- Gavrik Losey
Gavrik Losey (born 1938) is an American born key participant in various aspects of
filmmaking including producer andproduction manager . [ [http://www.library.ex.ac.uk/special/guides/bdc/bdc_006.html "BDC 6: Gavrik Losey Papers, 20th century" University of Exeter archive] Accessed 19 February 2008] Gavrik was born inNew York , the son of film directorJoseph Losey and fashion designer Elizabeth Hawes. He attended the Little Red SchoolHouse inManhattan , Poughkeepsie Day School in Poughkeepsie, and high school inNew Jersey . After graduating, he travelled with hisblacklisted father toEngland where he attendedUniversity College London .cite journal |url=http://www.poughkeepsieday.org/about_files/compass/compass_february_05.pdf |title=Spotlight: Alumnus Gavrik Losey "Talks" History |journal=The Compass |volume=2 |issue=6 |pages=3 |date=February 2005 |accessdate=2008-02-19]Career
In 1966, he served as first assistant director on his father’s "
Modesty Blaise ", which starredTerence Stamp andDirk Bogarde . A year later he producedThe Beatles ’television movie "Magical Mystery Tour " and a year after that worked asproduction manager onLindsay Anderson ’s "If… ".In the 1970 film "
Ned Kelly ", starringMick Jagger , he was production supervisor, a task he revisited the following year in "Melody ", featuring former "Oliver! " child actorsMark Lester andJack Wild , and "Villain " starringRichard Burton ,Ian McShane andDonald Sinden . Hisassociate producer work includes 1973's "That’ll Be The Day", directed byClaude Whatham , its 1974sequel "Stardust", directed byMichael Apted , and 1972’s "Fear is the Key " which featured a youngBen Kingsley . In 1975, he produced "Slade in Flame". In 1977, he went uncredited as production consultant on "The Disappearance" starringDonald Sutherland . Shortly after, he was production associate on "The Greek Tycoon " starringAnthony Quinn andJacqueline Bisset . Then, in 1979, he produced "Agatha" starringVanessa Redgrave , again directed by Michael Apted.In 1981, he produced the American
documentary film "Dance Craze " and in 1988, served asexecutive producer on "Taffin ".Since 1999, Losey has been involved in teaching at
Bristol University as a part-time lecturer on film production and theory and is an honorary fellow ofExeter University .Private life
Losey lives in Somerset, England with his wife, a writer. They have two daughters, he has two sons from a previous marriage the film maker's Marek Losey & Luke Losey.
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