FILM DIRECTOR

Joseph Losey

1909 - 1984

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Joseph Walton Losey III (; January 14, 1909 – June 22, 1984) 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. Blacklisted by Hollywood in the 1950s, he moved to Europe where he made the remainder of his films, mostly in the United Kingdom. Among the most critically and commercially successful were the films with screenplays by Harold Pinter: The Servant (1963) and The Go-Between (1971). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Losey is the 331st most popular film director (down from 264th in 2019), the 2,529th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,719th in 2019) and the 95th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Joseph Losey ranks 331 out of 2,041. Before him are Steve McQueen, Richard Fleischer, Alain Tanner, John Hughes, Marc Allégret, and Chen Kaige. After him are Norman Jewison, Steven Soderbergh, Luigi Comencini, Tex Avery, Menahem Golan, and Darren Aronofsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Joseph Losey ranks 83. Before him are Art Tatum, Malcolm Lowry, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Lennart Bernadotte, Golo Mann, and Adalbert Deșu. After him are Juan Carlos Onetti, Eduard Wirths, Olga Rubtsova, Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Porfirio Rubirosa, and Adolfo López Mateos. Among people deceased in 1984, Joseph Losey ranks 65. Before him are Pavel Batitsky, Pierre Gemayel, Chaïm Perelman, Count Basie, Mark W. Clark, and Raoul Salan. After him are George Gaylord Simpson, Marcel Janco, Fikret Amirov, Martin Luther King Sr., He Zizhen, and Eduardo De Filippo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Losey ranks 2,529 out of 20,380. Before him are Moby (1965), Ashley Judd (1968), James Tolkan (1931), Selena Gomez (1992), Sean Hayes (1970), and Fred Phelps (1929). After him are David Strathairn (1949), Mandy Patinkin (1952), Johnston McCulley (1883), Steven Soderbergh (1963), Justin Francis Rigali (1935), and Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Joseph Losey ranks 95. Before him are John G. Avildsen (1935), King Vidor (1894), Billy Hayes (1947), George Roy Hill (1921), Richard Fleischer (1916), and John Hughes (1950). After him are Steven Soderbergh (1963), Tex Avery (1908), Darren Aronofsky (1969), Ub Iwerks (1901), Jim Henson (1936), and Samuel Fuller (1912).

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