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Paul Mayersberg (born 18 June 1941) is an English writer and director and was the film critic for Movie magazine in the early 1960s and author of 1968 film book Hollywood, The Haunted House.
Paul Mayersberg was born on 18 June 1941 in Cambridge, England, UK. He is a writer and director, known for The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Croupier (1998) and The Last Samurai (1990). He was previously married to Jennie Stoller.
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Paul Mayersberg started as a film critic, worked as an assistant to Jean-Pierre Melville, Joseph Losey, and Roger Corman, and became the screenwriter of The Man Who Fell to Earth, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Eureka, and Croupier. He is the author of Hollywood: The Haunted House and a novel, Homme Fatale.
Nov 26, 2018 · The screenplay for The Man Who Fell to Earth was written by Paul Mayersberg, based on Walter Tevis’ 1963 novel, which the interviews in the special features of the Blu-ray point out is...
Nightfall is a 1988 American science fiction film written and directed by Paul Mayersberg, based on the 1941 short story of the same name by Isaac Asimov.
Paul Mayersberg worked briefly in advertising before starting in films, worked as assistant to Joseph Losey and others, and was a founder-editor of Movie magazine and critic for New Society. In film, he has worked chiefly as a writer on some offbeat projects, including two for Nicolas Roeg, The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) and Eureka (UK/US ...
Screenwriter Paul Mayersberg (MY-urz-burg). He penned the film “Croupier,” directed by Mike Hodges, whom we’ll hear from later in the show. “Croupier” is a thriller about a novelist who moonlights at a London casino, although he doesn’t gamble himself. He lives to watch others’ defeat.
