Jesse L. Lasky Jr.

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Jesse L. Lasky Jr.
Born
Jesse Louis Lasky Jr.

(1910-09-19)September 19, 1910
University of Dijon
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • novelist
  • playwright
  • poet
Years active1920s–1988
Notable workSamson and Delilah
The Ten Commandments
(film screenplays)
Whatever Happened to Hollywood? (autobiography)
TitleVice President of the Writers Guild of America, Screen Branch
Spouse
Boxoffice Magazine Awards
1 Christopher Award

Jesse Louis Lasky Jr. (September 19, 1910 – April 11, 1988) was an American screenwriter, novelist, playwright and poet.

Early life

He was the son of film producer

Jewish descent.[2]

Career

Lasky wrote eight novels, five plays, three books of poetry and more than 50 screenplays, including eight for director

Boxoffice Magazine Award: in 1949 for Samson and Delilah, and in 1956 for The Ten Commandments. Lasky's writing career took him from Hollywood to London, Rome, Austria, Denmark, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Greece and France. David Hempstead cowritten the script for Hell and High Water (1954) alongside Lasky.[3]

World War II

During World War II, Lasky served as a captain in the Combat Photographic Units of the United States Army Signal Corps during four campaigns in the Southwest Pacific, and was decorated by General Douglas MacArthur. He organised the Army School of Film Training at the Signal Corps Photographic Center, where writers were instructed to script training films for every branch of the military service.

Later life

Returning home after three-and-a-half years of military duty overseas, Lasky resumed his writing career with new books, plays, and films. He lectured on creative writing and the history of Hollywood at many American and British institutions, including the Oxford Union. He also served as Vice President of the Screen Branch of the Writers Guild of America.

In 1962, Lasky and his wife,

Funk and Wagnalls
in 1975.

Lasky died on April 11, 1988, from pancreatic cancer.[4]

Writer

Film

Television

Producer

Actor

References

  1. ^ International Motion Picture Almanac, p. 173. Quigley Publications, 1951. Accessed September 14, 2018. "Lasky, Jr., Jesse... e. Blair Academy, Hun School of Princeton, Grand Central School of Art, U. of Dijon"
  2. ISBN 9781628941166
    .
  3. ISBN 9780190269753
    .
  4. New York Times
    . April 13, 1988. p. 8. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

External links
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