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Aubrey Wisberg

Born
October 20, 1909
Died
March 14, 1990
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
Hercules in New York
(1970)
Screenplay
The Man from Planet X
(1951)
Writer
Full Filmography
Writing
Counter-Espionage
(1942)
Screenplay
Submarine Raider
(1942)
Writer
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
(1943)
Story
They Came to Blow Up America
(1943)
Writer
Bomber's Moon
(1943)
Writer
U-Boat Prisoner
(1944)
Screenplay
Escape in the Fog
(1945)
Screenplay
The Power of the Whistler
(1945)
Writer
Betrayal from the East
(1945)
Adaptation and Screenplay
The Horn Blows at Midnight
(1945)
Story
Adventures of Rusty
(1945)
Writer
Out of the Depths
(1945)
Story
So Dark the Night
(1946)
Writer
The Falcon's Adventure
(1946)
Screenplay
Just Before Dawn
(1946)
Screenplay
Road to the Big House
(1947)
Screenplay and Story
Heaven Only Knows
(1947)
Story
The Burning Cross
(1947)
Screenplay
The Wreck of the Hesperus
(1948)
Screenplay
Treasure of Monte Cristo
(1949)
Story and Screenplay
The Desert Hawk
(1950)
Screenplay
Hit Parade of 1951
(1950)
Story and Screenplay
The Man from Planet X
(1951)
Writer
Captive Women
(1952)
Writer
At Sword's Point
(1952)
Story
Lady In The Iron Mask
(1952)
Screenplay
The Steel Lady
(1953)
Story
The Neanderthal Man
(1953)
Writer
Port Sinister
(1953)
Writer
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
(1953)
Screenplay
Problem Girls
(1953)
Writer
Sword of Venus
(1953)
Writer
Casanova's Big Night
(1954)
Story
Return to Treasure Island
(1954)
Screenplay
Dragon's Gold
(1954)
Screenplay
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
(1954)
Writer
Son of Sinbad
(1955)
Screenplay
Murder Is My Beat
(1955)
Screenplay and Original Story
The Women of Pitcairn Island
(1956)
Screenplay and Novel
Snow Devils
(1967)
Story
Mission Mars
(1968)
Story
Hercules in New York
(1970)
Screenplay
Production
Directing
Sound
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