Lajos Bíró

Lajos Bíró
Born	Lajos Blau 22 August 1880(1880-08-22) Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now Oradea, Bihor, Romania)
Died	9 September 1948(1948-09-09) (aged 68) London, England, UK
Occupation	writer
Years active	1917–1948

The native form of this personal name is Bíró Lajos. This article uses the Western name order.

Lajos Bíró (born Lajos Blau) (22 August 1880 – 9 September 1948) was a Hungarian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who wrote many films from the early 1920s through the late 1940s. He was born in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now Oradea, Romania) and eventually moved to the United Kingdom where he worked as a scenario chief for London Film Productions run by Alexander Korda. He died in London on 9 September 1948 of a heart attack.

In 1929, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Writing for The Last Command, but lost to Ben Hecht for Underworld, the only other nomination in this category.

Partial filmography

The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)
Dark Journey (1937)
Knight Without Armour (1937)
The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
The Drum (1938)
The Four Feathers (1939)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Five Graves to Cairo (1943) (play)
A Royal Scandal (1945) (play)
An Ideal Husband (1947)

External links

Lajos Bíró at the Internet Movie Database
Lajos Bíró biography and filmography at the British Film Institute's Screenonline

Persondata
Name	Biro, Lajos
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	22 August 1880
Place of birth	Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now Oradea, Bihor, Romania)
Date of death	9 September 1948
Place of death	London, England, UK