Josef Shaftel(1919-1996)

Producer
Writer
Music Department

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Josef Shaftel

Josef Shaftel was born on 14 March 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for No Place to Hide (1955), Les Collines nues (1956) and Le sursis (1976). He died on 9 March 1996 in London, England, UK.

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Known for

David Brian, Hugh Corcoran, Marsha Hunt, and Ike Jarlego Jr. in No Place to Hide (1955)

No Place to Hide

Movie

Producer

1955

Marcia Henderson and David Wayne in Les Collines nues (1956)

Les Collines nues

5.5

Movie

Producer

1956

Oliver Reed, Richard Widmark, and Gayle Hunnicutt in Le sursis (1976)

4.8

Movie

Producer

1976

Raquel Welch in La bande à César (1968)

La bande à César

5.2

Movie

Producer

1968

Credits

Producer

Erotic Images
5.6
- executive producer
- 1983
My Therapist
5.3
- executive producer
- 1983
Gulliver's Travels
5.4
- executive producer
- 1977
Le sursis
4.8
- producer
- 1976
La nuit de la peur
4.7
- executive producer
- 1975
Alice au pays des merveilles
5.7
- executive producer
- 1972
La clinique en folie
5.2
- executive producer
- 1972
L'assassinat de Trotsky
5.7
- executive producer
- 1972
Les Troyennes
6.9
- executive producer
- 1971
Le plaisir des dames
4.7
- executive producer
- 1971
Un Roméo de banlieue
5.8
- producer
- 1971
Mon frère... mon assassin
5.4
- executive producer
- 1970
La dernière grenade
5.3
- producer
- 1970
Un amant dans le grenier
5.6
- producer
- 1968
La bande à César
5.2
- producer
- 1968

Writer

Music Department

Personal details

Alternative names
- Josef Shaftel Productions Inc.
Born
- March 14, 1919
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died
- March 9, 1996
- London, England, UK(multiple myeloma)
Other works
In 1961, he produced an unsuccessful pilot for a medical drama series to be called, "Dr. Kate" starring Jane Wyman and Rhys Williams. The drama was based on the long-running radio series.

Did you know

Trivia
Shaftel was a concert violinist at the age of sixteen. He later worked as a wartime news photographer, covering the conflict in Israel in 1948. His exploits formed the basis of a 1962 book, "Star in the Wind". He entered the film industry as a producer in 1953. Shaftel set up a scholarship fund for musically gifted youths for the Yehudi Menuhin School.

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