{{Short description|American film producer and screenwriter (1925–2016)}} '''Jud Kinberg''' (July 7, 1925 – November 2, 2016) was an American film producer and screenwriter. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his work as a producer on ''The Collector''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1964/film/reviews/the-collector-1200420768/|title=The Collector|first=Variety|last=Staff|date=January 1, 1965}}</ref>
His son is the screenwriter and director Simon Kinberg.
== Life and work == Kinberg was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the University of North Carolina and earned a Purple Heart and a Silver Star for his service with the U.S. Army during World War II.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/obituaries-people-news/jud-kinberg-dead-producer-simon-kinberg-1201912379/|title=Producer Jud Kinberg, Father of Simon Kinberg, Dies at 91|first=Dave|last=McNary|date=November 9, 2016|work=Variety}}</ref>
Kinberg briefly worked in advertising until being recruited to apprentice under producer-actor John Houseman. Together they went on to produce films at MGM including ''Julius Caesar'' (1953), starring Marlon Brando; ''Executive Suite'' (1954), directed by Robert Wise; ''Her Twelve Men'' (1954), featuring Greer Garson and Robert Ryan; Vincente Minnelli's ''The Cobweb'' (1955), toplined by Richard Widmark and Lauren Bacall; ''Moonfleet'' (1955), helmed by Fritz Lang; and ''Lust for Life'' (1956), which received four Oscar nominations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jud-kinberg-dead-simon-kinberg-father-lust-life-producer-was-91-945530/|title=Jud Kinberg, Father of Simon Kinberg and Producer on Kirk Douglas' 'Lust for Life,' Dies at 91|first=Mike|last=Barnes|date=November 8, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
In 1978 he was nominated for an Emmy for producing ''Quincy M.E.'', the NBC drama starring Jack Klugman as a coroner who investigates suspicious deaths. Later in his career, he worked on TV movies ''To Catch a Killer'', ''A Stoning in Fulham County'', and ''Kane & Abel''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/jud-kinberg-lust-for-life-and-executive-suite-producer-dies-at-91/|title=Jud Kinberg, 'Lust for Life' and 'Executive Suite' Producer, Dies at 91|first=Debbie|last=Emery|date=November 9, 2016|work=TheWrap}}</ref>
Kinberg married actress Suzanne Dalbert in 1953.<ref name="sfn">{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=Vernon |title=Marriage, Career Together? |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-news-suzanne-dalbert/193553263/ |access-date=March 16, 2026 |work=The San Francisco News |agency=United Press |date=May 29, 1954 |page=8 T|via = Newspapers.com }}</ref> He died at 91 of natural causes in his New York City home.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jud-kinberg-dead-simon-kinberg-father-lust-life-producer-was-91-945530/|title=Jud Kinberg, Father of Simon Kinberg and Producer on Kirk Douglas’ ‘Lust for Life,’ Dies at 91|first=Mike|last=Barnes|date=November 8, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
== Selected filmography == The films Kinberg worked on include:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a95b9ec|title=East of Sudan (1964)|publisher=BFI|date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107082418/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a95b9ec|archive-date=2017-11-07}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=32em}} ; Producer * 1954: ''Executive Suite'' * 1954: ''Her Twelve Men'' * 1955: ''The Cobweb'' * 1955: ''Moonfleet'' * 1956: ''Lust for Life'' * 1965: ''The Collector'' * 1968: ''The Magus'' * 1973: ''Story of a Love Story'' ; Scriptwriter * 1963: ''Siege of the Saxons'' * 1964: ''East of Sudan'' * 1972: ''Vampire Circus'' ;; Television * 1981: ''The Million Dollar Face'' * 1988: ''A Stoning in Fulham County'' * 1992: ''In the Best Interest of the Children'' * 1992: ''To Catch a Killer'' {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0454167|Jud Kinberg}}
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