Joseph Losey

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Joseph Losey

American director

Also known as: Joseph Walton Losey

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In full:: Joseph Walton Losey

Born:: Jan. 14, 1909, La Crosse, Wis., U.S.

Died:: June 22, 1984, London, Eng. (aged 75)

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Joseph Losey (born Jan. 14, 1909, La Crosse, Wis., U.S.—died June 22, 1984, London, Eng.) was an American motion-picture director, whose highly personal style was often manifested in films centring on intense and sometimes violent human relationships. After graduating from Dartmouth College (B.A., 1929) and Harvard University (M.A., 1930), Losey wrote book and theatre reviews. In 1935, while working as a European-based reporter for Variety, the newspaper of the entertainment industry, he attended classes conducted by Sergey Eisenstein, the foremost Soviet film director and theorist. During the 1930s and ’40s Losey directed stage productions on Broadway and for the WPA ...(100 of 263 words)

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