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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.
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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.
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Exiled to England where he spent the remaining of his life. Here are his top 10 movies rated by IMDb raters. Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. 10 titles. 1. The Servant (1963) Unrated | 116 min | Drama. 7.8. Rate. 94 Metascore. Upper-class Tony hires servant Hugo Barrett, who turns out to have a hidden agenda.
Mar 21, 2003 · In David Caute’s bitchy but invaluable biography, Joseph Losey: A Revenge on Life, sister Mary Losey disputed many of her brother’s stories. Losey moved to New York early on and was heavily involved in the radical theater of the 1930s, directing many agit-prop plays.
Oct 29, 2020 · Joseph Losey The Haunted and the Hounded. Joseph Losey's body of work is vast. When looking at the director's biography it is full of artistic compromises, financial complications and unmade projects. A small list of the films Losey could have made gives us some idea of the alternative oeuvre.
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.
