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Jack Clayton

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Jack Clayton

Born March 1, 1921 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UKDied February 26, 199511 films

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Jack Clayton (1 March 1921 – 26 February 1995) was a British film director who specialised in bringing literary works to the screen.

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The Innocents posterFirst watchThe Innocents19617.5In 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.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Great Gatsby poster6.3The Great Gatsby1974Something Wicked This Way Comes poster6.5Something Wicked This Way Comes1983Room at the Top poster6.9Room at the Top1958Our Mother's House poster7.2Our Mother's House1967The Pumpkin Eater poster6.7The Pumpkin Eater1964

Filmography

11 films as director
  1. 1992Memento MoriDirector
  2. 1987The Lonely Passion of Judith HearneDirector
  3. 1983Something Wicked This Way ComesDirector
  4. 1974The Great GatsbyDirector
  5. 1967Our Mother's HouseDirector
  6. 1964The Pumpkin EaterDirector
  7. 1961The InnocentsDirector
  8. 1958Room at the TopDirector
  9. 1955The Bespoke OvercoatDirector
  10. 1944Naples Is a BattlefieldDirector
  11. 1943R.A.F. RegimentDirector