Losey, Gavrik

Gavrik Losey (1938- ), film producer, was born in New York in 1938 and is the son of the film director Joseph Losey (1909-1984). He was brought up in Hollywood until his father was forced to flee the USA in order to avoid testifying before the House Un-American Committee in 1951. He came to Europe in 1956, attending University College London and then entering the film industry as a full-time professional in 1959.

Intending to work in production and producing, Losey trained initially as a film editor, film camera assistant and television cameraman in order to obtain practical experience of the creative side of the industry. He also became involved in assistant directing. By the mid 1960s, he had broken into production management, and worked on more than twenty films in this capacity, including Thirty is a dangerous age, Cynthia and Robbery . He also became the in-house production supervisor for Tony Richardson's Woodfall films and worked on the Beatles' film Magical Mystery Tour . In the late 1970s, he joined VPS/Goodtimes Films as Associate Producer/Producer before turning freelance. His freelance films of this period include Little Malcolm (awarded the Silver Bear at the Berlin Festival), Agatha, Babylon, Dance Craze and The Disappearance .

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