Known For
Directing
Born
Apr 06, 1907
Died
Aug 30, 2000
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
58 titles
Joseph H. Lewis
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 editors, because of his tendency to use wagon-wheels for constructing interesting visual compositions within the frame. Lewis's offbeat and eye-catching compositions added style and value to inexpensive productions. His 1944 musical Minstrel Man, starring singer Benny Fields, is quite possibly the finest film ever made by low-budget PRC Pictures. Industry insiders noticed, prompting Columbia Pictures to hire Lewis to film the musical sequences for its blockbuster musical The Jolson Story. Toward the end of Lewis's career, he worked in television, directing mostly westerns: The Rifleman, Bonanza, The Big Valley, Gunsmoke, and the pilot for Branded. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph H. Lewis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Filmography
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
Self
Bat Men of Africa
Supervising Editor
The Big Valley
Director
Branded
Director
Daniel Boone
Director
The Investigators
Director
The Detectives
Director
The Rifleman
Director
Terror in a Texas Town
Director
The Halliday Brand
Director
7th Cavalry
Director
A Lawless Street
Director
Gunsmoke
Director
Man on a Bus
Director
The Big Combo
Director
Cry of the Hunted
Director
Desperate Search
Director
Retreat, Hell!
Director
A Lady Without Passport
Director
Gun Crazy
Director
The Undercover Man
Director
The Return of October
Director
The Swordsman
Director
So Dark the Night
Director
My Name Is Julia Ross
Director
The Falcon in San Francisco
Director
Minstrel Man
Director
Secrets of a Co-Ed
Director
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
Director
The Silver Bullet
Director
Bombs Over Burma
Director
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
Director
Arizona Cyclone
Director
Criminals Within
Director
Invisible Ghost
Director
Pride of the Bowery
Director
That Gang of Mine
Director
Boys of the City
Director
The Return of Wild Bill
Director
Texas Stagecoach
Director
The Man from Tumbleweeds
Director
Blazing Six Shooters
Director
Two-Fisted Rangers
Director
The Singing Outlaw
Director
The Last Stand
Director
Border Wolves
Director
The Spy Ring
Director
Courage of the West
Director
The Gold Racket
Director
Navy Spy
Director