Born September 29, 1913· Brooklyn, New York, United States
† Died February 19, 2001
18Filmography★ 6.7Average rating
Emerging from a New York City upbringing, the son of Jewish parents who separated early, he finished high school at fifteen and earned a business administration degree from NYU at nineteen, after which a writing internship at 20th Century Fox launched his Hollywood path. After wartime service making training films, he founded Screen Plays Inc., using rented studio time to produce pictures that tac…
