Albert Lewin

Produkcja, Reżyseria, Scenariusz, Aktor

23 września 1894 — 9 maja 1968 (73 years)
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Albert Lewin (1894–1968) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.

He was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 23, 1894 and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He earned a Master's degree at Harvard and taught English at the University of Missouri. During World War I, he served in the military and was afterwards appointed assistant national director of the American Jewish Relief Committee. He later became a drama and film critic for the Jewish Tribune until the early 1920s, when he went to Hollywood to become a reader for Samuel Goldwyn. Later he worked as a script clerk for directors King Vidor and Victor Sjöström before becoming a screenwriter at MGM in 1924.

Lewin was appointed head of the studio's script department and by the late 20s was Irving Thalberg's personal assistant and closest associate. Nominally credited as an associate producer, he produced several of MGM's most important films of the 1930s. After Thalberg's death, he joined Paramount as a producer in 1937, where he remained until 1941. Notable producing credits during this period include True Confession (1937), Spawn of the North (1938), Zaza (1939) and So Ends Our Night (1941).

In 1942, Lewin began to direct. He made six films, writing all of them and producing several himself. As a director and writer, he showed literary and cultural aspirations in the selection and treatment of his themes. In 1966, Lewin published a novel, The Unaltered Cat. He died of pneumonia in New York on May 9, 1968.

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Known For

  • Lady Eve
    Lady Eve1941
  • Portret Doriana Graya
    Portret Doriana Graya1945
  • Ziemia błogosławiona
    Ziemia błogosławiona1937
  • Pandora i Latający Holender
    Pandora i Latający Holender1951
  • Bunt na Bounty
    Bunt na Bounty1935
  • Żona z drugiej ręki
    Żona z drugiej ręki1932
  • True Confession
    True Confession1937
  • Curie-Skłodowska
    Curie-Skłodowska1943
  • Uśmiech szczęścia
    Uśmiech szczęścia1932
  • Chińskie morza
    Chińskie morza1935
  • Pocałunek
    Pocałunek1929
  • Księżyc i miedziak
    Księżyc i miedziak1942
  • The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
    The Private Affairs of Bel Ami1947
  • Wiosenna gorączka
    Wiosenna gorączka1927
  • So Ends Our Night
    So Ends Our Night1941
  • The Living Idol
    The Living Idol1957
  • What Every Woman Knows
    What Every Woman Knows1934
  • Maja naga
    Maja naga1958

Filmografia