Milton Subotsky

Milton Subotsky (27 September 1921 – 27 June 1991) was an American TV and film writer/producer. In 1964, in England, he formed Amicus Productions with Max J Rosenberg. Together they produced a number of low budget science fiction and horror films.

Early career

Milton Subotsky was born in New York. During World War II he served in the Signal Corps where he wrote and edited technical training films. After the war, he began his career as a writer/producer during the "Golden Age" of television in the 1950s. In 1954 he produced and wrote the TV series Junior Science. He graduated to feature films in 1956, producing Rock, Rock, Rock, for which he also composed 9 songs. In 1960 he moved to England where he produced his first horror movie Horror Hotel at Shepperton Studios.

Amicus Productions

Main article: Amicus Productions

In 1964, with Max J Rosenberg, Amicus Productions was formed, based at Shepperton Studios, England. Together they produced several cult classic films such as Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1964), Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965), Torture Garden (1967), Scream and Scream Again (1970), The House That Dripped Blood (1970), Tales from The Crypt (1972), Asylum (1972), From Beyond the Grave (1973), and The Land That Time Forgot (1974).

Later career

Amicus broke up in 1975, but Subotsky continued producing. In 1980 he co-produced the TV series The Martian Chronicles, adapted from the book by Ray Bradbury. He also co-produced several adaptations of Stephen King novels, incliding Maximum Overdrive (1986) and Sometimes They Come Back (1991, TV). He died of heart disease in 1991 at the age of 69.

External links

• Milton Subotsky at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Subotsky, Milton
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Date of birth	27 September 1921
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Date of death	27 June 1991
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