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Joseph III Losey

Joseph Walton Losey IIIwas an American film and theatre director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Wisconsin, he studied in Germany with Bertolt Brecht and then returned to the United States. Blacklisted by Hollywood in the 1950s, he moved to Europe where he made the remainder of his films, mostly in the United Kingdom.

Among the most critically and commercially successful were the films with screenplays by Harold Pinter: The Servant (1963) and The Go-Between (1971). His 1976 film Monsieur Klein won the César Awards for Best Film and Best Director. His other notable films included The Boy with Green Hair (1948), Eva (1962), King & Country (1964), Modesty Blaise (1966), Figures in a Landscape (1970), A Doll's House (1973), Galileo (1975), and Don Giovanni (1979).

He was also a four-time nominee for both the Palme d'Or (winning once) and the Golden Lion, and a two-time BAFTA Award nominee.

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