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Occupation
  
Film producer

Name
  
Monja Danischewsky


Role
  
Producer

Books
  
Out of My Mind

Full Name
  
Monja John Danischewsky

Born
  
28 April 1911
Archangel, Russia

Other names
  
John Danischewsky / M. Danischewsky

Died
  
October 16, 1994, Farnham, United Kingdom

Nominations
  
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy

Movies
  
Topkapi, The Battle of the Sexes, Two and Two Make Six, Run Wild - Run Free, Bitter Springs

Similar People
  
Michael Balcon, Basil Radford, Charles Crichton, Eric Ambler, Robert Morley

Monja Danischewsky (28 April 1911—16 October 1994) was a producer, writer, and a worker who produced and wrote the famous film Topkapi and The Thomas Crown Affair with other people.

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Early life

Monja Danischewsky's family left Russia for Great Britain in 1919.

Career

He started out with various publicity jobs, then to Ealing Studios as publicity director in 1938 and occasional writer. Switched to producer 1949; became independent producer The Galloping Major (1951); returned as producer/writer in mid-1950s and continued briefly after Ealing ended; Rockets Galore (1958) and The Battle of the Sexes (1959). Autobiography, 'White Russian, Red Face', 1966.

As writer

  • Undercover (1943)
  • Bitter Springs (1950)
  • The Galloping Major (1951)
  • Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)
  • The Love Lottery (1954) (additional dialogue and scenes)
  • Rockets Galore! (1957)
  • The Battle of the Sexes (1959)
  • Two and Two Make Six (1962)
  • Topkapi (1964) (screenplay)
  • Mister Moses (1965)
  • Avalanche (1969) (as John Danischewsky)
  • That Lucky Touch (1975) (adaptation)
  • As producer

  • Whisky Galore! (1949) (associate producer)
  • The Galloping Major (1951)
  • Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)
  • The Love Lottery (1954)
  • The Battle of the Sexes (1959)
  • Two and Two Make Six (1962) (producer)
  • Avalanche (1969) (producer) (as John Danischewsky)
  • Run Wild, Run Freedom (1969)
  • Published works

  • White Russian, Red Face (Gollancz, 1966)
  • References

    Monja Danischewsky Wikipedia


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