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Lewis Gilbert

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British film director, producer and screenwriter (1920-2018)

OverviewAI-generated

Lewis Gilbert was a male person from England. His professional activity began in 1925. He was born on March 6, 1920, and died on February 23, 2018.

He is associated with the author name Lewis Gilbert and has a work count of six. His notable works include the *WWII USA Fighter in Colour Photo Book* volumes 1, 3, 4, 9, and 10. Additionally, Crossref lists five works by him.

In music contexts, he is listed as an artist with 267 listeners and a playcount of 794. His music is tagged with field recordings and Field Recording. He is referenced by 438 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
6

Top works

  • WWII USA Fighter in Colour Photo Book VOL. 3
  • WWII USA Fighter in Colour Photo Book VOL. 4
  • WWII USA Fighter in Colour Photo Book VOL. 10
  • WWII USA Fighter in Colour Photo Book VOL. 9
  • WWII USA Fighter in Colour Photo Book VOL. 1

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
England
Active from
1836-11-18
Active to
1911-05-29

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
267
Total plays
794

Tags

field recordingsField Recording

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Lewis+Gilbert">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Lewis Gilbert

Key facts

Born
( 1920-03-06 ) 6 March 1920, London , England
Died
23 February 2018 (2018-02-23) (aged 97), Monaco
Occupations
Film director, producer and screenwriter
Years active
1925–2002
Spouse
Hylda Tafler ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1952 ; died June 2005</span>"}]]}'>2005 ) ​

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Lewis Gilbert CBE (6 March 1920 – 23 February 2018) was an English film director, producer and screenwriter who directed more than 40 films during 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).

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lewis Gilbert” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.