Al Simon

Writer

Date of birth : 11/11/1911

Date of death : 05/18/2000

City of birth : New York, USA

Al Simon, born in New York, received a degree in English Literature from Columbia University in 1932, and a law degree from NYU. Later he taught a radio course and was director of publicity for New York's WHN. He then fought for the U.S. army in WWII. He helped to invent the three-camera system in the 1940s. He later became president of Filmways Productions.