Sam Spiegel
Born: 1901-11-11 in Jaroslau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Jaroslaw, Podkarpackie, Poland]
Died: 1985-12-31
Known For: Production
Biography
Born in Germany he went to America some time before the second World War and spent a year in Hollywood reading foreign scripts after which he returned to Berlin where he set up his own company to organise the remaking of foreign films into German language versions. One he handled was 'All Quiet on the Western Front', an anti war film that became a kind of personal crusade for him. On the opening night the Nazi's, then in power, put a bomb in the cinema. When the Nazis came into power he left Germany and divided his time between Britain, France and America. He changed his name to the more international sounding S.P. Eagle but changed it back when with 'On the Waterfront' he realised he'd made a film to which any man would be proud to put his name.
Filmography
2010
- Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen as Self (archive footage)
1983
- Betrayal ... (Producer)
1976
- The Last Tycoon ... (Producer)
1971
- Nicholas and Alexandra ... (Producer)
- David Lean: A Self Portrait as Self
1968
- The Swimmer ... (Executive Producer)
1967
- The Night of the Generals ... (Producer)
- The Happening ... (Producer)
1966
- The Chase ... (Producer)
1962
- Lawrence of Arabia ... (Producer)
1959
- Suddenly, Last Summer ... (Producer)
1958
1957
- The Bridge on the River Kwai ... (Producer)
- The Strange One ... (Producer)
1954
- On the Waterfront ... (Producer)
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- Melba ... (Producer)
1952
- The African Queen ... (Producer)
1951
- The Prowler ... (Producer)
- When I Grow Up ... (Producer)
1949
- We Were Strangers ... (Producer)
1946
- The Stranger ... (Producer)
1942
- Tales of Manhattan ... (Producer)
1936
- The Invader ... (Co-Producer)
1933
- The Oil Sharks ... (Producer)
- Invisible Opponent ... (Producer)
1929
- Happy Days as Sam Spiegel