Vladimir Ivan Leventon
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Vladimir Ivan Leventon, better known as Val Lewton, was a Russian-born American film producer and screenwriter famed for his influential low-budget horror films at RKO in the 1940s.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vladimir Ivan Leventon canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Russian emigrant to the United States
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film producer ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | 1940s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Val Lewton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | RKO studio system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Russian Empire
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United States of America ⓘ |
| creativeApproach | literary and atmospheric style in horror films ⓘ |
| creativeRole | supervising producer on RKO horror cycle ⓘ |
| employer | RKO Radio Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film production
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screenwriting ⓘ |
| genre | horror film ⓘ |
| hasGenreAsProducer |
drama
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horror ⓘ |
| influenced |
American horror cinema
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later low-budget horror filmmakers ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
emphasis on psychological horror
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use of suggestion and shadows instead of explicit monsters ⓘ |
| notableCollaboration |
Jacques Tourneur
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Mark Robson NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Wise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
elevating B-movie horror into critically acclaimed cinema
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low-budget horror films at RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bedlam
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Cat People NERFINISHED ⓘ I Walked with a Zombie NERFINISHED ⓘ Isle of the Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ The Body Snatcher NERFINISHED ⓘ The Curse of the Cat People NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ghost Ship NERFINISHED ⓘ The Leopard Man NERFINISHED ⓘ The Seventh Victim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notedFor | making artistically respected films on low budgets ⓘ |
| occupation |
film producer
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screenwriter ⓘ |
| partOf | classical Hollywood cinema era ⓘ |
| significantEvent | headed RKO horror unit in the 1940s ⓘ |
| workLocation | Hollywood ⓘ |
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