Biography

Eugene Vale was born on April 11, 1916 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a writer and producer, known for A Global Affair (1964), The Second Face (1950) and Rheingold Theatre (1953). He was married to Evelyn Wahle. He died on May 2, 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Author of a best-selling textbook, 'The Technique of Screen Play Writing', which was published in 1944. Vale lectured in writing for film and television at the University of Southern California, having previously worked with French director Jean Renoir in Paris. His script for a 1956 documentary, 'The Dark Wave', was nominated for an Academy Award.

Son of Frieda (actually Frimet Jitte) Steiner and Chiel Weissmann, who moved from Austria-Hungary to become a successful film distributor based in Zurich, Switzerland. His parents divorced in 1933 and he went to live with his mother, first in Lugano. After his Swiss military service, "Heini", as he was then called, chose to emigrate to the United States, some time before the start of WWII.