Walter Reisch

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Film_Director
gptkbp:activeYears 1929
1970
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Columbia_Pictures
gptkb:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
gptkbp:awards Academy Award for Best Original Song
gptkbp:born February 8, 1903
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Vincente_Minnelli
gptkb:Erich_Wolfgang_Korngold
gptkb:Robert_Z._Leonard
gptkbp:died March 22, 1983
gptkbp:filmography Includes over 30 films
Includes films that contributed to the musical genre's popularity
Includes collaborations with major composers
Includes films that received critical acclaim
Includes films that were box office successes
Includes numerous adaptations of operettas
gptkbp:genre Romantic Comedy
Musical Film
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Walter Reisch
gptkbp:influenced Film music
Hollywood_musicals
gptkbp:influencedBy Franz Lehár
gptkbp:inspiration Cultural representation in film
gptkbp:knownFor Directing films in the 1940s and 1950s
Writing screenplays for musicals
gptkbp:legacy Influence on musical film genre
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Los_Angeles
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:members gptkb:Writers_Guild_of_America
gptkb:Academy_of_Motion_Picture_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality Austrian
gptkbp:notableEvent Pioneering_musical_films_in_Hollywood
gptkbp:notableWork The Merry Widow
The King Steps Out
The Great Waltz
gptkbp:occupation Film Producer
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Vienna,_Austria
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Los_Angeles,_California,_USA
gptkbp:research gptkb:University_of_Vienna
gptkbp:spouse Martha_Reisch