Val Lewton
Production · Producer · Screenplay · Novel
Born May 7, 1904 · Yalta, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire [now Crimea, Ukraine]
Active 1932–1951
Born in the Russian Empire in 1904, Val Lewton (born Vladimir Ivanovich Leventon) moved with his mother and sister to Berlin in 1906, then to the United States in 1909. He wrote for newspapers, magazines, novels, pornography, etc.
Filmography
Cat People (1942) — ProducerI Walked with a Zombie (1943) — ProducerA Star Is Born (1937) — Editorial StaffThe Body Snatcher (1945) — Screenplay · ProducerThe Seventh Victim (1943) — ProducerThe Leopard Man (1943) — ProducerShadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (2005)The Curse of the Cat People (1944) — ProducerBedlam (1946) — Screenplay · ProducerIsle of the Dead (1945) — ProducerThe Ghost Ship (1943) — ProducerApache Drums (1951) — ProducerNo Man of Her Own (1932) — NovelMademoiselle Fifi (1944) — ProducerMy Own True Love (1948) — ProducerPlease Believe Me (1950) — ProducerYouth Runs Wild (1944) — ProducerThe Year's Work — Director