Donald F. Glut is an American writer, motion picture director, screenwriter, amateur paleontologist, musician and actor.
He is perhaps best known for writing the novelization of the second Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back.
From 1953 to 1969, Glut made a total of 41 amateur films, on subjects ranging from dinosaurs, to unauthorized adaptations of such characters as Superman, The Spirit and Spider-Man.
Due to publicity he received in the pag...
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Donald F. Glut is an American writer, motion picture director, screenwriter, amateur paleontologist, musician and actor.
He is perhaps best known for writing the novelization of the second Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back.
From 1953 to 1969, Glut made a total of 41 amateur films, on subjects ranging from dinosaurs, to unauthorized adaptations of such characters as Superman, The Spirit and Spider-Man.
Due to publicity he received in the pages of Forrest J Ackerman's magazines such as Famous Monsters of Filmland, Glut was able to achieve a degree of notoriety based on his work. This allowed him to increase the visibility of his films by obtaining the services of known actors such as Kenne Duncan and Glenn Strange (who reprised his most famous role as the Frankenstein Monster for Glut).
His final amateur film was 1969's Spider-Man, after which Glut moved into professional work full-time.
Over the next decades, Glut pursued a variety of professions in the entertainment field. He...
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