- Source: Monja Danischewsky
Monja Danischewsky (28 April 1911 – 16 October 1994) was a British producer and writer, born in Archangel into a Russian-Jewish family who left Russia for England in 1919 and who produced and wrote the films Topkapi and Rockets Galore! (1957) and others.
Biography
= Early life
=Monja Danischewsky's family left Russia for Great Britain in 1919.
= Career
=He started out with various publicity jobs, then to Ealing Studios as publicity director in 1938 and occasional writer. Switched to producer 1949; became independent producer The Galloping Major (1951); returned as producer/writer in mid-1950s and continued briefly after Ealing ended; Rockets Galore (1958) and The Battle of the Sexes (1959). Autobiography, 'White Russian, Red Face', 1966.
Filmography
= As writer
=Undercover (1943)
Bitter Springs (1950)
The Galloping Major (1951)
Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)
The Love Lottery (1954) (additional dialogue and scenes)
Rockets Galore! (1957)
The Battle of the Sexes (1959)
Two and Two Make Six (1962)
Topkapi (1964) (screenplay)
Mister Moses (1965)
Avalanche (1969) (as John Danischewsky)
That Lucky Touch (1975) (adaptation)
= As producer
=Whisky Galore! (1949) (associate producer)
The Galloping Major (1951)
Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)
The Love Lottery (1954)
The Battle of the Sexes (1959)
Two and Two Make Six (1962) (producer)
Avalanche (1969) (producer) (as John Danischewsky)
Run Wild, Run Freedom (1969)
Published works
White Russian, Red Face (Gollancz, 1966)
Out of My Mind (Michael Joseph, 1972)
short memoir by Danischewsky of Barnett Freedman, in Emma Mason (ed.), Tales of Barnett Freedman (Bread and Butter Press, 2020)
References
External links
Monja Danischewsky at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Topkapi (film)
- Monja Danischewsky
- The Battle of the Sexes (1959 film)
- Topkapi (film)
- 1994 in film
- Monja (given name)
- Whisky Galore! (1949 film)
- Arkhangelsk
- Run Wild, Run Free
- Charles Beaumont
- Undercover (1943 film)
