Director

Howard Fast

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 21

TMDB ID: 14489

IMDb ID: nm0268779

Known for: Writing

Born: November 11, 1914

Died: March 12, 2003

Age: 88

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1948 - 2004

Years active: 57

Average TMDB rating: 6.65

Wikidata: Q380202

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Novel (14)Writer (5)Screenplay (1)Story (1)

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Biography

Fast was born in New York City. His mother, Ida (née Miller), was a British Jewish immigrant, and his father, Barney Fast, was a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant who shortened his name from Fastovsky upon arrival in America. When his mother died in 1923 and his father became unemployed, Howard's youngest brother, Julius, went to live with relatives, while he and his older brother, Jerome, sold newspapers. Howard credited his early voracious reading to a part-time job in the New York Public Library.

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