Szlomo Benjamin Fisz (1922 – 17 November 1989) was a Polish film producer and writer, known for A Town Called Bastard, Aces High, Battle of Britain, The Heroes of Telemark and Hell Drivers.[1]
Biography
editBefore his film career, Fisz emigrated to the United Kingdom and became a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.[2]
Fisz entered the British film industry after the war. He began producing with four films directed by Cy Endfield. In the 1960s he began producing films about World War II, though efforts to make a film about Orde Wingate did not come to fruition.
In 1961, Fisz suggested Sean Connery to his friend Harry Saltzman for the role of James Bond while filming On the Fiddle. Fisz had also previously worked with Connery on Hell Drivers.
Filmography
edit- The Secret (1955)
- Child in the House (1956)
- Hell Drivers (1957)
- Sea Fury (1958)
- On the Fiddle (1961)
- The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
- Battle of Britain (1969)
- A Town Called Bastard (1971)
- Aces High (1976)
- A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979)
- The Jigsaw Man (1983)
References
edit- ^ "Benjamin Fisz". BFI. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ "Benjamin Fisz". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
Bibliography
edit- Tadeusz Jerzy Krzystek, Anna Krzystek: Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii w latach 1940-1947 łącznie z Pomocniczą Lotniczą Służbą Kobiet (PLSK-WAAF). Sandomierz: Stratus, 2012, s. 179. ISBN 9788361421597
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