Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht (New York, 1894ko otsailaren 28a - ibidem, 1964ko apirilaren 18a) estatubatuar gidoilari, zuzendari, ekoizle, antzerkigile eta eleberrigilea izan zen.

New Yorken jaio zen, judu bielorrusiarren semea. 16 urterekin Chicagora ihes egin zuen. Han senide batzuekin bizi izan zen eta kazetari ibilbidea hasi zuen. Chicago Daily Journal eta Chicago Daily News egunkarietan lan egin zuen. 1918an Berlinera bidali zuten berriemaile gisa. Chicagora itzuli zenean, egunkariko krimenen sailean nabarmendu zen.

1921ean Erik Dorn bere lehen eleberria argitaratu zuen, Berlinen izandako esperientzian oinarrituta.

Josef von Sternbergek Underworld filmaren gidoilari bezala aukeratu zuen. Argumentu onenaren Oscar Saria irabazi zuen eta zine munduan ibilbide luzea hasi zuen. Howard Hawks, Otto Preminger, Henry Hathaway eta Alfred Hitchcockekin lan egin zuen, besteak beste. "Hollywoodeko Shakespeare" ezizena irabazi zuen.

Sionista konprometitua izan zen. Europako juduak erreskatatzen saiatu zen gerran eta, ondoren, juduak Palestinara eramatea erraztu zuen.

Gidoiak 

 Kiss of Death (1995)
 Casino Royale (1967) (uncredited)
 Circus World
 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (uncredited)
 Cleopatra (1962) (uncredited)
 Billy Rose's Jumbo
 Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) (uncredited)
 Walk on the Wild Side (uncredited)
 North to Alaska (uncredited)
 John Paul Jones (uncredited)
 The Gun Runners (uncredited)
 Queen of Outer Space
 Legend of the Lost
 The Sun Also Rises (1957)
 A Farewell to Arms (1957)
 Miracle in the Rain
 The Iron Petticoat
 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956) (uncredited)
 Trapeze (1956) (uncredited)
 The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (uncredited)
 The Indian Fighter
 The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) (uncredited)
 Guys and Dolls (uncredited)
 Living It Up
 Ulysses (1955)
 Light's Diamond Jubilee (telebista)
 Terminal Station (1953) (uncredited)
 Angel Face (1952) (uncredited)
 Hans Christian Andersen (uncredited)
 Monkey Business (1952)
 Actors and Sin (1952) (also directed and produced)
 The Wild Heart (1952) (uncredited)
 The Thing from Another World (uncredited)
 The Secret of Convict Lake (uncredited)
 Strangers on a Train (1951) (uncredited)
 September Affair (uncredited)
 Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
 Edge of Doom (uncredited)
 Perfect Strangers (1950)
 Love Happy (uncredited)
 The Inspector General (uncredited)
 Whirlpool (1949)
 Roseanna McCoy (uncredited)
 Big Jack (uncredited)
 Portrait of Jennie (uncredited)
 Cry of the City (uncredited)
 Rope (1948) (uncredited)
 The Miracle of the Bells
 Dishonored Lady (uncredited)
 Her Husband's Affairs
 The Paradine Case (1947) (uncredited)
 Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
 Kiss of Death (1947)
 Duel in the Sun (1946) (uncredited)
 Notorious (1946)
 A Flag is Born
 Specter of the Rose (1946) (Baita zuzendaria eta ekoizkea ere)
 Gilda (uncredited) (1946)
 Cornered (1945) (uncredited)
 Spellbound (1945)
 Watchtower Over Tomorrow (1945)
 Lifeboat (1944) (uncredited)
 The Outlaw (1943) (uncredited)
 China Girl (1942)
 Journey into Fear (1943) (uncredited)
 The Black Swan (1942)
 Ten Gentlemen from West Point (uncredited)
 Roxie Hart (uncredited)
 Lydia
 The Mad Doctor (1941) (uncredited)
 Comrade X
 Second Chorus (uncredited)
 Angels Over Broadway (1940) (Baita zuzendaria era ekoizlea ere)
 Foreign Correspondent (1940) (final scene-uncredited)
 The Shop Around the Corner (1940) (uncredited)
 His Girl Friday (1940)
 I Take This Woman (1940) (uncredited)
 Gone with the Wind (1939) (uncredited)
 At the Circus (uncredited)
 Lady of the Tropics
 It's a Wonderful World (1939)
 Wuthering Heights (1939)
 Let Freedom Ring
 Stagecoach (1939) (uncredited)
 Gunga Din (1939)
 Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) (uncredited)
 The Goldwyn Follies
 Nothing Sacred (1937)
 The Hurricane (1937) (uncredited)
 The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) (uncredited)
 Woman Chases Man (uncredited)
 King of Gamblers (uncredited)
 A Star Is Born (1937) (uncredited)
 Soak the Rich (zuzendaria ere bai)
 The Scoundrel (1935) (zuzendaria ere bai)
 Spring Tonic
 Barbary Coast
 Once in a Blue Moon (1935) (zuzendaria ere bai)
 The Florentine Dagger
 The President Vanishes (uncredited)
 Crime Without Passion (1934) (zuzendaria ere bai)
 Shoot the Works
 Twentieth Century (1934) (uncredited)
 Upperworld
 Viva Villa! (1934)
 Riptide (1934) (uncredited)
 Queen Christina (1933) (uncredited)
 Design for Living (1933)
 Turn Back the Clock
 Topaze (1933)
 Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)
 Back Street (1932) (uncredited)
 Rasputin and the Empress (1932) (uncredited)
 Million Dollar Legs (1932) (uncredited)
 Scarface (1932)
 The Beast of the City (1932) (uncredited)
 The Unholy Garden (1931)
 The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) (uncredited)
 Monkey Business (1931) (uncredited)
 Homicide Squad (1931) (uncredited)
 Quick Millions (1931) (uncredited)
 Le Spectre vert
 Roadhouse Nights (1930)
 Street of Chance (1930)(uncredited)
 The Unholy Night (1929)
 The Great Gabbo (1929)
 The Big Noise (1928)
 The American Beauty (1916) (uncredited)
 Underworld (1927)
 The New Klondike (1926) (uncredited)

