Boris Ingster
- Writing
- October 29, 1903 · Riga, Russian Empire
- August 3, 1978
Biography
Boris Ingster (October 29, 1903 - August 2, 1978) was a Latvian-American screenwriter, film and television director and producer notable for his role in launching the film noir genre. In the 1930s he was a screenwriter on several films. He made his directorial debut in 1940 with the film noir movie Stranger on the Third Floor. In the 1950s and 1960s he shifted much of his attention to producing television series in genres ranging from drama to Westerns and spy thrillers.
Known for
Filmography
- The Karate Killers · Producer
- The Spy in the Green Hat · Producer
- One of Our Spies Is Missing · Producer
- Guns of Diablo · Producer
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. · Writer, Story
- Something for the Birds · Screenplay, Story
- Southside 1-1000 · Screenplay, Director
- The Judge Steps Out · Director, Story
- California · Story
- Cloak and Dagger · Story
- Paris Underground · Screenplay
- The Amazing Mrs. Holliday · Writer
- Stranger on the Third Floor · Director
- Miracle on Main Street · Writer
- I'll Give a Million · Writer
- Happy Landing · Writer
- Thin Ice · Screenplay
- Dancing Pirate · Adaptation
- Sentimental Romance · Assistant Director
- Call of the Blood · Assistant Director