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Joseph H. Lewis (April 6, 1907 – August 30, 2000) was an American B-movie film director whose stylish flourishes came to be appreciated by auteur theory -espousing film critics in the years following his retirement in 1966.
A master of expressive lighting, tight close-ups, tracking and crane shots and offbeat camera angles and perspectives, Lewis possessed an instinctive sense of visual style, which imbued even the most improbable of his B-grade westerns and crime melodramas.
May 7, 2024 · Joseph H. Lewis was an American film and television director who developed a cult following for his B-westerns and film noirs, which were especially known for their visual style. Lewis broke into the film industry as a camera assistant and later worked as a film editor.
A master of expressive lighting, tight close-ups, tracking and crane shots and offbeat camera angles and perspectives, Lewis possessed an instinctive sense of visual style, which imbued even the most improbable of his B-grade westerns and crime melodramas.
Sep 13, 2000 · Joseph H. Lewis, whose gritty, fast-paced low-budget films so transcended the conventions of the B-movie that filmmakers and screenwriters like Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich and Jay Cocks...
Joseph H Lewis was an innovative director who made 78 films over his career. His two greatest films were Gun Crazy released in 1950 and The Big Combo released in 1955. He began his career in 1935 with a job at Mascot Pictures.
Aug 30, 2000 · 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.
