Jo Eisinger

American writer (1909–1991)

PersonDied aged 117humanQ993008

Born: July 24, 1909
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Died: January 1991
, 1991
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-08-13
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Birthplace: New York City
Place of death: London
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: screenwriter
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Jo Eisinger was a film and television writer whose career spanned more than 40 years from the early 1940s well into the 1980s. He is widely recognized as the writer of two of the most psychologically complex film noirs, Gilda (1946) and Night and the City (1950).

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Given name: Jo
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Awards: Edgar Awards(1984)
Family name: Eisinger
Sex or gender: male
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Name in native language: Jo Eisinger
Field of work: film screenwriting
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
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