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Curt Siodmak

Curt Siodmak
Born Kurt Siodmak
(1902-08-10)August 10, 1902
Podgorze, Krakow, Poland
Died September 2, 2000(2000-09-02) (aged 98)
Three Rivers, California, US
Occupation Novelist and screenwriter
Nationality European-American
Period 1929–2000
Genre Short stories, novels and screenplays

Curt Siodmak (August 10, 1902 – September 2, 2000) was a Polish-born American novelist and screenwriter. He is known for his work in the horror and science fiction film genres, with such films as The Wolf Man and Donovan's Brain (the latter adapted from his novel of the same name). He was the younger brother of noir director Robert Siodmak.

Although Hollywood incorrectly had Siodmak born in Dresden, Germany, he was actually born Kurt Siodmak in the Jewish ghetto of Podgorze, Krakow, Poland, the son of Rosa Philippine (née Blum) and Ignatz Siodmak. His parents were both from Jewish families in Leipzig. Siodmak acquired a degree in mathematics before beginning to write novels. He invested early royalties earned by his first books in the movie Menschen am Sonntag (1929) a documentary-style chronicle of the lives of four Berliners on a Sunday based on their own lives. The movie was co-directed by Curt Siodmak's older brother Robert Siodmak and Edgar G. Ulmer, with a script by Billy Wilder in collaboration with Fred Zinneman and cameraman Eugen Schüfftan. Siodmak was the nephew of film producer Seymour Nebenzal, who funded Menschen am Sonntag with funds borrowed from his father, Heinrich Nebenzahl.


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