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Directing · Writing · 1920 to 2018

Lewis Gilbert

Best rated: Shirley Valentine (7.3)

Films
29
Avg rating
6.87
Peak run
1956’62
7+ run
6 films
CompareBacon number
Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Lewis Gilbert, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1956 to 1962, 7.1667819601970198019902000Shirley Valentine 7.3Haunted 6.2Career avg 6.87

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Lewis Gilbert's career barcodecoolhot
195229 films2002
Current formLast 5: 6.70 vs career 6.87 (−0.17)
  1. LMoonraker1979 · 6.3−0.6
  2. WEducating Rita1983 · 7.2+0.3
  3. WShirley Valentine1989 · 7.3+0.4
  4. LStepping Out1991 · 6.5−0.4
  5. LHaunted1995 · 6.2−0.7
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Lewis by the numbers

Average
6.87
18 rated films
Vote weighted
6.87
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.35
rating spread
Career
51y
1952 to 2002
Total votes
465K
across every film
Best
7.3
Shirley Valentine
Worst
6.2
Haunted
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
2002Before You Go·529
1995Haunted6.28,322
1991Stepping Out6.51,393
1989Shirley Valentine posterShirley Valentine7.310,025
1983Educating Rita posterEducating Rita7.215,982
1979Moonraker posterMoonraker6.3119K
1977The Spy Who Loved Me posterThe Spy Who Loved Me7.0127K
1976Seven Nights in Japan·322
1975Operation Daybreak7.02,700
1971Friends6.51,261
1970The Adventurers·987
1967You Only Live Twice posterYou Only Live Twice6.8129K
1966Alfie posterAlfie7.017,031
1964The 7th Dawn6.41,342
1962Damn the Defiant!7.13,496
1961Loss of Innocence·656
1960Skywatch·354
1960Sink the Bismarck!7.29,325
1959Ferry to Hong Kong·566
1958Carve Her Name with Pride7.22,114
Better together?

Lewis Gilbert's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Lewis Gilbert

1 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1967
    Lewis Gilbert, Producer
    Nominated

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