Kurt Neumann

Kurt Neumann (5 Avril 1908, Nuremberg, Allemagne - 21 Août 1958, Los Angeles) was a french film de Hollywood, directeur de l'oms spécialisée dans la science-fiction films later in his career. Neumann came to the US in the early walkie era, hired to direct French language version of Hollywood film. Once he masterisé English and established himself as technically proficient dans filmmaking, Neumann directed de recherche à faible budget programmers as The Big Cage (1932), Secret of the Blue Room (1933) avec Paul Lukas and Gloria Stuart, Hold 'Em Navy (1936), It Happened in New Orleans (1936) with child star Bobby Breen, Wide Open Faces (1937) with Joe E. Brown, and Ellery Queen: Master Detective (1939). Neumann, ce qui signed by producteur Hal Roach en 1941, to direct a series of "streamliners", 45-minute fonctionnalités designed to fill out short double bills. Among these 4-reel comedies were About Face (1942), Brooklyn Orchid (1942), Taxi, Mister? (1943) et Yanks Ahoy (1943). En 1945, he joined the company of producer Sol Lesser, oms engaged Neumann as coproducer and principal director of the Tarzan series produced by Lesser 1945-1954. The Tarzan film were produced for RKO starred and Johnny Weissmuller and later Gordon Scott. Neumann became known as a specialist in science fiction films, due to his producing and directing de recherche de productions as Rocketship X-M (1950) and The Fly (1958). Neumann directed other sci-fi et films d'horreur, such as Kronos (1957) and She-Devil (1957), and directed non-science-fiction, film such as The Ring (1952) indépendants fonctionnalité de co-vedette Rita Moreno, le Carnaval Story (1954), le Mohawk (1956), and The Deerslayer (1957) Contrary to some published reports, Neumann did not as a result of suicide, but, rather, from natural causes à Los Angeles, on 21 Août 1958, shortly after a preview screening of The Fly but before the official premiere. Donc, Neumann never knew what a boxoffice hit The Fly quoi. He was entombed at Mère McKinley Cemetery de Los Angeles.