MOLDOVA. Personalities 2003 (Milestone Lewis). 10v Sheetlet, MNH

Milestone was born in Kishinev, Bessarabia, Imperial Russia (now Chisinau), Moldova to a family of Jewish heritage.[1] He came to the United States in 1912 just prior to World War I.[2] Milestone held a number of odd jobs before enlisting in the U.S. Signal Corps, where he worked as an assistant director on Army training films during the war. In 1919 he became a naturalized citizen of the United States.

Lewis Milestone (born Lev Milstein) (September 30, 1895 – September 25, 1980) was a Russian-American motion picture director. He is known for directing Two Arabian Knights (1927) and All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), both of which received Academy Awards for Best Director. He also directed The Front Page (1931 - nomination), The General Died at Dawn (1936), Of Mice and Men (1940), Ocean´s 11 (1960), and Mutiny on the Bounty (1962).