Lewis Gilbert started out as a child actor on the London stage and in British silent films. Making his last on-camera appearance in The Divorce of Lady X (1938), Gilbert remained in the movie industry as an assistant director. During World War II, he served with the U.S. Air Corps Film Unit, receiving his first opportunity to direct. After a string of documentaries, he helmed his first dramatic feature, The Ballerina (1947). His subsequent films include the superior wartime dramas Carve Her Name with Pride (1957) and Sink the Bismarck (1960), the tender coming-of-age study Loss of Innocence (1961) and the cynical sex seriocomedy Alfie (1967). He also helmed three James Bond epics, one with Connery (1967's You Only Live Twice) and two above-average Roger Moore efforts (The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker). The best of Lewis Gilbert's more recent films include a brace of adaptations of Willy Russell stage plays, Educating Rita (1983) and Shirley Valentine (1989).
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Before You Go
Director |
2002 | |||
| 2000 | ||||
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Haunted
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1995 | |||
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Stepping Out
Director, Producer |
1991 | |||
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Shirley Valentine
Director, Producer |
1989 | |||
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Not Quite Paradise
Director, Producer |
1985 | |||
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Educating Rita
Director, Producer |
1983 | |||
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Moonraker
Director |
1979 | |||
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The Spy Who Loved Me
Director |
1977 | |||
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Operation Daybreak
Director |
1976 | |||
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Seven Nights in Japan
Director, Producer |
1976 | |||
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Paul and Michelle
Director, Producer |
1974 | |||
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Paul Et Michele
Director |
1973 | |||
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Friends
Director, Producer |
1971 | |||
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The Adventurers
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1970 | |||
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You Only Live Twice
Director |
1967 | |||
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Alfie
Director, Producer |
1966 | |||
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The Seventh Dawn
Director |
1964 | |||
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Damn the Defiant!
Director |
1962 | |||
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Loss of Innocence
Director |
1961 | |||
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Light Up the Sky!
Director, Producer |
1960 | |||
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Sink the Bismarck!
Director |
1960 | |||
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Skywatch
Director |
1960 | |||
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Ferry to Hong Kong
Director, Screenwriter |
1959 | |||
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A Cry from the Streets
Director |
1958 | |||
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Carve Her Name With Pride
Director, Screenwriter |
1958 | |||
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The Admirable Crichton
Director |
1957 | |||
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Reach for the Sky
Director, Screenwriter |
1956 | |||
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Break to Freedom
Director |
1955 | |||
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Cast a Dark Shadow
Director |
1955 | |||
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The Good Die Young
Director, Screenwriter |
1954 | |||
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The Sea Shall Not Have Them
Director, Screenwriter |
1954 | |||
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Albert, R.N.
Director |
1953 | |||
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Cosh Boy
Director, Screenwriter |
1953 | |||
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Johnny on the Run
Director |
1953 | |||
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The Tough Guy
Director |
1953 | |||
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Time Gentlemen Please?
Director |
1953 | |||
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Hundred Hour Hunt
Director, Screenwriter |
1952 | |||
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Once a Sinner
Director |
1952 | |||
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Scarlet Thread
Director |
1951 | |||
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There Is Another Sun
Director |
1951 | |||
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Marry Me
Screenwriter |
1949 | |||
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The Little Ballerina
Director, Screenwriter |
1947 | |||
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Over the Moon
Actor |
1938 | |||
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The Divorce of Lady X
Actor |
1938 | |||
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Dick Turpin
Actor |
1933 | |||
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Money Isn't Everything
Actor |
1925 | |||
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Debt of Honor
Actor |
1922 | |||
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When Greek Meets Greek
Actor |
1922 | |||
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Mystery Road
Actor |
1921 | |||
| 1920 | ||||
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The March Hare
Actor |
1919 | |||
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The Sons of Satan
Actor |
1916 |

