Biography: life and films
Lewis Gilbert is an English film director, screenwriter and producer. He was born in London, England on 6th March 1920.His best films as a film director include Johnny on the Run (1953), Carve Her Name with Pride (1958), Alfie (1966), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Educating Rita (1983), and whose best work as an actor include George Loane Tucker's The Fringe of War (1914), A Man of His Word (1915), The Sons of Satan (1915), Maurice Elvey's A Debt of Honour (1922) and Edwin J. Collins's Tense Moments from Great Plays (1922).
Lewis Gilbert has so far directed 40 films (including 3 shorts), appeared in 28 films and scripted 18 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: George Loane Tucker (8 films), Maurice Elvey (6) and Harold M. Shaw (3).
His most frequent genres include: drama (42 films), romance (10), comedy-drama (8), War (8), Thriller (7), comedy-romance (6), comedy (6), history (3), Fantasy (3), Documentary (3) and Biography (2).
Our average rating for Lewis Gilbert over all films is: 2.9
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer
On His Majesty's Service (1914) [a]
The Fringe of War (1914) [a]
A Man of His Word (1915) [a]
The Heart of a Child (1915) [a]
The Shulamite (1915) [a]
The Sons of Satan (1915) [a]
Me and Me Moke (1916) [a]
The Man Without a Soul (1916) [a]
The Manxman (1917) [a]
The Land of Mystery (1920) [a]
The Mystery Road (1921) [a]
A Debt of Honour (1922) [a]
Dick Turpin's Ride to York (1922) [a]
Tense Moments from Great Plays (1922) [a]
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1922) [a]
The House of Peril (1922) [a]
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1923) [a]
Hornet's Nest (1923) [a]
Lamp in the Desert (1923) [a]
The Speckled Band (1923) [a]
The Wandering Jew (1923) [a]
The Love Story of Aliette Brunton (1924) [a]
Money Isn't Everything (1925) [a]
Dick Turpin (1935) [a]
The Divorce of Lady X (1938) [a]
Over the Moon (1939) [a]
Room for Two (1940) [a]
The Little Ballerina (1948) [d,w]
Marry Me (1949) [w]
Once a Sinner (1950) [d]
Scarlet Thread (1951) [d]
There Is Another Sun (1951) [d]
Cosh Boy (1952) [d,w]
Emergency Call (1952) [d,w]
Time, Gentlemen, Please! (1952) [d]
Albert R.N. (1953) [d]
Johnny on the Run (1953) [d]
The Good Die Young (1954) [d,w]
The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954) [d,w]
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) [d]
Reach for the Sky (1956) [d,w]
The Admirable Crichton (1957) [d,w]
A Cry from the Streets (1958) [d]
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) [d]
Ferry to Hong Kong (1959) [d,w]
Light Up the Sky! (1960) [d]
Sink the Bismarck! (1960) [d]
The Greengage Summer (1961) [d]
Emergency (1962) [w]
H.M.S. Defiant (1962) [d]
The 7th Dawn (1964) [d]
Alfie (1966) [d]
You Only Live Twice (1967) [d]
The Adventurers (1970) [d,w]
Friends (1971) [d,w]
Paul and Michelle (1974) [d,w]
Operation: Daybreak (1975) [d]
Seven Nights in Japan (1976) [d]
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) [d]
Moonraker (1979) [d]
Not Quite Paradise (1985) [d]
Shirley Valentine (1989) [d]
Stepping Out (1991) [d]
Haunted (1995) [d,w]
Before You Go (2002) [d]
Kafka's tortuous trial of love
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
The best of Russian cinema
