Esway, Alexander

(Alexander Ezryesway / January 20, 1895, Budapest, Hungary-August 23, 1947, Saint-Tropez, Var, France)

   An occasional co-screenwriter (1928 Die Dame mit der Maske / USA: The Lady with the Mask, also producer, Wilhelm Thiele, Germany; 1943 The Cross of Lorraine, Tay Garnett, USA) and producer (1937 Thunder in the City, Marion Gering, UK), he directed films in Germany, Great Britain, and France.

 Filmography

        ◘ Herkules Maier (Germany)

        ◘ Taxi for Two (co-director with Denison Clift; also co-screenwriter; UK)

        ◘ Children of Chance (UK)

        ◘ Shadows (also producer; UK)

        ◘ Kinder des Glucks (Germany / UK)

1933 ◘ Le Jugement de Minuit (co-director with Alexandre Charlot)

        ◘ Une Vie perdue (Raymond Rouleau; Alexander Esway collaborated on the shooting of this movie)

1934 ◘ Mauvaise Graine / USA: Bad Blood / Bad Seed (co-director with Billy Wilder)

1935 ◘ Music Hath Charms (co-director with Thomas

        ◘ Bently, Walter Summers, Arthur B. Woods; UK)

        ◘ L's a Bet (UK)

1938 ◘ Hercule

        ◘ Barnabe

        ◘ Education de Prince / USA: Bargekeepers Daughter

1939 ◘ Monsieur Brotonneau

        ◘ Quartier latin (unfinished; Alexander Esway started shooting the film, but the negative was destroyed by fire. Pièrre Colombier and Christian Chamborant began the shooting again)

1940 ◘ L'Homme qui cherche la Vérité / USA: The Man

        ◘ Who Seeks the Truth

        ◘ Conquest of the Air (co-director with Zoltan Korda, John Monk Saunders, Alexander Shaw,

        ◘ Donald Taylor; USA)

1945 ◘ Steppin' in Society (USA)

        ◘ Le Bataillon du Ciel / USA: They Are No Angels (two parts: "Ce ne sont pas des Anges", "Terre de France"; France; shot in 1945­1946)

        ◘ L'Idole / USA: The Idol (France; shot in 1947)