Jay Leyda
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Also Known As
Robert Stebbins,
Eugene Hill
Birth Place
Dayton, Ohio, USA
Died
February 15, 1988
Biography
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Before the Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema Of Edwin S. Porter
(1982)
Voice
Producer (Feature Film)
Heart of Spain
(1937)
Assistant Producer
Special Thanks (Feature Film)
Antigone/Rites For the Dead
(1991)
Thanks
Director (Short)
A Bronx Morning
(1931)
Director
Cinematography (Short)
A Bronx Morning
(1931)
Camera
Editing (Short)
A Bronx Morning
(1931)
Editor
Life Events
1931
Made the experimental documentary, "A Bronx Morning"
1933
Studied at the famed Moscow Film School under Eisenstein (date approximate)
1935
Assisted Eisenstein on the making of the uncompleted film, "Bezhin Meadow"
1938
Co-directed, with Sidney Meyers, for the independent production company Frontier Films a notable documentary, "People of the Cumberland"; the two directors used the joint pseudonym Robert Stebbins
