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Joseph Walton Losey III ( / ˈloʊsi /; January 14, 1909 – June 22, 1984) was an American theatre and film director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Wisconsin, he studied in Germany with Bertolt Brecht and then returned to the United States.
Joseph Losey. Director: The Servant. Belonging to an important family clan in Wisconsin, Joseph Losey studied philosophy but was always interested in theater and thus worked together with Bertolt Brecht. After directing some shorts for MGM, he made his first important film, The Boy with Green Hair (1948), for RKO.
Jun 26, 2024 · Joseph Losey (born Jan. 14, 1909, La Crosse, Wis., U.S.—died June 22, 1984, London, Eng.) was an American motion-picture director, whose highly personal style was often manifested in films centring on intense and sometimes violent human relationships.
Joseph Losey. Director: The Servant. Belonging to an important family clan in Wisconsin, Joseph Losey studied philosophy but was always interested in theater and thus worked together with Bertolt Brecht.
Jun 16, 2023 · “Losey on ‘The Servant’” (29 min) collects audio excerpts from a 1976 interview with the filmmaker conducted by author and critic Michel Ciment. It begins with how Losey first heard rumors of the Pinter adaptation aching to be made through to details of casting and production.
Mar 21, 2003 · Joseph Losey made his first feature film, The Boy with Green Hair (1948), when he was close to 40 years old. The years before Green Hair are somewhat barren, though there is information, as far as it goes.
May 29, 2018 · LOSEY, Joseph. Nationality: American. Born: La Crosse, Wisconsin, 14 January 1909. Education: Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, B.A., 1929; Harvard University, M.A. in English literature, 1930. Career: Stage director, New York, 1932–34; attended Eisenstein film classes, Moscow, 1935; staged Living Newspaper productions and other plays for ...
Jun 23, 1984 · Joseph Losey, the American film director who spent three decades in Europe after fleeing the United States in the McCarthy era, died today at his London home. He was 75 years old.
For nearly all of his long and remarkably productive career, Joseph Losey (1909-1984) was a filmmaker in exile. Losey's brief yet promising Hollywood career was abruptly derailed when his outspoken commitment to leftist politics made him a choice target of the House Un-American Activities Committee. Threatened by almost certain blacklisting and ...
Joseph Walton Losey III ( / ˈloʊsi /; January 14, 1909 – June 22, 1984) was an American theatre and film director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Wisconsin, he studied in Germany with Bertolt Brecht and then returned to the United States.