Joseph H. Lewis
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1907-04-06 (93 years old)
Deathday
2000-08-30
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
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Joseph H. Lewis
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joseph H. Lewis (April 6, 1907–August 30, 2000), was an American B-movie film director. Although he worked with both Béla Lugosi (The Invisible Ghost) and Lionel Atwill in early 1940s horror, he is best known for his work in film noir from the late 40s and the 1950s. His most acclaimed feature, Gun Crazy (1949), is a dark romance about gun-obsession, and notable for its use of location photography. At the dawn of his career (1937–1940), when Lewis was directing inexpensive westerns, he earned the derogatory nickname "Wagon-Wheel Joe" from the studio editors, because of his tendency to use wagon-whee...
Acting
1997
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Production
1950
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1955
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1941
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as Supervising Editor
1958
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1945
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1941
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as Screenplay
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1944
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1935
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1940
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1942
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1937
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1955
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1936
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