Liburuak 
 Erik Dorn (1921)
 Gargoyles (1922)
 Fantazius Mallare : a mysterious oath (1922)
 The Florentine dagger : a novel for amateur detectives (1923)
 Kingdom of Evil (1924)
 Broken Necks {Containing More 1001 Afternoons} (1926)
 Count Bruga (1926)
 A Jew in Love (1931)
 The Champion from Far Away (1931)
 Actor's Blood (1936)
 The Book of Miracles (1939)
 1001 Afternoons in New York (1941)
 Miracle in the Rain (1943)
 A Guide for the Bedevilled (1944)
 I Hate Actors! (1944)
 The Collected Stories of Ben Hecht (1945)
 A Child of the Century (1954)
 Charlie: The Improbable Life and Times of Charles MacArthur (1957)
 The Sensualists (1959)
 A Treasury of Ben Hecht: Collected Stories and Other Writings (1959)
 Perfidy (1962)
 Gaily, Gaily, Signet (1963)
 Concerning a Woman of Sin (1964)
 Letters from Bohemia (1964)

Antzezlanak 
 The Hero of Santa Maria (1916)
 The Egotist (1922)
 The Stork (1925)
 The Front Page (1928)
 The Great Magoo (1932)
 Twentieth Century (1932)
 Jumbo (1935)
 To Quito and Back (1937)
 Ladies and Gentlemen (1939)
 Lily of the Valley (1942)
 Seven Lively Arts (1944)
 Swan Song (1946)
 A Flag Is Born (1946)
 Winkelberg (1958)

Saiakerak eta erreportajeak 
 The sacred white cow (1925)
 The bean bag corner (1925)
 The man who is just folks (1925)
 Literature and the bastinado

Kanpo estekak 

Ameriketako Estatu Batuetako zinema zuzendariak
Ameriketako Estatu Batuetako antzerkigileak
Ameriketako Estatu Batuetako ipuingileak
Ameriketako Estatu Batuetako zinema gidoilariak
Ameriketako Estatu Batuetako eleberrigileak
Jatorrizko gidoi onenaren Oscar Sariaren irabazleak
Sionistak
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