Ingo Preminger
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Ingwald "Ingo" Preminger (25 February 1911, Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary
(now Chernivtsi, Ukraine
) – 6 June 2006, Pacific Palisades, California
) was a film producer. He was also the literary agent for several writers, including Dalton Trumbo
and Ring Lardner Jr.
, both of whom were blacklisted in the McCarthy era. He was brother of actor-director-producer Otto Preminger
.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for the 1970 film M*A*S*H, the book of which had been sent to him by Lardner, and also produced The Salzburg Connection
in 1972.
Ingo Preminger studied law and worked as a lawyer in Vienna before emigrating to the United States
due to the rise of Nazism
.
He was survived by his wife of 70 years, Kate, and three children, including former New York
probate
judge Eve Preminger.
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
(now Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) – 6 June 2006, Pacific Palisades, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
) was a film producer. He was also the literary agent for several writers, including Dalton Trumbo
Dalton Trumbo
James Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter and novelist, and one of the Hollywood Ten, a group of film professionals who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry...
and Ring Lardner Jr.
Ring Lardner Jr.
Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner, Jr. was an American journalist and screenwriter blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios during the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s.-Early life:...
, both of whom were blacklisted in the McCarthy era. He was brother of actor-director-producer Otto Preminger
Otto Preminger
Otto Ludwig Preminger was an Austro–Hungarian-American theatre and film director.After moving from the theatre to Hollywood, he directed over 35 feature films in a five-decade career. He rose to prominence for stylish film noir mysteries such as Laura and Fallen Angel...
.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for the 1970 film M*A*S*H, the book of which had been sent to him by Lardner, and also produced The Salzburg Connection
The Salzburg Connection
The Salzburg Connection is a 1972 American thriller film directed by Lee H. Katzin, starring Barry Newman and Anna Karina.-Cast:* Barry Newman - Bill Mathison* Anna Karina - Anna Bryant* Klaus Maria Brandauer - Johann Kronsteiner...
in 1972.
Ingo Preminger studied law and worked as a lawyer in Vienna before emigrating to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
due to the rise of Nazism
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
.
He was survived by his wife of 70 years, Kate, and three children, including former New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
probate
Probate
Probate is the legal process of administering the estate of a deceased person by resolving all claims and distributing the deceased person's property under the valid will. A probate court decides the validity of a testator's will...
judge Eve Preminger.