Gavrik Losey

Gavrik Losey (born 1938) is an American born key participant in various aspects of filmmaking including producer and production 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 in New York, the son of film director Joseph Losey and fashion designer Elizabeth Hawes. He attended the Little Red SchoolHouse in Manhattan, Poughkeepsie Day School in Poughkeepsie, and high school in New Jersey. After graduating, he travelled with his blacklisted father to England where he attended University 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 starred Terence Stamp and Dirk Bogarde. A year later he produced The Beatles’ television movie "Magical Mystery Tour" and a year after that worked as production manager on Lindsay Anderson’s "If…".

In the 1970 film "Ned Kelly", starring Mick Jagger, he was production supervisor, a task he revisited the following year in "Melody", featuring former "Oliver!" child actors Mark Lester and Jack Wild, and "Villain" starring Richard Burton, Ian McShane and Donald Sinden. His associate producer work includes 1973's "That’ll Be The Day", directed by Claude Whatham, its 1974 sequel "Stardust", directed by Michael Apted, and 1972’s "Fear is the Key" which featured a young Ben Kingsley. In 1975, he produced "Slade in Flame". In 1977, he went uncredited as production consultant on "The Disappearance" starring Donald Sutherland. Shortly after, he was production associate on "The Greek Tycoon" starring Anthony Quinn and Jacqueline Bisset. Then, in 1979, he produced "Agatha" starring Vanessa Redgrave, again directed by Michael Apted.

In 1981, he produced the American documentary film "Dance Craze" and in 1988, served as executive 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 of Exeter 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.

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0521332/ Gavrik Losey] at IMDB