Otto Eis

Otto Eis
Born 19 March 1903
Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died 14 January 1952
Los Angeles, California
United States
Occupation Writer
Years active 1931-1949 (film)

Otto Eis (1903–1952) was an Austrian-born writer who worked on a number of screenplays. He was born Otto Eisler to a Jewish family in Budapest which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He later moved to Germany, where he was employed in the German film industry. Following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, he moved to Austria, but had to flee again to France following the Anchluss. Eis later moved to the United States, but struggled to secure work in Hollywood although he wrote scripts for a handful of B pictures. Eis was the brother of Egon Eis with whom he co-wrote the screenplay for The Squeaker (1931).[1]

Selected filmography

References

  1. Bergfelder p.145

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