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Joseph Losey

ジョゼフ・ロージー　/　じょぜふ・ろーじー

American film director

January 14, 1909 – June 22, 1984　・　La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

From Wisconsin
Film director
Screenwriter
Film producer

My Take

Joseph Losey's career is one of the great stories of artistic exile, an American driven out by the blacklist who then made some of the finest British films of the 1960s. His collaborations with Harold Pinter, especially The Servant and Accident, are masterclasses in tension and class anxiety, all coiled subtext and shifting power between people in elegant rooms. The Go-Between earning the Palme d'Or feels like vindication for a director Hollywood threw away. I love how chilly and precise his framing is, the way he turns drawing rooms into psychological traps. He is underrated today, but cineastes who dig into his work always come away impressed.

Overview

Joseph Losey (January 14, 1909 - June 22, 1984) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer born in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Blacklisted in Hollywood during the McCarthy era, he relocated to the United Kingdom, where he did his most celebrated work, often in collaboration with playwright Harold Pinter. His film The Go-Between won the Palme d'Or at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival, and works such as The Servant and Accident are considered classics of British cinema.

1. Profile

Name (English): Joseph Losey
Name (Japanese): ジョゼフ・ロージー
Reading: じょぜふ・ろーじー
Born: January 14, 1909 – June 22, 1984
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Rooster
Origin: La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: Film director / Screenwriter / Film producer / Stage director / Director

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: La Crosse Central High School
University: Dartmouth College

Awards & achievements

1971 Palme d'Or
1977 César Award for Best Film
Jean Le Duc Prize
David di Donatello for Best Producer
1977 César Award for Best Director

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%BC%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC

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