Karel Reisz

Karel Reisz

Czech-born British director, producer, film theorist, theatre director (1926-2002)

Karel Reisz was a Czech-born British filmmaker and film critic, one of the pioneers of the new realist strain in British cinema during the 1950s and 1960s. Two of the best-known films he directed are Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), a classic of kitchen sink realism, and the romantic period drama The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981).

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 14 films (1955–1990) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field.

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1990 Everybody wins! Karel Reisz 8:00 16mm Color sound
1978 Who'll Stop the Rain Karel Reisz 126 min Color
1974 The Gambler Karel Reisz
1968 Isadora Karel Reisz 131 min Color
1966 Isadora. British Broadcasting Corporation 2419 16mm Color sound
1966 Morgan! Karel Reisz
1966 Morgan: A suitable case for treatment. Karel Reisz 97 min 16mm B&W sound
1964 NIGHT MUST FALL. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios Ltd. 12 reels 35mm B&W sound
1959 We Are The Lambeth Boys Contemporary Films 53 min 16mm sound
1959 We are the Lambeth Boys Karel Reisz 53 min
1957 Every Day Except Christmas ▶ Lindsay Anderson 41 min 16mm B&W sound
1957 Every day except Christmas Lindsay Anderson 41 min
1955 Momma don't allow McGraw-Hill 22 16mm B&W sound
1955 Momma don't allow Tony Richardson, Karel Reisz 22 min B&W