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Val Lewton (May 7, 1904 – March 14, 1951) was a Ukrainian-American novelist, film producer and screenwriter best known for a string of low-budget horror films he produced for RKO Pictures in the 1940s. His son, also named Val Lewton, was a painter and exhibition designer.
Val Lewton (1904-1951) was a Russian-born American filmmaker who made many famous and well-respected B-movies, such as Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, and The Body Snatcher. He also wrote novels, stories, and screenplays under various pseudonyms, and worked as a story editor for David O. Selznick.
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Oct 19, 2021 · Learn about Val Lewton, the Russian-Jewish émigré who produced nine horror films for RKO between 1942 and 1946, with directors like Jacques Tourneur and Boris Karloff. Discover how he innovated, manipulated, and challenged the genre with his signature message: death is good.
Oct 4, 2019 · A tribute to the producer of RKO's classic horror films, who created haunting images and pathos-filled moments with limited resources. Learn about his background, his collaborations, and his legacy in this essay by Alexander Nemerov.
Producer: The Body Snatcher. Born in Russian Empire in 1904, Lewton moved with his mother and sister to Berlin in 1906, then to USA 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 1930's, then ...
- May 7, 1904
- March 14, 1951
Nov 26, 2020 · That’s the case with Val Lewton, a legendary producer who developed a reputation for creating A-movie horror on a B-movie budget by leaning into implied and suggestive horror amidst heavily...
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Feb 9, 2013 · Learn about Val Lewton, the father of low-budget horror films and the creator of dark masterpieces of psychological terror. Discover his influences, techniques and legacy through his works such as Cat People, The Seventh Victim and The Body Snatcher.
