Lajos Biró
Writing
- Born
- August 22, 1880 · Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary [now Oradea, Romania]
- Died
- September 9, 1948 (age 68)
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Lajos Bíró (born Lajos Blau) (22 August 1880 – 9 September 1948) was a Hungarian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who wrote many films from the early 1920s through the late 1940s. He was born in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now Oradea, Romania) and eventually moved to the United Kingdom where he worked as a scenario chief for London Film Productions run by Alexander Korda, collaborating on many screenplays with Arthur Wimperis. He died in London on 9 September 1948 of a heart attack. He is buried in the northern section of Hampstead Cemetery in north London.
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In 1929, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Writing for The Last Command, but lost to Ben Hecht for Underworld, the only other nomination in this category.
Known for
The Thief of Bagdad
February 19, 1940
Five Graves to Cairo
May 26, 1943
The Private Life of Henry VIII
August 17, 1933
The Last Command
January 21, 1928
The Scarlet Pimpernel
December 20, 1934
Rembrandt
November 6, 1936
Dark Journey
July 2, 1937
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
July 23, 1936
The Divorce of Lady X
January 15, 1938
The Drum
April 7, 1938
The Rise of Catherine the Great
February 9, 1934
Elephant Boy
March 12, 1937
Behind the camera53
- 1976A protektor Novel
- 1955Storm Over the Nile Additional Dialogue
- 1947An Ideal Husband Screenplay
- 1945A Royal Scandal Theatre Play
- 1943Five Graves to Cairo Theatre Play
- 1940The Way of All Flesh Story
- 1940The Thief of Bagdad Scenario Writer
- 1939Over the Moon Story
- 1939Hotel Imperial Story
- 1938The Drum Adaptation