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Ferdinand Maximilian Reyher (July 26, 1891 – October 24, 1967Soong, Roland ed.(2020). Letters of Eileen Chang, Stephen Soong & Mae Fong Soong 張愛玲往來書信集 Vol.1. Taipei Crown Publishing, p.157.ISBN 978-957-33-3576-4 ) was an American screenwriter, novelist, and newspaper correspondent. Reyher was also a notable friend and collaborator of Bertolt Brecht.
Reyher's work meant that he was acquainted with prominent figures in both the literary world and Hollywood. Reyher's friends and acquaintances included Wallace Stevens, Ford Madox Ford, John Huston, and Paul Henreid. The most notable of these relationships was his friendship with the playwright Bertolt Brecht, whom he met in Berlin in 1927. Reyher helped to popularize Brecht's work in the United States, and was amongst those who helped Brecht and his family immigrate to the United States in 1941. Throughout Brecht's time in the U.S. Reyher and Brecht attempted to collaborate on several projects, most significant of which was Life of Galileo. Reyher was the one who suggested that Brecht begin the play, although he originally suggested Reyher write the story as a film so Reyher could sell the film in the United States. Reyher, who had recently fled from Nazi Germany, hoped that a story about Galileo would earn money. The film version of the story was never made, but it did lay the groundwork for what would eventually become the play version of Life of Galileo.Rulison, Megan. (2006). (Thesis). Boston College. Reyher was one of the few people who the notoriously headstrong Brecht would tolerate disagreement from. Reyher also attempted to teach the newly immigrated Brecht about American culture and advocated for its positive aspects, something that Brecht was skeptical of.
| Cleopatra | 1963 | screenplay |
| The Subterraneans | 1960 | screenplay |
| The Crowded Sky | 1960 | writer |
| The World, the Flesh and the Devil | 1959 | screen story |
| The Hasty Heart | 1949 | screenplay |
| Mildred Pierce | 1945 | screenplay |
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