Howard Baldwin

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Howard L. Baldwin (* 20th century ) is an American entrepreneur and film producer . For the production of the drama Ray , he was nominated at the 2005 Academy Awards in the "Best Picture" category.

Life

Baldwin is the managing director of the film production company Baldwin Entertainment. In 2004 he was nominated for an Oscar for the production of the drama Ray about the soul legend Ray Charles together with Taylor Hackford and Stuart Benjamin . However, the award went to Clint Eastwood , Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg for their boxer film Million Dollar Baby .

Baldwin also co-founded the New England Whalers ice hockey franchise in the World Hockey Association (WHA), renamed Hartford Whalers from 1979 to 1997, and Carolina Hurricanes since 1997 . Parts of the Minnesota North Stars and the Pittsburgh Penguins NHL were also part of this franchise. Baldwin won the Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh in 1992 . Originally, the WHA Trainer of the Year was awarded the “ Howard Baldwin Trophy ”, a cup that was given this name in his honor, but has since been renamed the “Robert Schmertz Memorial Trophy”. As one of the founders and partners of the Hockey Association (WHA), he later became president of the league. In 2009 he founded Baldwin Hartford Hockey LLC, known as Whalers Sports & Entertainment, to promote ice hockey in the state of Connecticut . The businessman was also a founding investor in the World Football League and, at the age of 28, was one of the youngest executives in professional sport.

In addition to his involvement in sports, Baldwin also built a career in film, where he acts as a producer and works in production with his wife Karen. In 1986 he appeared with the film Billy Galvin - A man goes his way over a steel worker, played by Karl Malden , for the first time as an executive producer in appearance. With the ice hockey films Sudden Death (1995) by Peter Hyams with Jean-Claude Van Damme and Mystery - New York: A Game for Honor (1999) by Jay Roach with Russell Crowe , in which he is the producer and his wife is the co-producer occurred, he remained connected to the topic of sport. He had a great success with the film Ray (2004), with which Baldwin was nominated for an Oscar. He later produced the literary film adaptation Sahara - Adventure in the Desert (2005) with Matthew McConaughey and the thriller Death Sentence (2007) with Kevin Bacon .

Filmography (selection)

Awards

  • 1992: winner of the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins
  • 2003: Nomination for the Inside Film Award in the category “Best Film” with Swimming Upstream
  • 2005: Oscar nomination for Ray
  • 2005: Winner of the Black Reel Award in the category "Best Film" (Drama) with Ray
  • 2014: Winner of the Leo Awards in the category "Best TV Movie" with Mr Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jim Matheson: Baldwin played major role in WHA merger with NHL Edmonton Journal, September 24, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  2. ^ Paul Doyle: Baldwin's Book Details Career In Hockey, And With The Whalers at courant.com (English). Retrieved February 17, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Baldwin, Howard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baldwin, Howard L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American entrepreneur and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century