Joe Pasternak

Joseph Pasternak (September 19, 1901 ? September 13, 1991) was a Hungarian-born film director in Hollywood.

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September 19 - 1901 - September 13 - 1991 - Hungarian-born - Hollywood

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Born in Szilágysomlyó, Austria-Hungary (now ?imleu Silvaniei, Romania), Pasternak was a successful film producer in Germany and Austria by the time he was twenty-eight years old. Following the rise of the Nazi party to power, the Jewish Pasternak emigrated to the United States in 1934 bringing with him a wealth of experience while still a very young man.

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Szilágysomlyó - Austria-Hungary - ?imleu Silvaniei - Romania - Film producer - Germany - Austria - Nazi - Jew - United States

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Hired by Universal Pictures, in 1936 he produced his first picture in the USA with the then fourteen-year-old Canadian singer Deanna Durbin making her debut in film. Pasternak proved to be a real asset for the studio, generating a number of highly successful films during the tough times of the Great Depression.

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Universal Pictures - Canadian - Deanna Durbin - Great Depression

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His career as a film producer spanned forty years and earned him two Oscar nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations. He retired in 1968, having produced more than ninety feature-length films as well as three Academy Award shows. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Joe Pasternak has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1541 N. Vine Street.

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Oscar - Golden Globe Award - Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Pasternak is the father of Michael Joseph Pasternak, the 1960's Radio Disk jockey known as Emperor Rosko. His other son, Jeff Pasternak is a playwright and songwriter.

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Disk jockey - Emperor Rosko - Jeff Pasternak - Playwright - Songwriter

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Joe Pasternak died from Parkinson's disease only a few days shy of his 90th birthday. He is interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.

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Parkinson's disease - Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery - Culver City, California

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