Robert Maxwell was born on June 10, 1923 in Slatinské Doly, Carpathian Ruthenia, Czechoslovakia as Ján Ludvík Hoch. He was a producer, known for Schwanensee (1966), This Week (1956) and The Walden Interview (1988). He was married to Elisabeth Meynard. He died on November 5, 1991.