Burt Balaban Explained

Burt Balaban
Birth Date:	March 6, 1922
Birth Place:	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation:	Film producer and director
Years Active:	1954–1965
Family:	Bob Balaban (cousin) Leonard "Red" Balaban (brother) Judy Balaban (sister) A. J. Balaban (uncle) Elmer Balaban (uncle)

Burt Balaban (March 6, 1922 – October 14, 1965) was an American film producer and director.^[1]

Biography

Balaban was born to a Jewish family, the son of Tillie (nee Urkov) from her first marriage, and stepson of Barney Balaban, longtime President of Paramount Pictures.^[2] He was the nephew of Elmer Balaban, the nephew of A. J. Balaban, the brother of author Judy Balaban, and the cousin of actor Bob Balaban of Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Gosford Park (2001).^[3]

He was born in Chicago and graduated from Roanoke College. During World War Two he was a combat photographer with the Marines.^{[4] [5]}

Selected filmography

• Phantom Caravan (1954) – executive producer
• The Sergeant and the Spy (TV movie) (1954) (producer)
• Amiable Lady (1954) (TV movie) (producer)
• The Lie (1954) (TV movie) (producer)
• Double Barrel Miracle (1954) (TV movie) – producer
• Stranger from Venus (1954) a.k.a. Immediate Disaster – producer, director
• Diplomatic Passport (1954) – producer
• Eight Witnesses (1954) (TV) – executive producer
• Lady of Vengeance (1957) – producer, director
• High Hell (1958) – producer, director
• Murder, Inc. (1960) – producer, director
• Mad Dog Coll (1961) – director
• The Gentle Rain (1966) – producer, director

Notes and References

1. Web site: Burt Balaban. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307085422/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f796dc1. dead. March 7, 2016. BFI.
2. Book: Hodgson, Fred . A Gift to the Nation – Barney Balaban, the American Jew, Who Purchased the Original Bill of Rights as a Gift to His Country . 1943 . 13 . 9 and 19.
3. Web site: TCM Schedule for Thursday, September 25, 2014 – What's On Tonight – George C. Scott.
4. By A.H. WEILER. (October 16, 1960). "BY WAY OF REPORT" New York Times
5. Tinee, M. (July 31, 1960). "Films leave their mark on youngsters" Chicago Daily Tribune