Jack Schwartzman (July 22, 1932 – June 15, 1994) was an American
film producer.
Early life
Jack Schwartzman was born on July 22, 1932, in
New York City
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. He had a brother, Leonard Schwartzman, who became a physician.
Career
Schwartzman was an entertainment attorney (clients included director
Hal Ashby
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Before his career as a director Ashby edited films for Norman Jewison, notably ''The R ...
) and in the late 1970s was an executive at
Lorimar Films. Schwartzman later became a film producer; among the films he produced were the 1983 non-
Eon
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James Bond
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film ''
Never Say Never Again'', starring
Sean Connery and the 1986 film ''
Rad'', starring
Bill Allen.
His production company, Taliafilm, was named after second wife, actress
Talia Shire
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.
In 1984, his Taliafilm company slates four pictures at the
Producers Sales Organization
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, which will serve as financer and spent $80 million on making their own movies. In 1985, he set up his own film fund, Taliafilm II, with the three projects serving within the core Taliafilm II team were ''
Rad'', ''
Hypersapien'', and ''
Lionheart: The Children's Crusade''.
Personal life
Schwartzman and his first wife, Judith Deborah Feldman (m. February 5, 1958 – August 11, 1980; divorced) had two children,
John Schwartzman
John Leonard Schwartzman, A.S.C. (born October 18, 1960) is an American cinematographer, best known for his work on '' Jurassic World'', ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', '' The Rock'' and ''Seabiscuit'', for which he received an Oscar nomination for ...
and Stephanie. Schwartzman and his second wife, actress
Talia Shire
Talia Rose Shire ( née Coppola; born April 25, 1946) is an American actress who played roles as Connie Corleone in ''The Godfather'' films and Adrian Balboa in the ''Rocky'' series. For her work in ''The Godfather Part II'' and ''Rocky'', Shir ...
had two sons,
Jason Schwartzman
Jason Francesco Schwartzman (born June 26, 1980) is an American actor and musician.
Schwartzman made his film debut in Wes Anderson's 1998 film '' Rushmore'', and has gone on to appear in six other Anderson films: '' The Darjeeling Limited'' (2 ...
and
Robert Coppola Schwartzman
Robert Coppola Schwartzman (born December 24, 1982) is an American filmmaker, director, screenwriter, actor and musician. Schwartzman is best known for directing ''Dreamland'', ''The Unicorn'', and ''The Argument'', acting in his cousin Sofi ...
. Jack Schwartzman died of
pancreatic cancer on June 15, 1994, in
Los Angeles, California
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.
Schwartzman was
Jewish
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.
See also
*
Coppola family tree
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Family tree
Academy Awards
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References
External links
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1932 births
1994 deaths
American film producers
20th-century American Jews
Coppola family
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
Businesspeople from Los Angeles
Businesspeople from New York City
Deaths from cancer in California
20th-century American businesspeople
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