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Jack Lee

Known for

Directing

Born

January 27, 1913

Birthplace

Slad, Gloucestershire, England

Died

October 15, 2002 (aged 89)

Biography

Wilfred John Raymond Lee (27 January 1913 – 15 October 2002) was a British film director, screenwriter, editor, and producer, who directed a number of postwar films on location in Asia and Australia for The Rank Organisation.

Lee was born in the village of Slad near Stroud, Gloucestershire, the eldest brother of Laurie Lee, author of Cider with Rosie. In childhood, the two boys were close but fell out in later life. Natural rivals, Jack gained a place at the grammar school (Marling School in Stroud); Laurie failed to do so, attending Stroud Central School for Boys.

He directed and co-wrote the screenplay of the pioneering motorcycle speedway film Once a Jolly Swagman (1949) which starred D...

Best known work

A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice
1956
The Wooden Horse
The Wooden Horse
1950
London Can Take It!
London Can Take It!
1940
Once a Jolly Swagman
Once a Jolly Swagman
1949
Turn the Key Softly
Turn the Key Softly
1953
Robbery Under Arms
Robbery Under Arms
1957
The Woman in the Hall
The Woman in the Hall
1947
Circle of Deception
Circle of Deception
1960
The Captain's Table
The Captain's Table
1959
South of Algiers
South of Algiers
1953

Filmography

  1. 1960

    Circle of Deception

    Director

  2. 1959

  3. 1957

  4. 1956

  5. 1953

    Turn the Key Softly

    Director, Screenplay

  6. 1953

  7. 1950

  8. 1949

  9. 1947

    Children on Trial

    Director, Writer

  10. 1947

    The Woman in the Hall

    Director, Screenplay

  11. 1941

  12. 1941

  13. 1940

    London Can Take It!

    Editor, Assistant Director

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