Monja Danischewsky


Monja Danischewsky was a British producer and writer who produced and wrote the films Topkapi and Rockets Galore! with others.

Biography

Early life

Monja Danischewsky's family left Russia for Great Britain in 1919.

Career

He started out with various publicity jobs, then to Ealing Studios as publicity director in 1938 and occasional writer. Switched to producer 1949; became independent producer The Galloping Major ; returned as producer/writer in mid-1950s and continued briefly after Ealing ended; Rockets Galore and The Battle of the Sexes. Autobiography, 'White Russian, Red Face', 1966.

Filmography

As writer