Directing

Jack Clayton

Born March 1, 1921 · Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK

Died February 26, 1995 · aged 73

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jack Clayton (1 March 1921 – 26 February 1995) was a British film director who specialised in bringing literary works to the screen. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Clayton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Room at the Top

Room at the Top · 1958

Room at the Top

MovieDramaRomance

An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby · 1974

The Great Gatsby

MovieDramaRomance

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.

The Queen of Spades

The Queen of Spades · 1949

The Queen of Spades

MovieDramaFantasy

A czarist captain stops at nothing to learn the secrets of a countess rumored to have sold her soul to the devil in order to always win at cards.

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Something Wicked This Way Comes · 1983

Something Wicked This Way Comes

MovieFantasyMystery

In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?

Moulin Rouge

Moulin Rouge · 1952

In 1890 Paris, Moulin Rouge is a nightclub where crippled artist Toulouse-Lautrec feels like he fits in. In the following years, he meets two women who provide an opportunity for him to find true love.

The Innocents

The Innocents · 1961

MovieHorrorMystery

In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.

Beat the Devil

Beat the Devil · 1953

MovieAdventureComedy

A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.

The Good Die Young

The Good Die Young · 1954

The Good Die Young

MovieThrillerCrime

An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong.

Filmography

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Room at the Top

Room at the Top · 1958

Room at the Top

MovieDramaRomance

An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.

Director

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby · 1974

The Great Gatsby

MovieDramaRomance

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.

Director

The Queen of Spades

The Queen of Spades · 1949

The Queen of Spades

MovieDramaFantasy

A czarist captain stops at nothing to learn the secrets of a countess rumored to have sold her soul to the devil in order to always win at cards.

Associate Producer

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Something Wicked This Way Comes · 1983

Something Wicked This Way Comes

MovieFantasyMystery

In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?

Director

Moulin Rouge

Moulin Rouge · 1952

In 1890 Paris, Moulin Rouge is a nightclub where crippled artist Toulouse-Lautrec feels like he fits in. In the following years, he meets two women who provide an opportunity for him to find true love.

Associate Producer

The Innocents

The Innocents · 1961

MovieHorrorMystery

In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.

Producer

Beat the Devil

Beat the Devil · 1953

MovieAdventureComedy

A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.

Associate Producer

The Good Die Young

The Good Die Young · 1954

The Good Die Young

MovieThrillerCrime

An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong.

Associate Producer

The Pumpkin Eater

The Pumpkin Eater · 1964

The Pumpkin Eater

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.

Director

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne · 1987

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

MovieDramaRomance

A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident of her rundown boarding house, who imagines she has the money to bankroll the business he hopes to open.

Director

Our Mother's House

Our Mother's House · 1967

Our Mother's House

Seven children bury their mother and hide her death - until their long-lost father returns.

Director

Sailor Beware

Sailor Beware · 1956

Battle-axe Emma Hornett dominates her hen-pecked husband Henry, his meek sister Edie and daughter Shirley. Shirley is to marry young sailor Albert,raised in an orphanage,and he and best man Carnoustie stay with the Hornetts on the eve of the wedding.

Producer

I Am a Camera

I Am a Camera · 1955

MovieDramaComedy

Just before the Nazis ascend to power in Berlin, Chris, an aspiring novelist from England, meets flamboyant cabaret entertainer Sally Bowles and an unusual friendship is born. As Sally feeds her extravagant tastes, Chris goes along for the ride, until their Jewish pal, Fritz, encounters trouble.

Associate Producer

An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband · 1947

An Ideal Husband

MovieComedyDrama

A prominent politician is preparing to expose a financial scandal. But then a woman who has invested heavily in the shady venture threatens to uncover a damaging secret in the politician's past if he exposes the speculation as a fraud. His problem is compounded by his wife's intolerance of the slightest character flaws.

Production Manager

Memento Mori

Memento Mori · 1992

MovieDramaTV Movie

Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious telephone calls predicting their impending deaths...

Screenplay

The Whole Truth

The Whole Truth · 1958

The Whole Truth

MovieMysteryThriller

On the French Riviera, movie producer Max Poulton is on location shooting a film starring his lover, Gina Bertini. But when the rueful Max ends his fling with Gina to return to his loyal wife, Carol, the jilted actress threatens to reveal details of their affair to Carol. Later, at a party at Max's villa, investigator Carliss arrives with news that Gina has been killed and that Max is a murderer suspect.

Producer

Flesh and Blood

Flesh and Blood · 1951

Flesh and Blood

Based upon the play A Sleeping Clergyman by James Bridie, it tells the story of three generations of the Scottish Cameron family, with its various conflicts and romances.

Associate Producer

The Bespoke Overcoat

The Bespoke Overcoat · 1955

The Bespoke Overcoat

MovieDramaFantasy

A humble clerk yearns for an overcoat, but his employer's refusal and his subsequent death lead him to return as a ghost, determined to claim the garment with the help of a tailor friend.

Director

Naples Is a Battlefield

Naples Is a Battlefield · 1944

Naples Is a Battlefield

MovieDocumentary

The capture of Naples, the first great European city to be liberated, revealed the magnitude of the tasks involved in re-creating the means of livelihood and the machinery of government in a devastated, starving and disease-ridden city.

Director