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Paul Mayersberg (born 18 June 1941) is an English writer and director and was the film critic for Movie magazine in the early 1960s and author of 1968 film book Hollywood, The Haunted House.
Paul Mayersberg was born on 18 June 1941 in Cambridge, England, UK. He is a writer and director, known for The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Croupier (1998) and The Last Samurai (1990). He was previously married to Jennie Stoller.
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- June 18, 1941
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Paul Mayersberg started as a film critic, worked as an assistant to Jean-Pierre Melville, Joseph Losey, and Roger Corman, and became the screenwriter of The Man Who Fell to Earth, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Eureka, and Croupier. He is the author of Hollywood: The Haunted House and a novel, Homme Fatale.
Paul Mayersberg worked briefly in advertising before starting in films, worked as assistant to Joseph Losey and others, and was a founder-editor of Movie magazine and critic for New Society. In film, he has worked chiefly as a writer on some offbeat projects, including two for Nicolas Roeg, The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) and Eureka (UK/US ...
Paul Mayersberg is known as an Screenplay, Actor, Writer, Director, and Production Assistant. Some of his work includes The Man Who Fell to Earth, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, Croupier, The Tomb of Ligeia, Eureka, Nightfall, The Intruder, and The Disappearance.
Nov 26, 2018 · The screenplay for The Man Who Fell to Earth was written by Paul Mayersberg, based on Walter Tevis’ 1963 novel, which the interviews in the special features of the Blu-ray point out is...
The following interview with screenwriter Paul Mayersberg was taped in Paris in May 2005. In it, Mayersberg discusses his screenplay, Walter Tevis’s novel, and Nicolas Roeg’s vision for the film.
