FILM DIRECTOR

Lewis Gilbert

1920 - 2018

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Lewis Gilbert (6 March 1920 – 23 February 2018) was an English film director, producer and screenwriter who directed more than 40 films during six decades; among them such varied titles as Reach for the Sky (1956), Sink the Bismarck! (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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lewis Gilbert is the 626th most popular film director (down from 574th in 2019), the 2,602nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,153rd in 2019) and the 48th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lewis Gilbert ranks 626 out of 2,041. Before him are Lawrence Kasdan, Paul Thomas Anderson, John Stagliano, Juraj Herz, Oskar Fischinger, and Peter Hyams. After him are Carmine Gallone, Sergei Bodrov, Paul Mazursky, Gustav von Wangenheim, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, and Sergei Gerasimov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Lewis Gilbert ranks 205. Before him are Richard E. Bellman, Vlastimil Brodský, Stanko Todorov, Yegor Ligachyov, Alfredo II, and Amos Tutuola. After him are James Doohan, Danilo Alvim, Clifton James, Katsuko Saruhashi, Milton George Henschel, and Christopher Robin Milne. Among people deceased in 2018, Lewis Gilbert ranks 190. Before him are Edgar Hilsenrath, Claribel Alegría, Juan Bautista Agüero, Stan Mikita, Evelyn Berezin, and Juraj Herz. After him are Penny Marshall, Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, Trần Đại Quang, Robert Morris, Ara Güler, and John Mahoney.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lewis Gilbert ranks 2,603 out of 8,785. Before him are A. H. M. Jones (1904), William Curtis (1746), Gordon Jackson (1923), Glen Matlock (1956), Tom Hiddleston (1981), and Edward Vernon (1684). After him are Damien Hirst (1965), Lady Caroline Lamb (1785), Jackie Collins (1937), John Owen (1616), Edith Pargeter (1913), and William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Lewis Gilbert ranks 48. Before him are Peter Yates (1929), Derek Jarman (1942), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Hugh Hudson (1936), Ken Annakin (1914), and John Badham (1939). After him are Anthony Asquith (1902), John Madden (1949), Sally Potter (1949), James Whale (1889), Andrew Birkin (1945), and John Glen (1932).

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