Joseph H. Lewis
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday6 April 1907
Died30 August 2000 (age 93)
Place of birthNew York City, New York, USA
Known credits58
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 …
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
1997 · Self
Bat Men of Africa
1966 · Supervising Editor
The Big Valley
1965 · Director
Branded
1965 · Director
Daniel Boone
1964 · Director
The Investigators
1961 · Director
The Detectives
1959 · Director
The Rifleman
1958 · Director
Terror in a Texas Town
1958 · Director
The Halliday Brand
1957 · Director
7th Cavalry
1956 · Director
A Lawless Street
1955 · Director
Gunsmoke
1955 · Director
Man on a Bus
1955 · Director
The Big Combo
1955 · Director
Cry of the Hunted
1953 · Director
Desperate Search
1952 · Director
Retreat, Hell!
1952 · Director
A Lady Without Passport
1950 · Director
Gun Crazy
1950 · Director
The Undercover Man
1949 · Director
The Return of October
1948 · Director
The Swordsman
1948 · Director
So Dark the Night
1946 · Director
My Name Is Julia Ross
1945 · Director
The Falcon in San Francisco
1945 · Director
Minstrel Man
1944 · Director
Secrets of a Co-Ed
1942 · Director
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
1942 · Director
The Silver Bullet
1942 · Director
Bombs Over Burma
1942 · Director
Bombs Over Burma
1942 · Screenplay
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
1942 · Director
Arizona Cyclone
1941 · Director
Criminals Within
1941 · Director
Invisible Ghost
1941 · Director
Pride of the Bowery
1940 · Director
That Gang of Mine
1940 · Director
Boys of the City
1940 · Director
The Return of Wild Bill
1940 · Director
Texas Stagecoach
1940 · Director
The Man from Tumbleweeds
1940 · Director
Blazing Six Shooters
1940 · Director
Two-Fisted Rangers
1939 · Director
The Last Stand
1938 · Director
Border Wolves
1938 · Director
The Spy Ring
1938 · Director
The Singing Outlaw
1937 · Director
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