About

Known credits:
36
Birthday:
1894-09-23
Place of birth:
Brooklyn, New York
Website:
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Albert Lewin

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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

Directing
1957 The Living Idol Directing Director 58
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1953 Saadia Directing Director 59
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1951 Pandora and the Flying Dutchman Directing Director 60
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1947 The Private Affairs of Bel Ami Directing Director 59
Average
1945 The Picture of Dorian Gray Directing Director 63
Fair
1942 The Moon and Sixpence Directing Director 59
Average
1924 Name the Man Directing Script Supervisor N/A
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1923 Three Wise Fools Directing Script Supervisor N/A
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Writing
1957 The Living Idol Writing Writer 58
Average
1953 Saadia Writing Screenplay 59
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1951 Pandora and the Flying Dutchman Writing Story 60
Fair
1951 Pandora and the Flying Dutchman Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1947 The Private Affairs of Bel Ami Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1945 The Picture of Dorian Gray Writing Screenplay 63
Fair
1942 The Moon and Sixpence Writing Writer 59
Average
1942 The Moon and Sixpence Writing Adaptation 59
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1928 The Actress Writing Writer N/A
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1927 Spring Fever Writing Writer 59
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1927 Altars of Desire Writing Writer N/A
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1926 Ladies of Leisure Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1957 The Living Idol Production Producer 58
Average
1951 Pandora and the Flying Dutchman Production Producer 60
Fair
1941 So Ends Our Night Production Producer 58
Average
1941 The Lady Eve Production Producer 64
Fair
1938 Zaza Production Producer 58
Average
1938 Spawn of the North Production Producer 58
Average
1937 True Confession Production Producer 59
Average
1937 The Good Earth Production Associate Producer 59
Average
1935 Mutiny on the Bounty Production Associate Producer 64
Fair
1935 China Seas Production Associate Producer 59
Average
1934 What Every Woman Knows Production Production Supervisor 59
Average
1934 What Every Woman Knows Production Producer 59
Average
1932 Smilin' Through Production Producer 59
Average
1932 Red-Headed Woman Production Producer 59
Average
1931 The Cuban Love Song Production Producer 58
Average
1931 The Guardsman Production Producer 58
Average