Biography: life and films
Lewis Milestone was an American film director, screenwriter and producer whose birth name was Lev Milstein. He was born in Kishinev, Russian Empire on 30th September 1895 and died in Los Angeles, California, USA on 25th September 1980, aged 84.His best films as a film director include Fine Manners (1926), Tempest (1928), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), A Walk in the Sun (1945) and Arch of Triumph (1948), and whose best work as a screenwriter include Tempest (1928), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and Arch of Triumph (1948).
Lewis Milestone directed 46 films (including 3 shorts), scripted 16 films and appeared in 3 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: William A. Seiter (5 films).
His most frequent genres include: drama (24 films), comedy (15), War (9), romance (8), comedy-romance (6), comedy-drama (6) and history (2).
Our average rating for Lewis Milestone over all films is: 3.0
Filmography
Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor
Up and at 'Em (1922) [w]
Listen Lester (1924) [w]
The Yankee Consul (1924) [w]
Dangerous Innocence (1925) [w]
Seven Sinners (1925) [d,w]
The Mad Whirl (1925) [w]
The Teaser (1925) [w]
Fine Manners (1926) [d]
The Caveman (1926) [d]
The New Klondike (1926) [d]
The Kid Brother (1927) [d]
Two Arabian Knights (1927) [d]
Tempest (1928) [d,w]
The Garden of Eden (1928) [d]
The Racket (1928) [a,d]
Betrayal (1929) [d]
New York Nights (1929) [d]
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) [d,w]
The Front Page (1931) [d]
Cock of the Air (1932) [a]
Rain (1932) [d]
Hallelujah I'm a Bum (1933) [d]
The Captain Hates the Sea (1934) [d]
Paris in Spring (1935) [d]
Anything Goes (1936) [d]
The General Died at Dawn (1936) [a,d]
Of Mice and Men (1939) [d]
The Night of Nights (1939) [d]
My Life with Caroline (1941) [d]
The North Star (1943) [d]
Guest in the House (1944) [d]
The Purple Heart (1944) [d]
A Walk in the Sun (1945) [d]
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) [d]
Arch of Triumph (1948) [d,w]
No Minor Vices (1948) [d]
The Red Pony (1949) [d]
Halls of Montezuma (1950) [d]
Kangaroo (1952) [d]
Les Miserables (1952) [d]
Melba (1953) [d]
They Who Dare (1954) [d]
La Vedova X (1959) [d,w]
Pork Chop Hill (1959) [d]
Ocean's Eleven (1960) [d]
The Golden Age of French cinema
The best French Films of the 1910s
The best of Indian cinema
