J. Robert Bren

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-06-23 (78 years old)

Deathday

1981-10-01

Place of Birth

Guanajuato, Mexico

J. Robert Bren

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia J. Robert Bren (July 23, 1903 – October 1, 1981) was a Mexican-American screenwriter and producer who was active from the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s. He wrote either the story or screenplay for thirty feature films, as well as producing at least two of those films. Born Jose Roberto Bustamante Gutierrez on July 23, 1903 in Guanajuato, Mexico, he entered the film industry, working on the sound crew for the 1933 film, Face in the Sky. The following year he began writing stories for films, the first of which was the 20th Century Fox film, Looking for Trouble, starring Spencer Tracy and Jack Oakie. He ...

Production

1942

American Empire

as Screenplay

1942

1954

Naked Alibi

as Story

1949

El Paso

as Associate Producer

1945

1938

Double Danger

as Screenplay

1936

High Tension

as Story

1949

El Paso

as Story

1938

1938

Crime Ring

as Screenplay

1937

Hideaway

as Screenplay

1940

1939

Parents on Trial

as Screenplay

1939

1942

1938

1937

1954

Overland Pacific

as Screenplay

1953

1937

China Passage

as Screenplay

1945

1945

1942

In Old California

as Original Story

1936

Without Orders

as Screenplay

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