Paul Mayersberg
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Biography
Former film critic (e.g. for "Movie") and assistant to Melville, Losey and Corman, whose first produced screenplay was Nicholas Roeg's "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (1976). Mayersberg went on to prove himself deft in the art-house arena, co-scripting Oshima's "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" (1983), collaborating for a second time with Roeg for "Eureka" (1983) and making his directorial debut with "Captive" (1985). His work on more mainstream genres--i.e. the script for "Return from the River Kwai" and his own adaptation of Isaac Asimov's "Nightfall" (both 1988)--has, however, been far less critically praised.
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Writer (Feature Film)
Producer (Feature Film)
Life Events
1963
Associate editor on "Movie" magazine
1964
First film credit as production assistant on "Tomb of Ligeia" (dir. Roger Corman)
1966
Film critic for "New Society" magazine
1972
Credited as associate writer of Conrad Rooks's adaptation, "Siddhartha"
1973
Shooting began (with director Paul Joyce) of screenplay "The Day the Call Came," but cancelled soon after
1976
First film as writer, "The Man Who Fell to Earth"
1985
Feature directing debut (also writer), "Captive"
1988
US directing debut (also writer), "Nightfall"
