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Val Lewton
Sign in to saveAlso known as Volodymyr Ivanovich Hofschneider, Volodymyr Ivanovich Leventon
Ukrainian-American writer and film producer (1904–1951)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- La cabeza de la Gorgona y otras transformaciones terroríficas
- Rasputin and the empress
- Rape of glory
- No Bed of Her Own
- Yearly lease
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Film & TV
Yalta, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire [now Crimea, Ukraine]
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. —often using pseudonyms to disguise their origin (the name Val Lewton was one such pseudonym, used first for some novels in the 1930s, then revived later in his career…
Known for
- Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows — Self2007
- Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy2005
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Ireland
- Active from
- 1927-02-03
- Active to
- 2015-07-01
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 10
- Total plays
- 92
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Yalta
- Place of death
- Hollywood
- Occupation
- producer
- Educated at
- Columbia University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Work location
- United States
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- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1904-04-24
- date of death
- 1951-03-14
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Val Lewton
- start of work period
- 1932-00-00
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