Ib Melchior

Birth Name:

Ib Jorgen Melchior

Birth Place:

Copenhagen, Denmark

Profession

Writer, Director, Actor, Producer, Editorial department

Served in the U․S․ Army during World War II as a counterintelligence agent, earning a Bronze Star for his efforts
Was named Knight Commander of the Militant Order of Saint Brigitte of Sweden in 1965
Won the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films' Golden Scroll Award for outstanding achievement in 1976
Son of Metropolitan Opera star Lauritz Melchior and Danish musical comedy singer Inger Melchior
Best known as a screenwriter and director who wrote "Robinson Crusoe on Mars" and "The Time Travelers," as well as the short story on which "Death Race 2000" was based
In addition to "The Time Travelers," his adaptation of H․G․ Wells' "The Time Machine," he also directed 1959's "The Angry Red Planet," a film about the survivors of a Martian expedition
Claimed to have come up with the original ideas for both "Lost in Space" and "Star Trek," both of which were produced after he pitched similar concepts to producers Irwin Allen and Gene Roddenberry, respectively

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