Val Lewton
Screenplay | Producer | Novel | Original Music Composer | Editorial Staff
Born in the Russian Empire in 1904, Val Lewton (born Vladimir Ivanovich Leventon) moved with his mother and sister to Berlin in 1906, then to the United States in 1909. He wrote for newspapers, magazines, novels, pornography, etc. —often using pseudonyms to disguise their origin (the name Val Lewton was one such pseudonym, used first for some novels in the 1930s, then revived later in his career to take writing credit for two movies). In 1933 he got a job with David O. Selznick, where he spent m...
Place of Birth: Yalta, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire [now Crimea, Ukraine]
Date of Birth: May 7, 1904
Date of Death: Mar 14, 1951
Filmography
Screenplay
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Producer
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Novel
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Original Music Composer
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Editorial Staff
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