Sid Brod Explained

Sid Brod
Birth Name:Sidney Sanford Brod
Birth Date:13 December 1899
Birth Place:New York, US
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, US
Occupation:assistant director, producer and screenwriter
Yearsactive:1927-1954

Sidney Sanford Brod (December 13, 1899  - February 10, 1955) was an American assistant director, producer and screenwriter who was nominated during the 6th Academy Awards for the short lived Best Assistant Director category.[1] [2] He died in 1955 at the age of 55. He also was the production designer as well for a film and his last project was an associate producer for The Bing Crosby Show[3] which was Bing Crosby's first TV special.

William Powell credited Sid Brod with introducing him to Carole Lombard in 1930, saying,“Here is the girl who is going to play opposite you.”[4]

Selected filmography

Notes and References

  1. http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1934 6th Academy Awards Winners | Oscar Legacy | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  2. http://www.allmovie.com/artist/sid-brod-p316194 Sid Brod movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography - AllMovie
  3. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346615/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_1 The Bing Crosby Show (TV Movie 1954) - IMDb
  4. Photoplay 1936-04: Vol 49 Iss 4:102