Jack Clayton Profile

Jack Clayton Navigation

Main Page
Biography

No image available

Name: Jack Clayton
Date of Birth: Tuesday March 1 1921
Born: Brighton (England)
Nationality: English
Partial Biography: Solid, professional craftsman who from 1935 worked his way up from third assistant director to editor with Alexander Korda's London Films before directing the medium-length film, "The Bespoke Overcoat…Full Jack Clayton Biography…

Filmography

Innocents (1961), The (2006) 12ADirector, Producer
The Pumpkin Eater (1964) (1964) Director
Room at the top (1959) 15Director
I Am a Camera (1955) (1955) Associate Producer
Beat the Devil (1954) UAssociate Producer
Moulin Rouge (1952) (1952) Associate Producer
The Great Gatsby Director

Awards

National Board of Review Award (1961) Best Director - "Innocents (1961), The"
BAFTA Award (1959) Best Director - "Room at the top"
Oscar (1956) Best Short Subject (2-reel) - "The Bespoke Overcoat"
Venice Film Festival Award (1955) - "The Bespoke Overcoat"