Sidney W. Pink (March 16, 1916 – October 12, 2002) was an American movie producer and occasional director. He has been called the father of feature-length 3-D movies. He is also noted for producing early spaghetti westerns and low-budget science-fiction films, and for his role in actor Dustin Hoffman's transition from stage to screen.
Produced the first widely released feature-length 3-D film, "Bwana Devil," presented in the polarized dual-projector system which became standard for the 1950's 3-D movie craze. The film was shot using two lenses, one for each viewer's eye. He went on to produce "The Angry Red Planet (1959)," in which a development technique was used to cast a pink effect across the film, which he named CineMagic.
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He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in business administration.
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He began his film career as a projectionist in a theater owned by his wife's family.
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He was considered the pioneer of 3-D movies, having produced more than 50 of them.
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Discovered Dustin Hoffman in an off-Broadway production, and cast him in "Madigan's Millions" as a U.S. Treasury agent sent to Italy to recover money that had been stolen by a murdered gangster played by Cesar Romero.
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Pink was based in Puerto Rico in the early 1970s and, after returning to the United States in 1974, he owned movie theaters in Puerto Rico and Florida. He also lived in Madrid, Spain and Denmark where he produced many of the earliest spaghetti westerns.
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Man from O.R.G.Y.
1970
producer
A Candidate for a Killing
1969
producer
The Girl of the Nile
1969
producer
1001 Nights
1968
executive producer - as Sidney Pink
Madigan's Millions
1968
producer
Bang Bang Kid
1967
producer
Los 7 de Pancho Villa
1967
producer
Operation Delilah
1967
producer
The Christmas Kid
1967
producer - as Sidney Pink
The Cups of San Sebastian
1967
producer - posthumously credited on other mediums
A Witch Without a Broom
1967
producer
El tesoro de Makuba
1967
producer
The Drums of Tabu
1966
producer
La llamada
1965
producer
Finger on the Trigger
1965
producer
Pyro... The Thing Without a Face
1964
producer
The Castilian
1963
producer
Journey to the Seventh Planet
1962
producer - as Sidney Pink
Reptilicus
1961
producer - as Sidney Pink
The Angry Red Planet
1959
producer - as Sid Pink
Flame Over Vietnam
1957
producer
I Was a Burlesque Queen
1953
producer
The Twonky
1953
associate producer - uncredited
Bwana Devil
1952
associate producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Operation Delilah
1967
story
The Tall Women
1966
screenplay
Finger on the Trigger
1965
story
Pyro... The Thing Without a Face
1964
screenplay / story
The Castilian
1963
English script and dialogue
Journey to the Seventh Planet
1962
original story - as Sid Pink / screenplay - as Sid Pink
Reptilicus
1961
original story - as Sid Pink / screenplay - as Sid Pink
The Greeneyed Elephant
1960
The Angry Red Planet
1959
original story - as Sid Pink / screenplay - as Sid Pink
I Was a Burlesque Queen
1953
writer
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Christmas Kid
1967
as Sidney Pink
The Tall Women
1966
uncredited
Finger on the Trigger
1965
Journey to the Seventh Planet
1962
as Sidney Pink
Reptilicus
1961
as Sidney Pink
I Was a Burlesque Queen
1953
Production Manager
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lost Horizon
1937
assistant production manager - uncredited
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
1001 Nights
1968
presenter - as Sidney Pink
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sidney Pink on 'Pyro'
2001
Documentary short
Himself
Known for movies
Reptilicus (1961) as Producer
The Angry Red Planet (1959) as Producer
Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962) as Producer
Pyro... The Thing Without a Face (1964) as Producer
$8 Million
