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Joseph Walton Losey III ( / ˈloʊsi /; January 14, 1909 – June 22, 1984) was an American theatre and film director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Wisconsin, he studied in Germany with Bertolt Brecht and then returned to the United States.
Joseph Losey. Director: The Servant. Belonging to an important family clan in Wisconsin, Joseph Losey studied philosophy but was always interested in theater and thus worked together with Bertolt Brecht. After directing some shorts for MGM, he made his first important film, The Boy with Green Hair (1948), for RKO.
Jun 26, 2024 · 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.
Mar 21, 2003 · In David Caute’s bitchy but invaluable biography, Joseph Losey: A Revenge on Life, sister Mary Losey disputed many of her brother’s stories. Losey moved to New York early on and was heavily involved in the radical theater of the 1930s, directing many agit-prop plays.
For nearly all of his long and remarkably productive career, Joseph Losey (1909-1984) was a filmmaker in exile. Losey's brief yet promising Hollywood career was abruptly derailed when his outspoken commitment to leftist politics made him a choice target of the House Un-American Activities Committee.
May 29, 2018 · Born: La Crosse, Wisconsin, 14 January 1909. Education: Dartmouth College [1], New Hampshire [2], B.A., 1929; Harvard University [3], M.A. in English literature [4], 1930.
Joseph Losey. Director: The Servant. Belonging to an important family clan in Wisconsin, Joseph Losey studied philosophy but was always interested in theater and thus worked together with Bertolt Brecht.
