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Lewis Allen (25 December 1905 – 3 May 2000) was an English film and television director. Allen worked mainly in the United States, directing 18 feature films between 1944 and 1959. From the mid-1950s he moved increasingly into television and worked on a number of the most popular shows of the time in the U.S. Description above from the Wikipedia Lewis Allen (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Lewis Allen was a British-born film and television director who worked extensively in Hollywood during the golden age of studio filmmaking.
He is best known for helming classic mid-century thrillers and mysteries such as The Uninvited and Suddenly.
He navigated a wide range of genres including film noir, horror, romantic comedy, and dramatic television.
He spent significant portions of his early career apprenticing and directing major features at Paramount Pictures.