Otto Eis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Otto Eis

Austrian writer

Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1903

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death: 14-Jan-1952

Profession: screenwriter, writer

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Otto Eis (1903–1952) was an Austrian-born writer who worked on a number of screenplays.
He was born Otto Eisler to a Jewish family in Budapest which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
He later moved to Germany, where he was employed in the German film industry.
Following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, he moved to Austria, but had to flee again to France following the Anchluss.
Eis later moved to the United States, but struggled to secure work in Hollywood although he wrote scripts for a handful of B pictures.
Eis was the brother of Egon Eis with whom he co-wrote the screenplay for The Squeaker (1931).