Kurt Neumann

Realização, Produção, Ator, Escrito por

5 de abril de 1908 — 21 de agosto de 1958 (50 anos)
Kurt Neumann (5 April 1908, Nuremberg, Germany - 21 August 1958, Los Angeles) was a german Hollywood film director who specialized in science fiction movies in his later career. Neumann came to the US in the early talkie era, hired to direct German language versions of Hollywood films.

Once he mastered English and established himself as technically proficient in filmmaking, Neumann directed such low-budget programmers as The Big Cage (1932), Secret of the Blue Room (1933) with Paul Lukas and Gloria Stuart, Hold 'Em Navy (1936), It Happened in New Orleans (1936) with child star Bobby Breen, Wide Open Faces (1937) with Joe E. Brown, and Ellery Queen: Master Detective (1939).

Neumann was signed by producer Hal Roach in 1941 to direct a series of "streamliners", 45-minute features designed to fill out short double bills. Among these 4-reel comedies were About Face (1942), Brooklyn Orchid (1942), Taxi, Mister? (1943) and Yanks Ahoy (1943).

In 1945, he joined the company of producer Sol Lesser, who engaged Neumann as coproducer and principal director of the Tarzan series produced by Lesser 1945-1954. The Tarzan films were produced for RKO and starred Johnny Weissmuller and later Gordon Scott.

Neumann became known as a specialist in science fiction movies due to his producing and directing such productions as Rocketship X-M (1950) and The Fly (1958). Neumann directed other sci-fi and horror films such as Kronos (1957) and She-Devil (1957), and directed non-scifi films such as The Ring (1952) an independent feature co-starring Rita Moreno, Carnival Story (1954), Mohawk (1956), and The Deerslayer (1957)

Contrary to some published reports, Neumann did not die as a result of suicide, but, rather, from natural causes in Los Angeles on 21 August 1958, shortly after a preview screening of The Fly but before the official premiere. Thus, Neumann never knew what a boxoffice hit The Fly was. He was entombed at Utter McKinley Cemetery in Los Angeles.

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Filmes e Séries no Plex

  • The Ring
    The Ring1952
  • O Grande Espectáculo
    O Grande Espectáculo1954
  • Mohawk
    Mohawk1956
  • Motorista em Maus Lençóis
    Motorista em Maus Lençóis1942
  • The McGuerins from Brooklyn
    The McGuerins from Brooklyn1942
  • Tudo pela América
    Tudo pela América1943
  • Fall In
    Fall In1942

Conhecido Por

  • A Mosca
    A Mosca1958
  • O Regresso do Vampiro
    O Regresso do Vampiro1943
  • Tarzan e as Amazonas
    Tarzan e as Amazonas1945
  • Rocketship X-M
    Rocketship X-M1950
  • Tarzan e a Mulher Leopardo
    Tarzan e a Mulher Leopardo1946
  • Kronos, Conquistador do Universo
    Kronos, Conquistador do Universo1957
  • Tarzan e a Caçadora
    Tarzan e a Caçadora1947
  • O Analista do Presidente
    O Analista do Presidente1967
  • O Mistério do Quarto Azul
    O Mistério do Quarto Azul1933
  • Tarzan e o Terror do Deserto
    Tarzan e o Terror do Deserto1943
  • O Filho de Ali-Babá
    O Filho de Ali-Babá1952
  • A Justiça de Billy
    A Justiça de Billy1950
  • The Ring
    The Ring1952
  • O Grande Espectáculo
    O Grande Espectáculo1954
  • Tarzan e a Mulher Diabo
    Tarzan e a Mulher Diabo1953
  • Mohawk
    Mohawk1956
  • She Devil
    She Devil1957
  • Bad Boy
    Bad Boy1949
  • The Deerslayer
    The Deerslayer1957
  • Arrefecido a 99%
    Arrefecido a 99%1974

Filmografia

1959
1958
1958
1957
1957
1957
1954
1950
1947
Tarzan and the Huntress · as Associate Producer
1946
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman · as Associate Producer
1945
Tarzan and the Amazons · as Associate Producer
1943
Tarzan's Desert Mystery · as Associate Producer

1943
Action in the North Atlantic · as German (uncredited)
1943
Above Suspicion · as Gestapo Man (uncredited)

1958
Machete · as Screenplay
1957
The Deerslayer · as Screenplay
1957
She Devil · as Screenplay
1954
They Were So Young · as Screenplay
1954
1954
Carnival Story · as ScreenplayNo Plex
1950

1975
Fear on Trial · as Production Manager
1974
99 and 44/100% Dead! · as Assistant Director
1974
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me · as Production Manager
1970
The Brotherhood of the Bell · as Assistant Director
1967
The President's Analyst · as Assistant Director
1967
Enter Laughing · as Assistant Director
1957
Apache Warrior · as Story
1943
1936
Dracula's Daughter · as Treatment