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  1. Joseph H. Lewis (April 6, 1907 – August 30, 2000) was an American B-movie film director whose stylish flourishes came to be appreciated by auteur theory -espousing film critics in the years following his retirement in 1966.

  2. A master of expressive lighting, tight close-ups, tracking and crane shots and offbeat camera angles and perspectives, Lewis possessed an instinctive sense of visual style, which imbued even the most improbable of his B-grade westerns and crime melodramas.

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  3. Joseph H. Lewis (born April 6, 1907, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died August 30, 2000, Santa Monica, California) was an American film and television director who developed a cult following for his B - westerns and film noirs, which were especially known for their visual style.

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  4. Joseph H. Lewis. Director: Gun Crazy. The term "style over content" fits director Joseph H. Lewis like a glove. His ability to elevate basically mundane and mediocre low-budget material to sublime cinematic art has gained him a substantial cult following among movie buffs.

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  5. Jun 7, 2021 · Joseph H. Lewiss taboo-busting 1950 B movie pushes the analogy between sex and violence all the way to a shattering climax.

  6. Sep 13, 2000 · Joseph H. Lewis, whose gritty, fast-paced low-budget films so transcended the conventions of the B-movie that filmmakers and screenwriters like Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich and Jay Cocks...

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  8. Aug 30, 2000 · 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.