Joseph H. Lewis

Directing·Apr 6, 1907·New York City, New York, USA

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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

Film	Credit
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula1997 · Self	Self
Terror in a Texas Town1958 · Director	Director
The Halliday Brand1957 · Director	Director
7th Cavalry1956 · Director	Director
A Lawless Street1955 · Director	Director
Man on a Bus1955 · Director	Director
The Big Combo1955 · Director	Director
Cry of the Hunted1953 · Director	Director
Desperate Search1952 · Director	Director
Retreat, Hell!1952 · Director	Director
A Lady Without Passport1950 · Director	Director
Gun Crazy1950 · Director	Director
The Undercover Man1949 · Director	Director
The Return of October1948 · Director	Director
The Swordsman1948 · Director	Director
So Dark the Night1946 · Director	Director
My Name Is Julia Ross1945 · Director	Director
The Falcon in San Francisco1945 · Director	Director
Minstrel Man1944 · Director	Director
Secrets of a Co-Ed1942 · Director	Director
Boss of Hangtown Mesa1942 · Director	Director
The Silver Bullet1942 · Director	Director
Bombs Over Burma1942 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Mad Doctor of Market Street1942 · Director	Director
Arizona Cyclone1941 · Director	Director
Criminals Within1941 · Director	Director
Invisible Ghost1941 · Director	Director
Pride of the Bowery1940 · Director	Director
That Gang of Mine1940 · Director	Director
Boys of the City1940 · Director	Director
The Return of Wild Bill1940 · Director	Director
Texas Stagecoach1940 · Director	Director
The Man from Tumbleweeds1940 · Director	Director
Blazing Six Shooters1940 · Director	Director
Two-Fisted Rangers1939 · Director	Director
The Singing Outlaw1938 · Director	Director
The Last Stand1938 · Director	Director
Border Wolves1938 · Director	Director
The Spy Ring1938 · Director	Director
Courage of the West1937 · Director	Director
The Gold Racket1937 · Director	Director
Navy Spy1937 · Director	Director