John Briley was born on June 25, 1925 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Gandhi (1982), Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999) and Christopher Columbus - Der Entdecker (1992). He was married to Nancy Helmich Whitcomb, Dorothy Reichart and Valerie Belsky. He died on December 14, 2019 in the USA.