Leo Birinski
Playwright, screenwriter and director (1884-1951) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 67
Leo Birinski was a playwright, screenwriter and director. He worked in Austria-Hungary, Germany and in the United States. As a playwright in Europe, he gained his biggest popularity from 1910 to 1917 but was ultimately forgotten.
Leo Birinski is read about 10 times a day, in 9 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 18 June 2026
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Emil Jannings Leo directed Waxworks (1924)
Rouben Mamoulian Directed The Song of Songs and The Gay Desperado
Werner Krauss Leo directed Waxworks (1924)
Gennaro Righelli Directed The Bastard and Der Meister der Welt
Curt Goetz Also in The Countess of Paris (1923)
Mia May Also in The Countess of Paris (1923)
Paul Biensfeldt Leo directed Waxworks (1924)
Georg John Leo directed Waxworks (1924)
Charlotte Ander Also in The Countess of Paris (1923)
Marlene Dietrich Leo wrote Tragedy of Love (1923)
Irving Thalberg Produced Mata Hari (1931)
Conrad Veidt Leo directed Waxworks (1924)
William Dieterle Leo directed Waxworks (1924)
Herman J. Mankiewicz Also in Stamboul Quest and Street of Shadows
Mathias Wieman Leo wrote Mata Hari (1927)
Trude Hesterberg Leo wrote Variety and The Vice of Humanity
Friedrich Feher Directed Mata Hari: the Red Dancer (1927)
Fritz Alberti Leo directed Waxworks (1924)
Alexander Murski Leo wrote Mata Hari (1927)
Hermann Vallentin Leo wrote Tragedy of Love (1923)
Magda Sonja Leo wrote Mata Hari (1927)
Manfred Noa Directed Der Mann aus dem Jenseits (1926)
Erika Glässner Also in The Countess of Paris (1923)
Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein Also in The Bastard and Die Geliebte
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From the 1920s to 1940s he worked mainly as a screenwriter, first in Germany, later in the United States, to which he emigrated in September 1927. In the United States, he also returned to writing stage plays. He wrote in German and English. Until recently, only a minimal amount of information about his life has been available. Complicating matters, there have been many legends and rumours concerning Birinski's person, including the false report of his "suicide" in 1920 that found its way from newspaper obituaries into encyclopedias.
