 · aged 97

In the same film or series as Lewis

Rex HarrisonAlso in Over the Moon (1939)Curd JürgensAlso in Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)Michael WilliamsAlso in Educating Rita (1983)Sheila HancockAlso in Light Up the Sky! (1960)Sam RobardsAlso in Not Quite Paradise (1985)