Ib Melchior - Man of Imagination

Ib Melchior: Man of Imagination by Robert Skotak

Ib Melchior, novelist, short story writer, film producer, film director, and screenwriter of low-budget American science fiction movies, is best-known for The Angry Red Planet (1959), The Time Travelers (1964) and the critically acclaimed Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964). He served in the Counterintelligence Corps (U.S. Army) during World War II, and participated in the liberation of Flossenbürg concentration camp, as well as the capture of a Werwolf unit in 1945, for which he was awarded the Bronze Star.

From directing American television series episodes, such as The Outer Limits to working with the Rockettes dancing troupe, his varied life experiences make for an engaging profile of a unique man with multiple talents.

Ib Melchior. Man of imagination. Science fiction movie icon.

337 pages. Illustrated.