Ivan Tors

Ivan Tors was a Hungarianborn American playwright film director screenwriter and producer renowned for his contributions to science fiction and animalthemed entertainment After studying at the University of Budapest he emigrated to the United States in 1939 where he served in the US Army Air Corps and the Office of Strategic Services during World War II Postwar Tors joined MetroGoldwynMayer as a screenwriter He cowrote and produced Storm Over Tibet 1952 and created the Office of Scientific Investigation trilogy including The Magnetic Monster 1953 Riders to the Stars 1954 and Gog 1954 Tors also developed television series like Science Fiction Theater 19551957 Sea Hunt 19581961 and Flipper 19641967 His Miamibased studio now known as Greenwich Studios was instrumental in producing underwater sequences and animalcentric stories Tors passed away in Mato Grosso Brazil while scouting locations for a new television series