Joseph Losey (1909 - 1984)

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Mr Joseph Losey (Male)

Nationality: American

Born: 14 January 1909

Died: 22 June 1984

Joseph Walton Losey was a renown film director. He was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. His association with the Communist Party resulted in his being under FBI surveillance from 1943, and the scrutiny of his activities by the House Un-American Activities Committee led to his decision to abandon his career in America. He left the US in 1951, never to return, and lived in the UK until his death, except for a period between 1975 and 1983. His first full-length film was The Boy with Green Hair (1948). He directed three of Harold Pinter’s screenplays; The Servant (1963), Accident (1967) and The Go-Between (1971), and the two men planned a production of Pinter's screenplay adaptation of Proust’s À La recherche du temps perdu , which was never to be filmed. His other films include King and Country (1964), Modesty Blaise (1966), Boom! (1968; with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor and a Tennessee Williams script) and Secret Ceremony (1968; with Mia Farrow, Taylor, and Robert Mitchum), The Assassination of Trotsky (1972; with Burton), A Doll's House (1973; with Jane Fonda) and The Romantic Englishwoman (1975).

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Productions

The Servant (1963)

Creative | Director

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The Servant (1963)

Production | Producer

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On Films (1963)

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Accident (1967)

Creative | Director

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Accident (1967)

Production | Co-producer

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The Go-Between (1971)

Creative | Director

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Linked People

Dorothy Bromiley (1930)

Relationship: Spouse

Losey's second wife, they were married between 1956 and 1963, when they divorced.

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