Milton Sperling

Milton Sperling (July 6, 1912 – August 26, 1988) was an American film producer and screenwriter for 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. where he had his own independent production unit United States Pictures.

After leaving the City College of New York, Sperling entered the film industry by working at Paramount's Astoria Studios as a shipping clerk. He later became a personal secretary for Darryl F. Zanuck and Hal Wallis at Warner Bros. in 1931. After Zanuck resigned his position as Head of Production of Warner Bros. Studios in 1933 and was offered a position with Twentieth Century Pictures (later merged with Fox Pictures), Sperling became an assistant to Edward Small an independent film producer who released his Reliance Pictures and Edward Small Productions through United Artists. Sperling learned as much about an independent low-budget film production unit as he had about high budget major studio films from Zanuck and Wallis at Warner Bros..

Zanuck hired Sperling for his combined 20th Century Fox where Sperling's first screenplay Sing, Baby Sing was released in 1936. Sperling later did more screenwriting credited and uncredited for 20th Century Fox becoming a film producer in 1941 with his first productions being Sun Valley Serenade then I Wake Up Screaming both in 1941.

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