![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Director Born: February 26, 1900 in Craiova, Romania Death: July 18, 1993 in Marbella, Spain Biography:Jean Negulseco ran away to Vienna, Austria in 1915, and by 1919 had established himself as a painter in Bucharest, Romania. He later worked as a stage decorator in Paris. He came to New York for an exhibition of his paintings in 1927 and stayed. He entered the movie industry in 1934 as an assistant producer and later became a second unit director on pictures such as "Captain Blood" and "A Farewell To Arms". He spent much of the middle and late 1930s as an associate director and screenwriter (including the original story for the Laurel and Hardy musical comedy "Swiss Miss"). He made two-reel shorts at Warner Bros., and was given his abortive feature directorial debut in 1941's "Singapore Woman", from which he was removed but retained credit as director. In the early days of 1942, he took over direction (including the denouement) of "Across The Pacific" from "John Huston" when Huston was called up for... Full Biography
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