

Lajos Biró
Writing
Born: August 22, 1880 · Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary [now Oradea, Romania]
Died: September 9, 1948 (aged 68)
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lajos Bíró (born Lajos Blau) (22 August 1880 – 9 September 1948) was a Hungarian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who wrote many films from the early 1920s through the late 1940s. He was born in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now Oradea, Romania) and eventually moved to the United Kingdom where he worked as a scenario chief for London Film Productions run by Alexander Korda, collaborating on many screenplays with Arthur Wimperis. He died in London on 9 September 1948 of a heart attack. He is buried in the northern section of Hampstead Cemetery in north London. In 1929, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Writing for The Last Command, but lost to Ben Hecht for Underworld, the only other nomination in this category.
Known for

The Thief of Bagdad
1940

Five Graves to Cairo
1943

The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933

The Last Command
1928

The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934

Rembrandt
1936

Dark Journey
1937

The Man Who Could Work Miracles
1936

The Divorce of Lady X
1938

The Drum
1938

The Rise of Catherine the Great
1934

Elephant Boy
1937

































