Lajos Biró

Lajos Biró

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Writing

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1880-08-22

  • Day of Death

    1948-09-09 (68 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary [now Oradea, Romania]

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Known For

Crew