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Lajos Bíró (born Lajos Blau) (22 August 1880 – 9 September 1948) was a Hungarian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who wrote many films from the early 1920s through the late 1940s. He was born in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now Oradea, Romania) and eventually moved to the United Kingdom where he worked as a scenario chief for London Film Productions run by Alexander Korda, collaborating on many screenplays with Arthur Wimperis. He died in London on 9 September 1948 of a heart attack. He is buried in the northern section of Hampstead Cemetery in north London.
In 1929, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Writing for The Last Command, but lost to Ben Hecht for Underworld, the only other nomination in this category.
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Five Graves to Cairo (1943) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
| 2 | The Thief of Bagdad (1940) | Director / Writer | 5.7 | |
| 3 | The Divorce of Lady X (1938) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 4 | Elephant Boy (1937) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
| 5 | The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 6 | Rembrandt (1936) | Director / Writer | 4 | |
| 7 | Sanders of the River (1935) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
| 8 | The Private Life of Don Juan (1934) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 9 | The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 10 | The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) | Director / Writer | 4 | |
| 11 | The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 12 | Wedding Rehearsal (1932) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
| 13 | The Last Command (1928) | Director / Writer | 4 | |
| 14 | The Way of All Flesh (1927) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
| 15 | Hotel Imperial (1927) | Director / Writer | 3 | |
| 16 | Forbidden Paradise (1924) | Director / Writer | 2 |

