Happy Birthday, Joseph Losey! Born today in 1909 as Joseph Walton Losey III, this American theatre and film director, born in Wisconsin, studied years later in Germany with German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet Bertolt Brecht and then returned to the United States.
Blacklisted by Hollywood in the 1950s, he moved to Europe where he made the remainder of his films, mostly in the United Kingdom.
Blacklisted by Hollywood in the 1950s, he moved to Europe where he made the remainder of his films, mostly in the United Kingdom.
Among the most critically and commercially successful were three films with screenplays by British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor Harold Pinter. These included the 1963 British black and white drama/romance film 'The Servant', the 1967 British Eastmancolor drama/romance adaptation film 'Accident' and the 1971 British drama/romance film 'The Go-Between'.
Losey had been active from 1933–1984.
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