Leo Birinski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leo Birinski

playwright, screenwriter and director

Date of Birth: 08-Jun-1884

Place of Birth: Lysianka, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 23-Oct-1951

Profession: screenwriter, playwright, dramaturge, film director

Nationality: United States, Austria, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Leo Birinski (June 8, 1884 – October 23, 1951) was a playwright, screenwriter and director.
He worked in Austria-Hungary, Germany and in the United States.
As a playwright in Europe he gained his biggest popularity in 1910 – 1917, then he was forgotten.
From the 1920s to 1940s he worked mainly as a screenwriter, first in Germany, later in the United States.
In the United States he returned to writing the stage plays.
He was writing in German and later on in the United States, in English.
Until recently, only a minimal amount of information about his life was available.
In addition there were many legends and rumours concerning Birinski's person, some of them even spread by himself.
For example, the false report of his "suicide" in 1920 even found its way from the newspaper obituaries into encyclopedias.