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Director, Producer, Associate Producer Born: March 1, 1921 in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK Death: February 25, 1995 Biography:An employee of London Films in his teens, British director "Jack Clayton" became a film editor in the years just prior to World War II. Once in His Majesty's Service, "Clayton" rose to the rank of unit commander for the RAF's film division. After the war, "Clayton" went to work as a production manager and associate producer for "Alexander Korda". His first directorial assignment (which he also produced) was 1955's "The Bespoke Overcoat", an award-winning 32-minute adaptation of Gogol's The Overcoat. With the 1958 feature "Room at the Top", "Clayton" established himself as a prime mover of the "Angry Young Man" category of British filmmaking. Not wishing to be typed, "Clayton" moved on to the muted psychological horror of "The Innocents" (1961), then to the searing marital drama "The Pumpkin Eater" (1964). After the Gothic chiller "Our Mother's House" (1967), "Clayton" took a sabbatical from films,... Full Biography
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