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Jerome Bresler was an American conductor, songwriter, musician and film producer. He played piano at the age of 2 and conducted the NYU orchestra at 14. He won an Oscar in 1944 as co-producer for Heavenly Music as Best Live Action Short and subsequently had two other nominations for two-reel short films. One of his most famous musical compositions was Five Guys Named Moe.
He was educated at Theodore Roosevelt High School, Chicago Musical College, DePaul University studied music theory, composition, conducting and orchestration with Dr. Samuel Lieberson and at NYU with Schillinger method professor Rudolf Schramm.
In 1950 he joined ASCAP and started producing shows for various night club acts like Robert Goulet, Sophie Tucker and Arlene Dahl, and this led him back to Hollywood where he produced such films as Richard Fleischer's The Vikings in 1958, Sam Peckinpah's Major Dundee and the James Bond Casino Royale in 1967.
In 1956 he formed a partnership with Lyn Duddy writing & producing TV & night club acts including Jaye P. Morgan, Ford Specials, Merv Griffin Show, Jackie Gleason Show & the Honeymooners. He also collaborated with Larry Wynn writing songs.
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