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Victor Heerman was an English-American film director, screenwriter and film producer. After writing and directing short comedies for Mack Sennett, Heerman teamed with his wife Sarah Y. Mason to win the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay of Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women in 1933. He directed the Marx Brothers' second film, Animal Crackers, in 1930. He and Mason were the first screenwriters involved in early, never-produced scripts commissioned for what would become MGM's Pride and Prejudice.
Birth Name
Victor Eugene Heerman
Born
Sunday, 27 August 1893
Died
Thursday, 03 November 1977
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Stolen Jools | 1931 |
| Sea Legs | 1930 |
| Animal Crackers | 1930 |
| Paramount on Parade | 1930 |
| Moonlight and Romance | 1930 |
| Personality | 1930 |
| Love Hungry | 1928 |
| Ladies Must Dress | 1927 |
| Rubber Heels | 1927 |
| For Wives Only | 1926 |
| Old Home Week | 1925 |
| The Dangerous Maid | 1923 |
| Modern Matrimony | 1923 |
| Rupert of Hentzau | 1923 |
| Love Is an Awful Thing | 1922 |
| The Chicken in the Case | 1922 |
| John Smith | 1922 |
| My Boy | 1921 |
| Don't Ever Marry | 1920 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1934 | Oscar | Best Writing, Adaptation | Won |
