Steve Fisher (screenwriter)

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Steve Fisher (born August 29, 1912 in Marine City , Michigan as Stephen Gould Fisher , † March 27, 1980 in Canoga Park , California ) was an American screenwriter who was once nominated for an Oscar for best original story.

Life

Fisher began his career as a screenwriter in the Hollywood film industry in 1938 on the drama The Nurse from Brooklyn by S. Sylvan Simon with Sally Eilers , Paul Kelly and Larry J. Blake . He wrote the scripts and templates for 95 films and television series . His story Short Leave was filmed as Navy Secrets in 1939 . His novel I Wake Up Screaming was filmed twice: on the one hand in 1941 as I Wake Up Screaming , on the other hand in 1953 as Vicki .

At the Oscar ceremony in 1944 Fisher was for the Oscar for best original story nominated, namely for on his novels and Delmer Daves staged war movie Destination Tokyo (Destination Tokyo, 1943) with Cary Grant , John Ridgely and Alan Hale Sr. in the Leading roles.

Publications

  • Homicide Johnny. 1940.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1940: Hell of the South Seas ( Typhoon )
  • 1941: I Wake Up Screaming
  • 1943: Destination Tokyo ( Destination Tokyo )
  • 1947: A person disappears ( Dead Reckoning )
  • 1947: Lady in the Lake ( The Lady in the Lake )
  • 1947: The Song of the Thin Man ( The Song of the Thin Man )
  • 1948: Death Row No. 5 ( I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes )
  • 1952: Battle Zone Pacific ( Battlezone )
  • 1952: Sturmgeschwader Komet ( Flat Top )
  • 1953: The Cowboy of San Antone ( San Antone )
  • 1953: On the death over ( Woman They Almost Lynched )
  • 1953: Chicago - 12 noon ( City That Never Sleeps )
  • 1953: The Man from the Alamo ( The Man from the Alamo )
  • 1953: The Gangster Syndicate ( 36 Hours )
  • 1954: Raid in the Chinese Quarter ( Hell's Half Acre )
  • 1954: One night with Susanne ( Susan Slept Here )
  • 1955: A Case for Johnny Denton ( The Big Tip Off )
  • 1955: The toughest brawler ( The Toughest Man Alive )
  • 1957: A Guy Like Dynamite ( The Restless Breed )
  • 1960: The Treasure of the Balearic Islands ( September Storm )
  • 1962–1963: Jump out of the clouds ( Ripcord , TV series)
  • 1965: Black spores ( Black Spurs)
  • 1967: The Bloody West ( Red Tomahawk )
  • 1975: The Last Day of the Daltons ( The Last Day , Movie made for TV)
  • 1978–1981: Fantasy Island (TV series)

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personal data
SURNAME Fisher, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fisher, Stephen Gould (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter and writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Marine City , Michigan
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1980
Place of death Canoga Park , California