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Lewis Gilbert is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer British born on 6 march 1920 at London (United-kingdom)
Lewis Gilbert CBE (born 6 March 1920) is a British film director, producer and screenwriter, who has 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).
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Lewis Gilbert
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 6 march 1920 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 23 february 2018 (at 97 years)
Awards Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Birth 6 march 1920 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 23 february 2018 (at 97 years)
Awards Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Lewis Gilbert CBE (born 6 March 1920) is a British film director, producer and screenwriter, who has 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).
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Filmography of Lewis Gilbert (48 films)
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Add to a movie listMoonraker (1979)
, 2h6Directed by Lewis Gilbert, John Glen, Ernest Day
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children, Space adventure films, Spy films, Films about terrorism, Dans l'espace, Space opera, Eco-terrorism in fiction
Actors Roger Moore, Michael Lonsdale, Lois Chiles, Richard Kiel, Bernard Lee, Corinne Cléry
Rating61%
A Drax Industries Moonraker space shuttle on loan to the United Kingdom is hijacked in mid-air and MI6 operative, James Bond, agent 007, is assigned to investigate. En route to England in a small charter plane, Bond is attacked by the crew and pushed out of the plane by the mercenary assassin Jaws. He survives by stealing a parachute from the pilot, whilst Jaws lands on a circus tent.
Over the Moon (1939)
, 1h25Directed by William K. Howard, Thornton Freeland
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Merle Oberon, Rex Harrison, Ursula Jeans, Robert Douglas, Louis Borel, Carl Jaffe
Roles Minor Role (uncredited)
Rating55%
Jane Benson (Merle Oberon) is a lowly Yorkshire girl who lives simply, caring for her elderly, ailing uncle and not wishing for anything more. She does take a fancy, however, to the local doctor, Freddie Jarvis (Rex Harrison), and she persuades him to marry her. Soon she finds she has inherited eighteen million pounds.
The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
, 1h32Directed by Tim Whelan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, Binnie Barnes, Ralph Richardson, Morton Selten, Gus McNaughton
Roles Tom
Rating65%
Leslie Steele (Merle Oberon), a guest at a costume party, is forced to stay overnight in a hotel because of a particularly bad London fog. As there are no rooms available, Steele talks her way into sharing a suite with Everard Logan (Laurence Olivier), a handsome but somewhat stiff lawyer. They spend the night together, quite chastely, but Logan becomes convinced that Leslie must be married. His conviction is confirmed when an old school friend, Lord Mere (Ralph Richardson), arrives and asks Everard to represent him in a divorce case against his wife, Lady Claire (Binnie Barnes).
The Price of a Song (1935)
, 1h7Directed by Michael Powell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Marjorie Corbett, Dora Barton, Felix Aylmer, Sybil Grove, Lewis Gilbert
Roles Margaret’s younger brother
Rating60%
Impecunious bookmaker's clerk Arnold Grierson, seeing a way to easy money, forces his daughter Margaret to marry wealthy but obnoxious songwriter Nevern, ignoring her romance with local newspaper editor Michael Hardwick. Soon after the wedding, Grierson requests the loan of a significant sum of money from Nevern and is furious and humiliated to be flatly turned down. He begins to make elaborate plans to murder Nevern on the assumption that Margaret will then inherit her husband's estate. Meanwhile the desperately unhappy Margaret has rekindled her relationship with Hardwick. Nevern finds them in a café together and causes a public scene. Margaret determines that her only course of action is to divorce Nevern, a prospect which horrifies her father.
Dick Turpin (1933)
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Adventure
Actors James Finlayson, Victor McLaglen, Frank Vosper, Cecil Humphreys, Lewis Gilbert, Gibb McLaughlin
Roles Jem
Rating61%
Confessions (1925)
Directed by W. P. Kellino
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Ian Hunter, Gladys Hamer, Moore Marriott, Lewis Gilbert
Roles Mr. Vallings
Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films
Actors Lewis Gilbert, Hubert Willis, Allan Jeayes
Roles Roger Stapleton Baskerville
Rating45%
The Tiger of San Pedro (1921)
Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films
Actors Hubert Willis, Lewis Gilbert
Roles Murillo
The Truants (1921)
Directed by Sinclair Hill
Origin United-kingdom
Actors George Bellamy, Joan Morgan, Lewis Gilbert
An officer deserts from the French Foreign Legion to return home to his wife's assistance.
The Heart of a Child (1916)
Directed by Harold M. Shaw
Genres Drama
Actors Edna Flugrath, George Bellamy, Frank Stanmore, Lewis Gilbert
Roles Bill Snape
A girl from the slums is injured by an aristocrat's car. Years later, now a successful dancer, she falls in love with the aristocrat's brother.
Me and Me Moke (1916)
Directed by Harold M. Shaw
Genres Comedy
Actors Edna Flugrath, Gerald Ames, Hubert Willis, Lewis Gilbert
Roles Flash Hawkins
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Before You Go (2002)
, 1h34Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Julie Walters, John Hannah, Joanne Whalley, Victoria Hamilton, Tom Wilkinson, Patricia Hodge
Rating55%
Haunted (1995)
, 1h48Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Themes Ghost films
Actors Aidan Quinn, Kate Beckinsale, Anthony Andrews, John Gielgud, Anna Massey, Geraldine Somerville
Rating61%
David Ash (Aidan Quinn), an American professor, has entered into the field of parapsychology and has spent a majority of his life disproving the existence of ghosts. He was motivated by the untimely death of his twin sister, Juliet, for which he blames himself. In 1928, he receives an invitation from the Mariell family to investigate the alleged hauntings at their home, Edbrook House. At the train station, he is met and is immediately smitten by the beautiful Christina Mariell (Kate Beckinsale), who informs him that she and her brothers actually hired him to try to calm the fears of their ageing nanny. Christina believes that due to her declining mental health since their mother's death, Nanny Tess (Anna Massey) has convinced herself that Mrs. Mariell's ghost returns every evening to haunt Edbrook House.
Stepping Out (1991)
, 1h44Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Liza Minnelli, Shelley Winters, Julie Walters, Bill Irwin, Ellen Greene, Jane Krakowski
Rating63%
A "has-been" Broadway performer moves to Buffalo and starts teaching tap dance lessons to a group of misfits who, through their dance classes, bond and realize what they can achieve. Their newfound self-confidence changes their lives forever.