Gavin Lambert(1924-2005)
- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Educated at St. George's Windsor and Cheltenham College in the United
Kingdom, where he first met and befriended Lindsay Anderson. Studied
English Literature for one year at Oxford, but left on hearing that he
would have to learn mediaeval English to get his degree. Editor of
Sight & Sound magazine from 1950-1956. Moved to Los Angeles in 1956 to
work as personal assistant for Nicholas Ray on _Bigger than Life (1956)_. Published his
first book, The Slide Area, in 1959. The rest of his working life was
spent writing novels (including Daisy Clover (1965) which he himself adapted for
the film of the same name), and biographies (Norma Shearer, 1990 and
Nazimova, 1997) and screenwriting. His screenwriting work was nominated
for two Oscars: Amants et fils (1960) and Jamais je ne t'ai promis un jardin de roses (1977).
From 1973 to 1990 he shared his time between Tangier, Morocco and Los Angeles, USA. He moved back to Los Angeles in 1990, where he lived until his death in 2005. Lambert became a US citizen in 1964. An account of his experiences with Krishnamurti, who he said had been the most single important influence on his life, can be read in his biographical memoir, Mainly About Lindsay Anderson (2000).
From 1973 to 1990 he shared his time between Tangier, Morocco and Los Angeles, USA. He moved back to Los Angeles in 1990, where he lived until his death in 2005. Lambert became a US citizen in 1964. An account of his experiences with Krishnamurti, who he said had been the most single important influence on his life, can be read in his biographical memoir, Mainly About Lindsay Anderson (2000).
