Jerry Bresler

Jerry (Jerome) Bresler was born in Denver, Colorado on April 13, 1908. He began his film career as a production supervisor, and eventually started his own independent company. In the late 1930s, he joined MGM as a unit manager and worked on the Dr. Kildare series and other films. In 1944 & 1945 he won Academy Awards for the shorts Heavenly Music and Stairway to Light, and moved on to feature production. He died August 23, 1977 in Los Angeles.