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Lewis Gilbert CBE (6 March 1920 – 23 February 2018) was an English film director, producer and screenwriter who directed more than 40 films across six decades; among them such varied titles as Cast a Dark Shadow (1955), Reach for the Sky (1956), Carve Her Name with Pride (1958), Sink the Bismarck! (1960), Alfie (1966), Educating Rita (1983) and Shirley Valentine (1989), as well as three James Bond films: You Only Live Twice (1967), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lewis Gilbert, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Lewis Gilbert was an acclaimed English film director, producer, and screenwriter whose career spanned over six decades in British cinema.
He is best known for directing three James Bond films—You Only Live Twice, The Spy Who Loved Me, and Moonraker—as well as acclaimed dramas like Alfie and Educating Rita.
His notable war and maritime-themed films include Sink the Bismarck!, Reach for the Sky, and Carve Her Name with Pride.