Norbert Auerbach
USA – Czech Republic
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Norbert Auerbach knows that American dreams come true. A Native of Vienna, se spent his childhood at Barrandov, Prague, where his father worked as a pre-war producer. In 1939, the whole family moved to the USA. He studied Economy at the University in Los Angeles. After that, he joined the American army and spent four years fighting in Europe. He was wounded several times. After the war, he started working as an errand boy at the Columbia Pictures Hollywood Studio. Thanks to his hard work and determination, he worked his way up and finally became President of the United Artists Company. He participated on making of many successful films, such as Hair, West Side Story, or the Pink Panther, and he came up with the idea of filming a book about an agent in her Majesty’s Service, James Bond.
