About

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Birthday:
1909-10-20
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Aubrey Wisberg

Overview

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Aubrey Lionel Wisberg (October 20, 1909 – March 14, 1990) was a screenwriter, director, and producer.

He immigrated to the United States in 1921, attended New York University and Columbia University, and married Barbara Duberstein. Wisberg made his career as a screenwriter, director, and producer with credits in more than 40 films including The Big Fix, The Man from Planet X, Hercules in New York, The Neanderthal Man, Captive Women, Port Sinister and Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl. Three of his early screenplays were World War II movies: Counter-Espionage and Submarine Raider in 1942 and They Came to Blow Up America in 1943. Wisberg's 1945 film The Horn Blows at Midnight starred the comedian Jack Benny.

Wisberg was associate producer for Edward Small Productions; founder and executive producer for Wisberg Productions; and co-founder of American Pictures Corporation and Mid-Century Films. Production credits for Mid-Century Film include, The Man From Planet X (1951), Return to Treasure Island (1954) and Murder Is My Beat (1955).

Wisberg was the author of several books, including Patrol Boat 999, Savage Soldiers, This Is the Life and Bushman at Large. Wisberg was also a radio and television dramatist in the United States, Australia, and England; a radio diffusionist in Paris; and a journalist. He won the International Unity Award, from the Inter-Racial Society, for The Burning Cross. Aubrey Wisberg died of cancer in 1990 in New York City. He was 80 years old.

Known for

Directing
1954 Dragon's Gold Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1970 Hercules in New York Writing Screenplay 52
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1968 Mission Mars Writing Story 58
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1967 Snow Devils Writing Story 58
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1956 The Women of Pitcairn Island Writing Novel 58
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1956 The Women of Pitcairn Island Writing Screenplay 58
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1955 Son of Sinbad Writing Screenplay 58
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1955 Murder Is My Beat Writing Screenplay 59
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1955 Murder Is My Beat Writing Original Story 59
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1954 Return to Treasure Island Writing Screenplay 58
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1954 Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl Writing Writer 59
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1954 Casanova's Big Night Writing Story 59
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1954 Dragon's Gold Writing Screenplay N/A
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1953 Captain John Smith and Pocahontas Writing Screenplay 58
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1953 The Steel Lady Writing Story 59
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1953 The Neanderthal Man Writing Writer 58
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1953 Port Sinister Writing Writer 59
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1953 Problem Girls Writing Writer 58
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1953 Sword of Venus Writing Writer 58
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1952 Captive Women Writing Writer 58
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1952 Lady In The Iron Mask Writing Screenplay N/A
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1952 At Sword's Point Writing Story 58
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1951 The Man from Planet X Writing Writer 58
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1950 Hit Parade of 1951 Writing Story 59
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1950 Hit Parade of 1951 Writing Screenplay 59
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1950 The Desert Hawk Writing Screenplay 58
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1949 Treasure of Monte Cristo Writing Screenplay 59
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1949 Treasure of Monte Cristo Writing Story 59
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1948 The Wreck of the Hesperus Writing Screenplay 59
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1947 Road to the Big House Writing Story 59
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1947 Road to the Big House Writing Screenplay 59
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1947 Heaven Only Knows Writing Story 59
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1947 The Burning Cross Writing Screenplay 58
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1946 The Falcon's Adventure Writing Screenplay 59
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1946 So Dark the Night Writing Writer 59
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1946 Just Before Dawn Writing Screenplay 59
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1945 Out of the Depths Writing Story N/A
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1945 Adventures of Rusty Writing Writer 59
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1945 The Horn Blows at Midnight Writing Story 58
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1945 Betrayal from the East Writing Adaptation 59
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1945 Betrayal from the East Writing Screenplay 59
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1945 The Power of the Whistler Writing Writer 59
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1945 Escape in the Fog Writing Screenplay 58
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1944 U-Boat Prisoner Writing Screenplay 59
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1943 Bomber's Moon Writing Writer 59
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1943 They Came to Blow Up America Writing Writer 59
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1943 After Midnight with Boston Blackie Writing Story 59
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1942 Counter-Espionage Writing Screenplay 59
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1942 Submarine Raider Writing Writer 58
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Production
1970 Hercules in New York Production Producer 52
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1956 The Women of Pitcairn Island Production Producer 58
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1955 Murder Is My Beat Production Producer 59
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1954 Return to Treasure Island Production Producer 58
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1954 Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl Production Producer 59
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1954 Dragon's Gold Production Producer N/A
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1953 Captain John Smith and Pocahontas Production Producer 58
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1953 The Neanderthal Man Production Producer 58
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1953 Port Sinister Production Producer 59
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1953 Problem Girls Production Producer 58
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1953 Sword of Venus Production Producer 58
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1952 Captive Women Production Producer 58
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1951 The Man from Planet X Production Producer 58
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Sound
1955 Murder Is My Beat Sound Music 59
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