Jay Leyda

Born 12 February 1910 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Died 5 February 1988 (aged 77)

Jay Leyda (February 12, 1910 – February 15, 1988)[1] was an American avant-garde filmmaker and film historian, noted for his work on U.S, Soviet, and Chinese cinema, as well as his collections of documentation on the day-to-day lives of Herman Melville and Emily Dickinson.