Lewis Gilbert, director of Alfie, trio of James Bond films, dead at 97

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Wednesday, 28 February 2018 ()

Director Lewis Gilbert, whose dozens of movies included three James Bond thrillers — You Only Live Twice, The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker — and the Swinging London classic Alfie, has died at 97, colleagues said Tuesday.
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According to multiple reports, Oscar-nominated British filmmaker Lewis Gilbert who helmed three James Bond movies, died on February 23 at the age of 97. Gilbert also directed Michael Caine's “Alfie", which won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966 and scored five Oscar nominations,...

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