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Ib Jørgen Melchior (September 17, 1917 – March 14, 2015) was a novelist, short-story writer, film producer, film director, and screenwriter of low-budget American science fiction movies, most of them released by American International Pictures. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. ==Personal life== Melchior was the son of famed opera singer Lauritz Melchior.〔 He was a decorated war hero of World War II, served in the US Counterintelligence Corps and participated in the liberation of Flossenbürg concentration camp as well as the discovery of stolen currency, gold and art at Merkers-Kieselbach Cavern, and the capture of a Werwolf unit in 1945,〔(George Dyer, ''XII Corps: Spearhead of Patton's Third Army,'' Ch. 16 – AUSTRIA AND VE-DAY. 22 APRIL 45 – 9 MAY 45 )〕 for which he was awarded the Bronze Star.〔 He has also been involved in a long legal battle involving his father's estate, Chossewitz in Brandenburg, Germany,〔(Melchior Versus Germany ). Legal document related to Chossewitz.〕 which was confiscated by the communist government of East Germany and never returned. In 1965, he was dubbed Knight Commander of the Militant Order of Saint Bridget of Sweden. In 1976, the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films awarded Ib Melchior its Golden Scroll Award of Merit for Outstanding Achievement. Biographies include ''Ib Melchior: Man of Imagination'' by Robert Skotak, as well as Melchior's own autobiography ''Case by Case: A U.S. Army Counterintelligence Agent in World War II''. Melchior died on March 14, 2015 at the age of 97. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ib Melchior」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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