Bernard Vorhaus

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Bernard Vorhaus 25 December 1904 23 November 2000 was an American film director born in New York City The Harvard University graduate in addition to directing thirtytwo films was also the mentor to future film director David Lean some of whose work as a film editor early in his career was on Vorhaus pictures He worked steadily as a screenwriter in Hollywood while in his 20s but wanted to direct movies He eventually decided to move to England and began directing Bmovies or quota quickies most notably The Last Journey 1935 After success in England Vorhaus moved back to the US and began working at Republic Pictures again directing Bmovies Vorhaus was blacklisted in 1951 at HUAC hearings Vorhaus had already moved to Europe at that time and directed a few minor films while there He finally returned to England and retired from the film business founding a business specialising in house renovations Vorhaus had two children Gwyn and David an electronic music pioneer who worked under the name White Noise Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernard Vorhaus licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia