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Ib Melchior

American filmmaker and writer · United States · On the map · Directors · Lived 1917 to 2015 · aged 97

Ib Jørgen Melchior was a Danish-American novelist, short-story writer, film producer, film director, and screenwriter of low-budget American science fiction movies, most of them released by American International Pictures.

Ib Melchior is read about 32 times a day, in 12 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 23 June 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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2015Died13 March 20152000Mario Bava: Maestro of the MacabreFilm1991My Lovely MonsterFilm, Viking1970Keep Off the GrassFilm, Director, Writer1966Ambush BayFilm, Writer1965Planet of the VampiresFilm, Writer1964Robinson Crusoe on MarsFilm, WriterThe Time TravelersFilm, 1964Director, Writer1963The Outer LimitsSeries, Writer1962Journey to the Seventh PlanetFilm, Writer1961ReptilicusFilm, Writer1959Men Into SpaceSeries, WriterThe Angry Red PlanetFilm, 1959Director, Writer1958Live Fast, Die YoungFilm, Writer1945Bronze Star MedalAward1917Born17 September 1917

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Known for

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  • Planet of the Vampires 1965
  • Robinson Crusoe on Mars 1964
  • The Angry Red Planet 1959
  • The Time Travelers 1964
  • Journey to the Seventh Planet 1962

Also in Français

Filmography 13

27 credits on file

Television 2

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

Bronze Star Medal1945
Saturn Awards

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 2015 · aged 97

In the same film or series as Ib

Joan MarshallAlso in Live Fast, Die Young (1958)James MitchumAlso in Ambush Bay (1966)Silvio FrancescoAlso in My Lovely Monster (1991)Ivan RassimovAlso in Planet of the Vampires (1965)