Aubrey Wisberg
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- October 20, 1909
- Died
- March 14, 1990 (aged 80)
Biography
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
Filmography
Hercules in New York
Movie · Screenplay
Mission Mars
Movie · Story
Snow Devils
Movie · Story
The Women of Pitcairn Island
Movie · Novel, Screenplay
Son of Sinbad
Movie · Screenplay
Murder Is My Beat
Movie · Original Story, Screenplay
Casanova's Big Night
Movie · Story
Return to Treasure Island
Movie · Screenplay
Dragon's Gold
Movie · Screenplay
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
Movie · Writer
The Neanderthal Man
Movie · Writer
Port Sinister
Movie · Writer
The Steel Lady
Movie · Story
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
Movie · Screenplay
Problem Girls
Movie · Writer
Sword of Venus
Movie · Writer
Lady in the Iron Mask
Movie · Screenplay
Captive Women
Movie · Writer
At Sword's Point
Movie · Story
The Man from Planet X
Movie · Writer
The Desert Hawk
Movie · Screenplay
Hit Parade of 1951
Movie · Story, Screenplay
Treasure of Monte Cristo
Movie · Screenplay, Story
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Movie · Screenplay
Road to the Big House
Movie · Screenplay, Story
Heaven Only Knows
Movie · Story
The Burning Cross
Movie · Screenplay
So Dark the Night
Movie · Writer
The Falcon's Adventure
Movie · Screenplay
Just Before Dawn
Movie · Screenplay
Rendezvous 24
Movie · Writer
Escape in the Fog
Movie · Screenplay
The Power of the Whistler
Movie · Writer
Betrayal from the East
Movie · Adaptation, Screenplay
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Movie · Story
Adventures of Rusty
Movie · Writer
Out of the Depths
Movie · Story
U-Boat Prisoner
Movie · Screenplay
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
Movie · Story
They Came to Blow Up America
Movie · Writer
Bomber's Moon
Movie · Writer
Counter-Espionage
Movie · Screenplay
Submarine Raider
Movie · Writer