Joseph H. Lewis
Directing
Born 1907-04-06
Died 2000-08-30
New York City, New York, USA
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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.
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Filmography
Directing
48 credits
The Rifleman
Daniel Boone
The Big Valley
Gunsmoke
The Detectives
Branded
The Investigators
The Big Combo
Gun Crazy
My Name Is Julia Ross
7th Cavalry
The Undercover Man
A Lady Without Passport
A Lawless Street
Cry of the Hunted
Retreat, Hell!
That Gang of Mine
Terror in a Texas Town
The Halliday Brand
The Return of October
Invisible Ghost
Courage of the West
The Spy Ring
The Falcon in San Francisco
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
The Return of Wild Bill
Man on a Bus
Minstrel Man
Blazing Six Shooters
Boss of Hangtown Mesa
The Swordsman
Texas Stagecoach
Boys of the City
The Singing Outlaw
The Gold Racket
The Silver Bullet
Secrets of a Co-Ed
Bombs Over Burma
The Man from Tumbleweeds
Pride of the Bowery
So Dark the Night
Navy Spy
Border Wolves
Desperate Search
Criminals Within
Arizona Cyclone
Two-Fisted Rangers
The Last Stand
Acting
6 credits
Sharad of Atlantis
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
King of the Pecos
Waterfront Lady
The Leathernecks Have Landed
Bat Men of Africa
Other credits
4 credits
Writing
1 credit
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