Jud Kinberg

Jud Kinberg (July 7, 1925 – November 2, 2016) was an American film producer and screenwriter. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his work as a producer on The Collector.

His son is the screenwriter and director Simon Kinberg.

Life and work Kinberg was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the University of North Carolina and earned a Purple Heart and a Silver Star for his service with the U.S. Army during World War II.

Kinberg briefly worked in advertising until being recruited to apprentice under producer-actor John Houseman. Together they went on to produce films at MGM including Julius Caesar (1953), starring Marlon Brando; Executive Suite (1954), directed by Robert Wise; Her Twelve Men (1954), featuring Greer Garson and Robert Ryan; Vincente Minnelli's The Cobweb (1955), toplined by Richard Widmark and Lauren Bacall; Moonfleet (1955), helmed by Fritz Lang; and Lust for Life (1956), which received four Oscar nominations.

In 1978 he was nominated for an Emmy for producing Quincy M.E., the NBC drama starring Jack Klugman as a coroner who investigates suspicious deaths. Later in his career, he worked on TV movies To Catch a Killer, A Stoning in Fulham County, and Kane & Abel.

Kinberg married actress Suzanne Dalbert in 1953. He died at 91 of natural causes in his New York City home.

Selected filmography The films Kinberg worked on include:

Producer 1954: Executive Suite 1954: Her Twelve Men 1955: The Cobweb 1955: Moonfleet 1956: Lust for Life 1965: The Collector 1968: The Magus 1973: Story of a Love Story Scriptwriter 1963: Siege of the Saxons 1964: East of Sudan 1972: Vampire Circus Television 1981: The Million Dollar Face 1988: A Stoning in Fulham County 1992: In the Best Interest of the Children 1992: To Catch a Killer