Jay Gardner Lewis (1914 – June 4, 1969) was a British film director, producer and writer. Starting in the theatre, he joined

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in 1933. In 1940, he founded the documentary film company

Verity Films Verity Films was a British documentary film production company, founded by Sydney Box and Jay Gardner Lewis in March or May 1940. Background The company's initial purpose was to make short propaganda films for the wartime government.Spicer, 1 ...

with

Sydney Box Frank Sydney Box (29 April 1907 – 25 May 1983) was a British film producer and screenwriter, and brother of British film producer Betty Box. In 1940, he founded the documentary film company Verity Films with Jay Lewis. He produced and co- ...

. He joined the

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in 1942, and subsequently began his feature film career with '' A Man's Affair'' (1949), using a crew mainly comprising ex-servicemen. He was married to actress

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Filmography

* '' Crime Doesn't Pay'' (short, c.1935) * '' Cooking Hints No.1: Oatmeal Porridge'' ( Ministry of Information (MOI) short, 1940), director * '' Cooking Hints No.2: Herrings'' (MOI short, 1940), director * ''Cooking Hints No.3: Potatoes'' (MOI, short, (1940), director * '' Cooking Hints: Steaming'' (MOI short, 1940), director * ''Cooking hints: Casserole'' ''Cooking'' (MOI short, 1940) * '' Liitle White Lies'' (short, 1940), director * '' Queen's Messengers'' (MOI short, 1941), director, producer * '' Canteen on Wheels'' (short, 1941), director * '' A-tish-oo!'' (MOI short, 1941), co-director, producer * '' The Roots of Victory'' (short, 1941), director * ''

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'' (short, 1941), director * '' Y.M.C.A. on Wheels'' (short, 1942), director * ''

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'' (short, 1942), director * '' A Man's Affair'' (1949), director, writer, producer * ''

Morning Departure ''Morning Departure'' (released as ''Operation Disaster'' in the United States Front Page Story ''Front Page Story'' (also known as ''Behind the Headlines'') is a 1954 British drama film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Jack Hawkins, Elizabeth Allan and Eva Bartok. It was written by Jack Howells and Jay Lewis. Plot Grant is a hard ...

'' (1954), writer, producer * ''

The Baby and the Battleship ''The Baby and the Battleship'' is a colour 1956 British comedy film directed by Jay Lewis and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough and André Morell. It is based on the 1956 novel by Anthony Thorne with a screenplay by Richard De Roy, G ...

'' (1956), director * ''

Invasion Quartet ''Invasion Quartet'' is a 1961 British World War II comedy-drama film directed by Jay Lewis and starring Bill Travers and Spike Milligan. It was publicised as a parody of ''The Guns of Navarone (film), The Guns of Navarone''. The screenplay was ...

'' (1961), director * ''Live Now, Pay Later'' (1962), director * ''

A Home of Your Own ''A Home of Your Own'' is a 1965 British comedy film directed by Jay Lewis and starring Ronnie Barker, Richard Briers, Peter Butterworth and Bernard Cribbins. It was written by Lewis and Johnny Whyte. Plot The story is a brick-by-brick accou ...

'' (1964), director, writer

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