Lewis Gilbert

34 films directed 1 Awards 1 Nominations

Biography

Lewis Gilbert CBE (6 March 1920 – 23 February 2018) was an English film director, producer and screenwriter who directed more than 40 films across six decades; among them such varied titles as Cast a Dark Shadow (1955), Reach for the Sky (1956), Carve Her Name with Pride (1958), Sink the Bismarck! (1960), Alfie (1966), Educating Rita (1983) and Shirley Valentine (1989), as well as three James Bond films: You Only Live Twice (1967), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979).

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Most directed genres

Recurring actors

Awards and nominations

1997 Commander of the Order of the British Empire
1967 Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated

The career in numbers

US$ 57 mi Total budget from 3 film(s) with data
US$ 507 mi Total box office from 3 film(s) with data
US$ 19 mi Average budget from 3 film(s) with data
US$ 169 mi Average box office from 3 film(s) with data
6.6 Average rating from 11 film(s) with data
8.9× Return on investment from 3 film(s) with data

Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.

Films directed

Film	Year	Budget	Box office	Rating
Before You Go	2002	—	—	5.8
Haunted	1995	—	—	6.1
Stepping Out	1991	—	—	5.9
Shirley Valentine	1989	—	—	6.3
Not Quite Paradise	1985	—	—	5.7
Educating Rita	1983	—	—	6.9
Moonraker	1979	US$ 34 mi	US$ 210 mi	6.2
The Spy Who Loved Me	1977	US$ 14 mi	US$ 185 mi	6.8
Seven Nights in Japan	1976	—	—	6.2
Operation: Daybreak	1975	—	—	6.9
Paul and Michelle	1974	—	—	5.6
Friends	1971	—	—	5.9
The Adventurers	1970	—	—	4.7
You Only Live Twice	1967	US$ 10 mi	US$ 112 mi	6.6
Alfie	1966	—	—	6.5
The 7th Dawn	1964	—	—	6.5
H.M.S. Defiant	1962	—	—	6.5
The Greengage Summer	1961	—	—	6.4
Sink the Bismarck!	1960	—	—	6.8
Ferry to Hong Kong	1959	—	—	5.6
Carve Her Name with Pride	1958	—	—	6.0
A Cry from the Streets	1958	—	—	7.1
The Admirable Crichton	1957	—	—	6.9
Reach for the Sky	1956	—	—	6.9
Cast a Dark Shadow	1955	—	—	6.5
The Good Die Young	1954	—	—	6.3
The Sea Shall Not Have Them	1954	—	—	7.2
Cosh Boy	1953	—	—	5.5
Albert R.N.	1953	—	—	7.3
Johnny on the Run	1953	—	—	8.3
Emergency Call	1952	—	—	6.7
Time, Gentlemen, Please!	1952	—	—	8.0
Scarlet Thread	1951	—	—	5.2
There Is Another Sun	1951	—	—	6.5

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