Legendary Academy Award Producers
by AlexHartsell | created - 26 Jun 2013 | updated - 11 Jul 2013 | Public
1. Saul Zaentz
Producer | The English Patient
Saul Zaentz learned gambling as a youth in Passaic, New Jersey, playing a card game called briscola. Later, in his twenties, he earned a full-time living as a gambler.
Saul settled in San Francisco after WWII, at first working for a local record distributor and eventually joining the jazz record ...
2. Scott Rudin
Producer | No Country for Old Men
Scott Rudin was born on July 14, 1958 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and casting director, known for No Country for Old Men (2007), The Social Network (2010) and Lady Bird (2017).
3. Jeremy Thomas
Producer | The Last Emperor
His father was the film director Ralph Thomas who was best known for directing the 'Doctor' film series. His Uncle was Gerald Thomas, director of the "Carry On" film series. Films were part of Jeremy's life since childhood when holiday were spent on locations or in the studios. From the age of 10 ...
4. Dino De Laurentiis
Producer | Le notti di Cabiria
Dino De Laurentiis left home at age 17 to enrol in film school, supporting himself as an actor, extra, propman, or any other job he could get in the film industry. His persistence paid off, and by the time he reached his 20th birthday he already had one produced film under his belt. After serving ...
5. Albert R. Broccoli
Producer | Moonraker
Albert Romolo Broccoli was born in Astoria, Queens (New York City) on April 5th, 1909. His mother and father, Cristina and Giovanni Broccoli, raised young Albert in New York on the family farm. The family was in the vegetable business, and Albert claimed one of his uncles brought the first broccoli...
6. Ian Bryce
Producer | Saving Private Ryan
Ian Bryce is known for Saving Private Ryan (1998), Almost Famous (2000) and Transformers (2007). He is married to Taylor Gilbert. They have two children.
7. Gary Levinsohn
Producer | Saving Private Ryan
Gary Levinsohn was born in 1959 in South Africa. He is a producer, known for Saving Private Ryan (1998), 12 Monkeys (1995) and Virus (1999).
8. Michael Phillips
Producer | The Sting
Michael Phillips has been producing films and television in Hollywood since 1971. His films have garnered 23 Academy Award nominations, winning him a best picture Oscar for The Sting, a Palme d'Or Prize for Taxi Driver, and Italy's David di Donatello award for best picture for Clsoe Encounters of ...
9. Lawrence Gordon
Producer | Prey
Lawrence Gordon (Producer) has been one of the entertainment industry's most prolific and successful producers in a career spanning six decades. He has been behind such timeless films as the drama "Field of Dreams," for which Gordon received a Best Picture Oscar nomination; the landmark action film...
10. Steve Tisch
Producer | Forrest Gump
Steve Tisch is an American film and television producer and sports employee that was born on February 14, 1949 on Lakewood Township, New Jersey.
After he attended Tuffs University, he was a producer for Columbia Pictures. He was production assistant on two 1971 movies Cry Uncle (1971) for Troma and ...
11. Walter F. Parkes
Writer | WarGames
Walter F. Parkes was born on April 15, 1951 in Bakersfield, California. He attended Yale University and it was graduated cum laude in 1973. He made its first film project The California Reich (1975), which was made in 1975.
He met Laurie MacDonald in 1982 and the next year, wrote the script for the ...
12. Bruce Davey
Producer | Hacksaw Ridge
Bruce Davey was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is known for Hacksaw Ridge (2016), The Passion of the Christ (2004) and Braveheart (1995).
13. Charles K. Feldman
Producer | A Streetcar Named Desire
Charles K. Feldman was born on April 26, 1904 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), The Seven Year Itch (1955) and Casino Royale (1967). He was married to Clotilde Barot and Jean Howard. He died on May 25, 1968 in Beverly Hills, Los...
14. Lawrence Bender
Producer | Pulp Fiction
Lawrence Bender is a movie producer working in the entertainment industry for 20 years. He helped produce Hollywood films like Reservoir Dogs (1992), Good Will Hunting (1997), Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Django (2012). Lawrence won 6 Academy Awards with 29 nominations including 3 Best Picture ...
15. Tim Bevan
Producer | Les Misérables
Tim Bevan was born on December 20, 1957 in Queenstown, New Zealand. He is a producer and actor, known for Les Misérables (2012), United 93 (2006) and Atonement (2007). He has been married to Amy Gadney since 2001. They have two children. He was previously married to Joely Richardson.
16. Samuel Goldwyn
Producer | The Best Years of Our Lives
Famed for his relentless ambition, bad temper and genius for publicity, Samuel Goldwyn became Hollywood's leading "independent" producer -- largely because none of his partners could tolerate him for long. Born Shmuel (or Schmuel) Gelbfisz, probably in 1879, in the Jewish section of Warsaw, he was ...
17. Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Producer | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Samuel Goldwyn Jr. was born on September 7, 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) and Mystic Pizza (1988). He was married to Patricia Strawn, Peggy Elliott and ...
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