John Brahm

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John Brahm (August 17, 1893 - October 12, 1982) was a film and television director possibly best known today for directing a dozen of the original Twilight Zone episodes including the now classic Time Enough at Last. His films include The Lodger (1944), Hangover Square (1945), and the film noir The Locket (1946) with Laraine Day, Robert Mitchum, and Brian Aherne. Brahm was born in Hamburg, Germany. He moved to America in 1937 after working in England. The German director started in the U.S. at Columbia Pictures and eventually moved to 20th Century-Fox.

In his book, The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929-1968, American film historian and critic Andrew Sarris states that Brahm "hit his stride" in the 1930's with "mood drenched melodramas", suggesting that Brahm went into artistic decline after this period. Nevertheless, Andrew Sarris notes that Brahm did not lack work, as he made over 100 "television films" during a the 1950s and 1960s.

When his film directing career slowed in the 1950s, Brahm switched to television.

[edit] External links

• John Brahm at the Internet Movie Database
• A site devoted to John Brahm's life and work
• New York Times site on John Brahm and his films