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Curt Siodmak (1902–2000)

Writer | Director | Producer

Born in Dresden, Germany, in 1902, Curt Siodmak worked as an engineer and a newspaper reporter before entering the literary and movie fields. It was as a reporter that he got his first break (of sorts) in films: in 1926 he and his reporter-wife hired on as extras on Fritz Lang's Metropolis in order to get a story on the director and his film... See full bio »

Born:

Kurt Siodmak
in Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Died:

(age 98) in Three Rivers, California, USA
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2010 The Wolfman (1941 motion picture screenplay)
 
2002 Ritual (1943 screenplay I Walked with a Zombie)
 
1977 Der Heiligenschein (TV movie)
 
1970 Hauser's Memory (TV movie) (novel)
 
1966 Ski Fever
 
1966 The Wolfman (short) (screenplay / archive footage)
 
1966 Doom of Dracula (short) (screenplay / archive footage)
 
1965 Captain Fathom (TV series)
 
1963 The Lightship (writer)
 
1962 Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (screenplay)
 
1962 The Brain (novel "Donovan's Brain")
 
1961 The Devil's Messenger (uncredited)
 
1959 13 Demon Street (TV series)
– Fever (originated by / written by)
– The Black Hand (originator / story)
– The Photograph (originator / written by)
– The Vine of Death (originator / written by)
 
1958 Tales of Frankenstein (TV short) (story)
 
1957 Love Slaves of the Amazons (screenplay / story)
 
1957 Hey, Jeannie! (TV series)
– Jeannie the Heiress (1957) (written by)
 
1956 Curucu, Beast of the Amazon
 
1956 The Count of Monte Cristo (TV series)
– The Black Death (1956) (story)
 
1956 Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (screen story)
 
1955 Creature with the Atom Brain (screenplay / story)
 
1955 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
– Donovan's Brain (1955) (novel)
 
1955 Captain Fathom (TV movie) (creator / screenplay)
 
1954 Waterfront (TV series)
– The Man (story)
 
1954 Riders to the Stars (screenplay)
 
1954 I Led 3 Lives (TV series)
– Infra Red Film (1954) (writer)
 
1953 Donovan's Brain (novel "Donovan's Brain")
 
1953 The Magnetic Monster (screenplay)
 
1953 Big Town (TV series)
– Twelth Avenue Pirates (1953) (story / teleplay)
 
1951 Bride of the Gorilla (written by)
 
1951 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
– Looking Through (1951) (teleplay)
 
1951 Front Page Detective (TV series)
– Alibi for Suicide (1951) (teleplay)
– The Other Face (1951) (written by)
– The TV Murder Mystery (1951) (written by)
 
1949 Tarzan's Magic Fountain (screenplay)
 
1948 Berlin Express (story)
 
1946 The Beast with Five Fingers
 
1946 The Return of Monte Cristo (story)
 
1945 Shady Lady
 
1945 Frisco Sal (original screenplay)
 
1944 House of Frankenstein (story)
 
1944 The Climax (adaptation / screenplay)
 
1944 The Lady and the Monster (novel "Donovan's Brain")
 
1943 Son of Dracula (story / as Curtis Siodmak)
 
1943 False Faces (writer)
 
1943 I Walked with a Zombie (screenplay)
 
1943 The Mantrap (writer)
 
1943 The Purple V (screenplay)
 
1943 Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (original screenplay)
 
1943 London Blackout Murders (original screenplay)
 
1942 Invisible Agent (as Curtis Siodmak)
 
1941 Pacific Blackout (story)
 
1941 The Wolf Man (original screenplay)
 
1941 Aloma of the South Seas (story)
 
1940 The Invisible Woman (story / as Kurt Siodmak)
 
1940 The Ape (adaptation / as Kurt Siodmak / screenplay / as Kurt Siodmak)
 
1940 Black Friday (screenplay / as Kurt Siodmak)
 
1940 The Invisible Man Returns (screenplay / as Kurt Siodmak / story / as Kurt Siodmak)
 
1938 Her Jungle Love (story)
 
1937 Non-Stop New York
 
1935 Transatlantic Tunnel (as Kurt Siodmak)
 
1935 The Loves of Madame Dubarry (adaptation)
 
1935 Abdul the Damned (treatment - uncredited)
 
1935 It's a Bet
 
1934 Girls Will Be Boys (play "The Last Lord")
 
1934 La crise est finie (story)
 
1933 F. P. 1 Doesn't Answer (novel "F.P.1 antwortet nicht" / screenplay)
 
1933 F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (novel "F.P.1 antwortet nicht" / as Kurt Siodmak / screenplay / as Kurt Siodmak)
 
1933 Marion, That's Not Nice (screenplay)
 
1933 Die unsichtbare Front (writer)
 
1932 F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (novel "F.P.1 antwortet nicht" / as Kurt Siodmak / screenplay / as Kurt Siodmak)
 
1931 Le bal (screenplay)
 
1931 Der Ball (screenplay)
 
1931 Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht
 
1930 Der Kampf mit dem Drachen oder: Die Tragödie des Untermieters (short)
 
1930 The Shot in the Talker Studio
 
1930 People on Sunday
 
1929 Flucht in die Fremdenlegion (writer)
 
1929 Mascottchen (writer)
 
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1958 Tales of Frankenstein (TV short) (associate producer)
 
1957 Love Slaves of the Amazons (producer)
 
1955 Captain Fathom (TV movie) (producer)
 
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1998 Universal Horror (TV documentary) (source: stills)
 
1951 Front Page Detective (TV series) (story editor - 1 episode)
– Alibi for Suicide (1951) (story editor)
 
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1927 Metropolis
Working Man (uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1999 Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
2004 Fritz Lang: Circle of Destiny (TV documentary)
Himself (Interviewee)
 
2001 Unterwegs zur Familie Mann (TV mini-series)
Himself
– Das Monstrum (2001) … Himself
 
2000 Weekend am Wannsee (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 Universal Horror (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The Making of an Englishman (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 The Famous Monsters 1993 World Convention Souvenir Video (video documentary)
 
1991 Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy (video)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Novel: "Donovan's Brain" (filmed as Donovan's Brain, Donovan's Brain) See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | 3 Interviews  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Curtis Siodmak | Kurt Siodmak
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Every night I say "Heil Hitler", because, without the son of a bitch [Adolf Hitler], I wouldn't be in Three Rivers, California, I'd still be in Berlin. See more »

Trivia:

Decided to immigrant to England after hearing an anti-semitic tirade by Geobbels in his native Germany. See more »

Star Sign:

Leo