Jay Lewis (director)

Jay Lewis
Born
Jay Gardner Lewis

1914 (1914)
Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Died4 June 1969 (aged 54–55)
Occupations
  • Film director
  • film producer
  • screenwriter
  • film company co-founder

Jay Gardner Lewis (1914 – June 4, 1969)[1][2] was a British film director, producer and writer.

Starting in the theatre, he joined British International Pictures in 1933.[1] In 1940, he founded the documentary film company Verity Films with Sydney Box.[3][4] He joined the Army Kinematograph Service in 1942, and subsequently began his feature film career with A Man's Affair (1949), using a crew mainly comprising ex-servicemen.[5]

He was married to actress Thelma Ruby.[2]

Filmography

  • Crime Doesn't Pay (short, c.1935)
  • Cooking Hints No.1: Oatmeal Porridge (Ministry of Information (MOI) short, 1940), director
  • Cooking Hints No.2: Herrings (MOI short, 1940), director
  • Cooking Hints No.3: Potatoes (MOI, short, (1940), director
  • Cooking Hints: Steaming (MOI short, 1940), director
  • Cooking hints: Casserole Cooking (MOI short, 1940)
  • Liitle White Lies (short, 1940), director
  • Queen's Messengers (MOI short, 1941), director, producer[6][7]
  • Canteen on Wheels (short, 1941), director[8]
  • A-tish-oo! (MOI short, 1941), co-director, producer[9]
  • The Roots of Victory (short, 1941), director
  • Sea Cadets (short, 1941), director[6][10]
  • Y.M.C.A. on Wheels (short, 1942), director
  • Knights of St. John (short, 1942), director
  • A Man's Affair (1949), director, writer, producer
  • Morning Departure (1950), producer
  • Front Page Story (1954), writer, producer
  • The Baby and the Battleship (1956), director
  • Invasion Quartet (1961), director
  • Live Now, Pay Later (1962), director
  • A Home of Your Own (1964), director, writer

Notes

  1. ^ a b McFarlane, Brian (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 783. ISBN 9780719091391.
  2. ^ a b "Jay Lewis". Kine Weekly. 624 (3218): 4. 14 June 1969. ProQuest 2600954000.
  3. ^ Spicer, Andrew (2006). Sydney Box. British Film Makers. Manchester University Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-7190-5999-5. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  4. ^ Macnab, Geoffrey (2021). The British Film Industry in 25 Careers : The Mavericks, Visionaries and Outsiders Who Shaped British Cinema. Bloomsbury. p. 65. ISBN 9781350140684.
  5. ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  6. ^ a b "Jay Lewis". Kine Weekly. 293 (1787): 25. 17 July 1941. ProQuest 2339723553.
  7. ^ "Queen's Messenger" (PDF). Documentary Newsletter. 2 (7). Film Centre: 129. July 1941.
  8. ^ de Cacqueray, Elizabeth d (2008). "Women, war and cinema, 1939-1945: blitz on gender stereotypes?". Gender Disturbance: Women and War in 20th Century United Kingdom. VI (4). doi:10.4000/lisa.1094.
  9. ^ "A-tish-oo!" (PDF). Documentary Newsletter. 2 (10). Film Centre: 1285. October 1941.
  10. ^ "Sea Cadets" (PDF). Documentary Newsletter. 2 (8). Film Centre: 149. August 1941.
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