👤 Val Lewton

Production 1904-05-07 Yalta, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire [now Crimea, Ukraine]

Born in the Russian Empire in 1904, Val Lewton (born Vladimir Ivanovich Leventon) moved with his mother and sister to Berlin in 1906, then to the United States in 1909. He wrote for newspapers, magazines, novels, pornography, etc. —often using pseudonyms to disguise their origin (the name Val Lewton was one such pseudonym, used first for some novels in the 1930s, then revived later in his career t…

Known For

2 titles
  1. 1
    Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
    2005 Movie
  2. 2
    Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows as Self
    2007 Movie