Belonging to an important family clan in Wisconsin, Joseph Losey
studied philosophy but was always interested in theater and thus worked
together with
Bertolt Brecht. After directing some shorts for MGM, he made his
first important film,
The Boy with Green Hair (1948), for RKO. While he was filming
The Prowler (1951) in
Italy he was summoned to testify before the House Un-American
Activities Committee, the congressional committee charged with "rooting
out" Communist "subversion" in the motion picture industry. Unwilling
to subject himself to the committee's well-known intimidation tactics,
Losey decided to seek exile in Great Britain. In the following years he
used a pseudonym--"Joseph Walton"--for his films, which were of minor
quality. He regained his prestige with the thrillers
Chance Meeting (1959),
The Concrete Jungle (1960)
and
Eva (1962). From that point on his films varied between top-quality
work like
Accident (1967) and much lower-quality projects such as
Modesty Blaise (1966),
which was a box-office success, and
Galileo (1975), which
wasn't.
Steaming(1985)
The Trout(1982)
Don Giovanni(1979)
Roads to the South(1978)
Mr. Klein(1976)
Galileo(1975)
A Man on the Beach(1956)
The Big Night(1951)
Eva(1962)as Patron at Harry's Bar
Finger of Guilt(1956)as Director
A Doll's House(1973)
The Assassination of Trotsky(1972)
Accident(1967)
King & Country(1964)
The Servant(1963)
X the Unknown(1956)
Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk(2014)
Hollywood on Trial(1976)
CinĂ©ma, de notre temps(1989)as Self
De pelĂcula(1982)as Self - Interviewee
Cinématon(1972)as Self
30 millions d'amis(1976)as Self
Ciné regards(1978)as Self
L'ombre au tableau(2014)as Self
Monica Vitti, une Ă©toile dans la nuit(2017)as Self
Lundi en histoires(2014)as Self
Cinéphiles de notre temps(2012)as Self
The Cost of Living: Creating the Prowler(2011)as Self
Les Nuits de France Culture(1994)as Self
