Production
Jerome Epstein
Born — Died
1922-01-17 — 1991-11-16
Place of birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Known for
Production
Credits
8 titles
Jerome Leonard Epstein (January 17, 1922 – November 16, 1991) was an American director, screenwriter and producer known for his nearly 30-year professional collaboration and friendship with Charlie Chaplin and his son Sydney Chaplin. Epstein was born on January 17, 1922, in Cleveland, Ohio. Epstein's father had come to America in 1905 to escape anti-Jewish pogroms in Vilkomir, Lithuania. Epstein's childhood was spent in Brooklyn, New York. During World War II, Epstein served in the Army Air Corps. After his military service, Epstein used the GI Bill to study drama at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), where he met Sydney Chaplin, the second son of English actor Charlie Cha…
Known for
6.0A Russian countess stows away in the stateroom of a married U.S. diplomat bound for New York.
A Countess from Hong Kong
1967
4.9A wealthy woman, vacationing in Acapulco with her stuffy husband, stumbles upon evidence that she is being stalked by an international jewel thief and murderer.
The Woman Hunter
1972
6.7An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life and his priorities.
The Adding Machine
1969
5.7A penniless adventurer, Eddie Morgan survives on his wits and good humor. He's a bluffer. To help the owner of an oil field, he launches a vast investment campaign, with the help of a few friends, to benefit the French people. A rival group, led by Serge Colonna and Dominique Ardan, tried to buy the land from him, because according to an expert, there was no oil to exploit. But the expert had lied, and Colonna had just signed the purchase contract. Eddie, with the help of Dominique, whom he has seduced in the meantime, snatches the famous paper from Colonna's hands. The oil can flow.
The Big Bluff
1957
7.0A farcical comedy about a con-man and a girl reporter who find romance while the former is planning a coup at a Swedish dowager's expense.
Follow That Man
1961
Behind the camera
6.0A Russian countess stows away in the stateroom of a married U.S. diplomat bound for New York.
A Countess from Hong Kong
1967
4.9A wealthy woman, vacationing in Acapulco with her stuffy husband, stumbles upon evidence that she is being stalked by an international jewel thief and murderer.
The Woman Hunter
1972
6.7An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life and his priorities.
The Adding Machine
1969
6.7An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life and his priorities.
The Adding Machine
1969
6.7An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life and his priorities.
The Adding Machine
1969
5.7A penniless adventurer, Eddie Morgan survives on his wits and good humor. He's a bluffer. To help the owner of an oil field, he launches a vast investment campaign, with the help of a few friends, to benefit the French people. A rival group, led by Serge Colonna and Dominique Ardan, tried to buy the land from him, because according to an expert, there was no oil to exploit. But the expert had lied, and Colonna had just signed the purchase contract. Eddie, with the help of Dominique, whom he has seduced in the meantime, snatches the famous paper from Colonna's hands. The oil can flow.
The Big Bluff
1957
7.0A farcical comedy about a con-man and a girl reporter who find romance while the former is planning a coup at a Swedish dowager's expense.
Follow That Man
1961
7.0A farcical comedy about a con-man and a girl reporter who find romance while the former is planning a coup at a Swedish dowager's expense.
Follow That Man
1961