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Director, Producer, Editor Born: December 4, 1913 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Death: June 20, 1978 Biography:Canadian-born "Mark Robson" began his career in the movie industry in the prop department at 20th Century-Fox, and subsequently joined RKO, where he moved through various departments before settling into editing. He worked with "Robert Wise" on the editing of "Orson Welles"' "Citizen Kane", and then, with "Wise", was swept up in the turmoil surrounding "Welles"' ouster from the studio, and landed a spot as an editor working for "Val Lewton"'s B-movie unit at RKO. Robson (later joined by "Wise") succeeded "Jacques Tourneur" as Lewton's director for his low budget horror movies -- today regarded as some of the finest pictures ever made by the studio -- including "The Ghost Ship" and "The Seventh Victim". RKO's instability finally led to Robson's exit in 1948. He was fortunate to find a berth with independent producer "Stanley Kramer", who was about to embark on an ambitious program of film... Full Biography
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