Steven Bach

Steven Bach (April 29, 1938 – March 25, 2009) was senior vice-president and head of worldwide productions for United Artists studios.

While at United Artists, he was closely involved in the troublesome production and release of Heaven's Gate (1980). He wrote a book about the ordeal, called Final Cut: Art, Money, and Ego in the Making of Heaven's Gate, the Film That Sank United Artists.

In 1990, he was a member of the jury at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.

Bach is the author of The Life and Legend of Marlene Dietrich and Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart. He taught film studies at Columbia University and Bennington College.

His biography of the Nazi-associated filmmaker Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl (2007) overturns many of the claims Riefenstahl put forward in her self-defence regarding her contact with Hitler's regime, and was named by the New York Times as one of the most notable books of 2007.^{[citation needed]}

Bach died of cancer in March 2009. He is survived by his companion, Werner Röhr.

Bibliography

• Final Cut: Dreams and Disaster in the Making of Heaven's Gate, 1985, New York: William Morrow, ISBN 978-0688043827
• Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend, 1992, New York: William Morrow, ISBN 978-0688071196
• Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart, 2001, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 978-0679441540
• Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl, 2007, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 978-0375404009).