Victor Trivas
Russian film director

Victor Trivas

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Russian film director
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of AmericaRussiaSweden
Is:
Film directorScreenwriterFilm producerProduction designer
Work field:
CreativityFilm, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
9 July 1896(Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia)
Death:
12 April 1970(New York City, New York, USA)
Star sign:
Cancer
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Introduction

Victor Trivas (July 9, 1896 – April 12, 1970) was a Russian-Jewish screenwriter and film director. He was nominated at the 1946 Academy Awards for Best Story for the film The Stranger.

Selected filmography

Screenwriter

  • The Brothers Karamazov (1931)
  • Mirages de Paris (1933)
  • The Mayor's Dilemma (1939)
  • Song of Russia (1944)
  • The Stranger (1946)
  • Boom in the Moon (1946)
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
  • The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)

Director

  • Call of the Blood (1929)
  • Hell on Earth (1931)
  • On the Streets (1933)
  • Tovaritch (1935)
  • The Head (1959)

Art director

  • The Woman from Berlin (1925)
  • Eve's Daughters (1928)
  • The Murderer Dimitri Karamazov (1931)

Bibliography

  • Langman, Larry. Destination Hollywood: The Influence of Europeans on American Filmmaking. McFarland & Co, 2000.
  • Phillips, Alastair. City of Darkness, City of Light: émigré Filmmakers in Paris, 1929-1939. Amsterdam University Press, 2004