Frederick Stephani

Born June 13, 1903· Bonn, Germany

† Died October 31, 1962

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Emerging from a 1903 birth in the United States, Stephani entered the motion-picture world as a screenwriter and soon expanded into directing. His most celebrated achievement arrived with the 13-chapter science-fiction serial Flash Gordon (1936), which he co-wrote and directed, propelling Universal to its second-largest box-office haul that year despite the production’s modest special effects. Alt… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources