Film producer, director and writer.
The son of legendary theater producer and director Max Reinhardt, he began his career as an actor and director at his father's stage. In 1932 he went on a study visit to the US where he remained after the Nazis took over Germany. Coming to Hollywood in 1933 he started as assistant director for Ernst Lubitsch, later becoming a production assistant for Walter Wanger at MGM, where he stayed for nearly 20 years, graduating to producer and sometimes writer. During World War II, he made documentaries for the Army Signals Corps. Credits as producer include "Comrade X" (1940/with Clark Gable), "Two-Faced Woman" (1941/Garbo's last picture), "The Great Sinner" (1949/with Gregory Peck) and "The Red Badge of Courage" (1951/directed by John Huston). In 1952 he directed his first movie "Invitation", followed by "The Story of Three Loves" and "Betrayed" (1954/ with Clark Gable and Lana Turner). In 1956 he returned to Germany, producing and directing, first for Artur Brauner's company CCC ("Vor Sonnenuntergang"(1956), winner of the Golden Bär at the Berlin International Film Festival, "Menschen im Hotel"(1959) and a few more) , later as an independent producer/director for European and U.S. companies, among them "Town Without Pity" (1961/with Kirk Douglas) and "Situation Hopeless - But Not Serious" (1965/with Alec Guinness), followed by some TV work in Germany and Austria into the mid70s. In the early 60s he was staging for the Salzburger Festspiele "Jedermann," made into a film by himself in 1961. He authored an autobiography and a book of his father, titled "Genius." Around 1986 he retired to California. He died of pancreatic cancer.
The son of legendary theater producer and director Max Reinhardt, he began his career as an actor and director at his father's stage. In 1932 he went on a study visit to the US where he remained after the Nazis took over Germany. Coming to Hollywood in 1933 he started as assistant director for Ernst Lubitsch, later becoming a production assistant for Walter Wanger at MGM, where he stayed for nearly 20 years, graduating to producer and sometimes writer. During World War II, he made documentaries for the Army Signals Corps. Credits as producer include "Comrade X" (1940/with Clark Gable), "Two-Faced Woman" (1941/Garbo's last picture), "The Great Sinner" (1949/with Gregory Peck) and "The Red Badge of Courage" (1951/directed by John Huston). In 1952 he directed his first movie "Invitation", followed by "The Story of Three Loves" and "Betrayed" (1954/ with Clark Gable and Lana Turner). In 1956 he returned to Germany, producing and directing, first for Artur Brauner's company CCC ("Vor Sonnenuntergang"(1956), winner of the Golden Bär at the Berlin International Film Festival, "Menschen im Hotel"(1959) and a few more) , later as an independent producer/director for European and U.S. companies, among them "Town Without Pity" (1961/with Kirk Douglas) and "Situation Hopeless - But Not Serious" (1965/with Alec Guinness), followed by some TV work in Germany and Austria into the mid70s. In the early 60s he was staging for the Salzburger Festspiele "Jedermann," made into a film by himself in 1961. He authored an autobiography and a book of his father, titled "Genius." Around 1986 he retired to California. He died of pancreatic cancer.
Film producer, director and writer.
The son of legendary theater producer and director Max Reinhardt, he began his career as an actor and director at his father's stage. In 1932 he went on a study visit to the US where he remained after the Nazis took over Germany. Coming to Hollywood in 1933 he started as assistant director for Ernst Lubitsch, later becoming a production assistant for Walter Wanger at MGM, where he stayed for nearly 20 years, graduating to producer and sometimes writer. During World War II, he made documentaries for the Army Signals Corps. Credits as producer include "Comrade X" (1940/with Clark Gable), "Two-Faced Woman" (1941/Garbo's last picture), "The Great Sinner" (1949/with Gregory Peck) and "The Red Badge of Courage" (1951/directed by John Huston). In 1952 he directed his first movie "Invitation", followed by "The Story of Three Loves" and "Betrayed" (1954/ with Clark Gable and Lana Turner). In 1956 he returned to Germany, producing and directing, first for Artur Brauner's company CCC ("Vor Sonnenuntergang"(1956), winner of the Golden Bär at the Berlin International Film Festival, "Menschen im Hotel"(1959) and a few more) , later as an independent producer/director for European and U.S. companies, among them "Town Without Pity" (1961/with Kirk Douglas) and "Situation Hopeless - But Not Serious" (1965/with Alec Guinness), followed by some TV work in Germany and Austria into the mid70s. In the early 60s he was staging for the Salzburger Festspiele "Jedermann," made into a film by himself in 1961. He authored an autobiography and a book of his father, titled "Genius." Around 1986 he retired to California. He died of pancreatic cancer.
The son of legendary theater producer and director Max Reinhardt, he began his career as an actor and director at his father's stage. In 1932 he went on a study visit to the US where he remained after the Nazis took over Germany. Coming to Hollywood in 1933 he started as assistant director for Ernst Lubitsch, later becoming a production assistant for Walter Wanger at MGM, where he stayed for nearly 20 years, graduating to producer and sometimes writer. During World War II, he made documentaries for the Army Signals Corps. Credits as producer include "Comrade X" (1940/with Clark Gable), "Two-Faced Woman" (1941/Garbo's last picture), "The Great Sinner" (1949/with Gregory Peck) and "The Red Badge of Courage" (1951/directed by John Huston). In 1952 he directed his first movie "Invitation", followed by "The Story of Three Loves" and "Betrayed" (1954/ with Clark Gable and Lana Turner). In 1956 he returned to Germany, producing and directing, first for Artur Brauner's company CCC ("Vor Sonnenuntergang"(1956), winner of the Golden Bär at the Berlin International Film Festival, "Menschen im Hotel"(1959) and a few more) , later as an independent producer/director for European and U.S. companies, among them "Town Without Pity" (1961/with Kirk Douglas) and "Situation Hopeless - But Not Serious" (1965/with Alec Guinness), followed by some TV work in Germany and Austria into the mid70s. In the early 60s he was staging for the Salzburger Festspiele "Jedermann," made into a film by himself in 1961. He authored an autobiography and a book of his father, titled "Genius." Around 1986 he retired to California. He died of pancreatic cancer.
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