Edward Schreiber

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Edward Schreiber (born March 30, 1913 in Jersey City , New Jersey , † September 24, 1981 in Bergen , New Jersey) was an American advertising professional, construction contractor, film producer and screenwriter who won the 37th Academy Awards in 1965 was awarded an Oscar for the short film Casals Conducts: 1964 .

Live and act

Edward Schreiber attended the John Marshall College in his hometown of Jersey City and came to the film industry in 1936 when he spoke of Warner Bros. has been set. He initially worked as a contact person for the press, a little later rose to head of public relations for this company and was also active in this role and as head of advertising for Warner Bros. Vitaphone Studios. In 1942, Schreiber volunteered for the war. He started his post-war work with the same pre-war fields of activity, this time at Century Theaters in New Jersey (1946). In 1949 Schreiber left show business for a while and in the following decade turned to a completely different profession: he became a building contractor.

Only at the beginning of the 1960s did Schreiber return to the film business. Based on records from Leo Lieberman, he wrote the script for the 1961 biographical crime drama The Rabid by Burt Balaban, starring John Davis Chandler , who played Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll , a notorious hit man and gangster in New York City during the US American alcohol prohibition . Schreiber also produced the film.

For the short film he produced, Casals Conducts: In 1964, about the cellist Pablo Casals , Edward Schreiber was rewarded with an Oscar at the 1965 Academy Awards.

Schreiber died in 1981 in his home state of New Jersey. He was 68 years old.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1961: The Rabid (Mad Dog Coll) - screenwriter and producer
  • 1964: Casals Conducts: 1964 (short film) - producer

Award

literature

  • International Motion Picture Almanac 1965, Quigley Publishing Company, New York 1964, p. 257

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Edward Schreiber on ancestry.com , accessed January 25, 2018
  2. ↑ The 37th Academy Awards | 1965 sS oscars.org (English)
  3. ↑ "Mad Dog" Coll sS archive.org (English)
personal data
SURNAME Clerk, Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American advertising executive, contractor, film producer, and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Jersey City , New Jersey , United States
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 1981
Place of death Bergen , New Jersey