Complex sentence: Robert Siodmak (August 8,1900-March 10,1973) was a film director born to a Jewish family in Dresden, Germany (the myth of his American birth in Memphis Tennesse was necessary to get a visa in Paris).
Split into simpler sentences: Robert Siodmak (August 8,1900-March 10,1973) was a German born Americanfilm director. Siodmak was born to a Jewish family in Dresden, Germany (the myth of his American birth in Memphis Tennesse was necessary to get a visa in Paris).