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Donald Frank Glut (born February 19, 1944 in Pecos , Texas ) is an American writer , screenwriter , film director and amateur palaeontologist .

Life

Donald Frank Glut grew up in Chicago . He started filming at the age of nine. The themes of these films - dinosaurs , fictional monsters, and superheroes - kept him busy all his life. He studied at DePaul University in Chicago and later at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where he earned a degree. Among other things, he worked as a book seller, musician, singer, actor and director. But mostly he wrote. He has written advertising copy, magazine articles, scripts for film and television, texts for comics and songs, novels, short stories and non-fiction books.

Two of his non-fiction books on dinosaurs - The Dinosaur Dictionary (1972) and Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia (1997) - as well as the book for the Star Wars film The Empire Strikes Back (1980) are particularly well known . He also wrote ten novels about the Frankenstein monster. The first two appeared first in Spanish, the following eight first in German. The English-language editions were published later.

Glut helped develop the background story and characters for the US toy manufacturer Mattel's action figure series Masters of the Universe . These action figures formed the basis for the film Masters of the Universe, as well as for television series, comics, radio plays, and video games. In 2014, Glut lost a lawsuit against Mattel. The company took the position that he had created the characters on their behalf and that he had no marketing rights.

In the 1950s and 1960s he directed a number of short films. Several feature films followed in the 1990s and 2000s. In addition to his own directorial work, he was involved in several television series as a screenwriter, especially in the 1980s. These include Im Land der Saurier , X-Men , RoboCop , DuckTales - News from Duckburg , Jonny Quest , Spider-Man 5000 , Spider-Man and his extraordinary friends , Transformers , Action Force - The new heroes , Dink, the little dinosaur , Dino-Riders , The Gobots , Monchhichis , Space Sentinels , Dynodog, the Wonder Dog and The Biskitts .

Glut is co-owner and president of the film production company Frontline Entertainment, Inc. This has released several of his films, e. B. Dinosaur Valley Girls (1996) and Blood Scarab (2008).

Novels in German

  • Die Blutkäfer , Pabel, Rastatt 1975 ( Demonenkiller -Taschenbuch , Volume 10), English original title: Bugged .
  • Frankenstein comes again , Pabel, Rastatt 1975 ( Vampire Horror Novel , issue 148), Spanish title: Frankenstein resucitado .
  • Frankenstein's fight with the robot , Pabel, Rastatt 1976 ( vampire horror novel , issue 153), Spanish title: Frankenstein y el robot .
  • Frankenstein and the blind girl , Pabel, Rastatt 1976 ( vampire horror novel , issue 157).
  • Frankenstein meets Dracula , Pabel, Rastatt 1976 ( vampire horror novel , issue 161).
  • Frankenstein and the Werewolf , Pabel, Rastatt 1976 ( Vampir-Horror-Roman , issue 165).
  • Frankenstein at the dinosaurs , Pabel, Rastatt 1976 ( Vampire Horror Novel , Issue 169).
  • Frankenstein in the Mummy Tomb , Pabel, Rastatt 1976 ( Vampire Horror Novel , Issue 173).
  • Frankenstein and the Gorilla , Pabel, Rastatt 1976 ( Vampir-Horror-Roman , Issue 177).
  • Frankenstein and the curse of Dr. Jekyll , Pabel, Rastatt 1979 ( vampire horror novel , issue 357).
  • Frankenstein's fight with Dracula , Pabel, Rastatt 1980 ( vampire horror novel , issue 370).
  • The Empire Strikes Back , Goldmann, Munich 1980, English original title: The Empire Strikes Back .

literature

Joachim Körber (Hrsg.): Bibliographisches Lexikon der Utopisch-Fantastischen Literatur , Corian-Verlag, Meitingen 1984 ff, ISBN 978-3-89048-500-3 , 30th supplement June 1992.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Hollywood Reporter , March 10, 2014
  2. ^ Frontline Entertainment
  3. ^ Donald F. Glut: The Frankenstein Archive, McFarland, Jefferson 2002, ISBN 978-0-7864-1353-9 .
personal data
SURNAME Glut, Donald F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Glut, Donald Frank; Grant, Don (pseudonym); Richmond, Rod (pseudonym); Thorne, Bradley D. (pseudonym); Steele, Dale (pseudonym); Morrison, Victor (pseudonym); Rogers, Mick (pseudonym); Jason, Johnny (pseudonym); Spektor, Adam (pseudonym); Glutt, Don (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer, screenwriter, film director and amateur palaeontologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Pecos , Texas