Joseph H. Lewis
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 6, 1907
- Died
- August 30, 2000 (aged 93)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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-wheels for constructing interesting visual compositions within the frame. Lewis's offbeat and eye-catching compositions added style and value to inexpensive productions. His 1944 musical Minstrel Man, starring singer Benny Fields, is quite possibly the finest film ever made by low-budget PRC Pictures. Industry insiders noticed, prompting Columbia Pictures to hire Lewis to film the musical sequences for its blockbuster musical The Jolson Story. Toward the end of Lewis's career, he worked in television, directing mostly westerns: The Rifleman, Bonanza, The Big Valley, Gunsmoke, and the pilot for Branded. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph H. Lewis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Filmography
The Big Valley
TV · Director · 2 eps
Branded
TV · Director · 1 ep
Daniel Boone
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Investigators
TV · Director · 8 eps
The Detectives
TV · Director · 1 ep
Terror in a Texas Town
Movie · Director
The Rifleman
TV · Director · 52 eps
The Halliday Brand
Movie · Director
7th Cavalry
Movie · Director
The Big Combo
Movie · Director
A Lawless Street
Movie · Director
Man on a Bus
Movie · Director
Gunsmoke
TV · Director · 2 eps
Cry of the Hunted
Movie · Director
Desperate Search
Movie · Director
Retreat, Hell!
Movie · Director
A Lady Without Passport
Movie · Director
Gun Crazy
Movie · Director
The Undercover Man
Movie · Director
The Return of October
Movie · Director
The Swordsman
Movie · Director
So Dark the Night
Movie · Director
My Name Is Julia Ross
Movie · Director
The Falcon in San Francisco
Movie · Director
Minstrel Man
Movie · Director
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
Movie · Director
Bombs Over Burma
Movie · Director
The Silver Bullet
Movie · Director
Secrets of a Co-Ed
Movie · Director
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
Movie · Director
Invisible Ghost
Movie · Director
Criminals Within
Movie · Director
Arizona Cyclone
Movie · Director
Pride of the Bowery
Movie · Director
Boys of the City
Movie · Director
The Man from Tumbleweeds
Movie · Director
The Return of Wild Bill
Movie · Director
Texas Stagecoach
Movie · Director
That Gang of Mine
Movie · Director
Blazing Six Shooters
Movie · Director
Two-Fisted Rangers
Movie · Director
The Spy Ring
Movie · Director
The Last Stand
Movie · Director
Border Wolves
Movie · Director
Navy Spy
Movie · Director
The Gold Racket
Movie · Director
The Singing Outlaw
Movie · Director
Courage of the West
Movie · Director