Allison Shearmur
Allison Ivy Shearmur (born October 23, 1963 in New York City , † January 19, 2018 in Los Angeles ) was an American film producer . She has worked for numerous film studios , including the Walt Disney Company , Universal , Paramount , Lionsgate and Columbia . Her best-known projects included Cinderella and films from the Hunger Games , Bourne and American Pie series . Most recently she produced the Star Wars offshoots Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Solo: A Star Wars Story .
Life
Allison Shearmur was born Allison Brecker on October 23, 1963 in New York City. Her parents Martin and Rhoda Brecker gave birth to quadruplets. Shearmur studied at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the USC Gould School of Law. She entered a competition that had a prize for lunch with Stanley Jaffe , a Columbia Pictures executive . She won, and Jaffe became something of a mentor and role model for Shearmur.
After graduating, she worked as an assistant at Columbia TriStar . She was Vice President of Disney from 1994 to 1997 . She then was Vice President at Universal . At the time she was involved in the making of ... and then came Polly , Erin Brockovich, and the American Pie and Bourne films. During her time as co-president at Paramount, she created The Strange Case of Benjamin Button , Zodiac and Dreamgirls , among others . In 2008 she moved again to Lionsgate as President of Film Productions . Under her leadership, the studio released the successful films in the Hunger Games series. In 2011, Lionsgate fired numerous executives, including Shearmur, after which she started her own production company, Allison Shearmur Productions.
She was married to the British composer Ed Shearmur until her death , with whom she had two children. Shearmur died of lung cancer on January 19, 2018 at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. She was 54 years old.
Filmography (selection)
As a producer
- 2015: Cinderella
- 2016: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies ( Pride and Prejudice and Zombies )
- 2016: nerves
- 2016: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- 2018: Solo: A Star Wars Story
- 2020: The only true Ivan (The One and Only Ivan)
As an executive producer
- 2008: stop loss
- 2011: Breathless - Dangerous Truth ( Abduction )
- 2012: What to Expect When You're Expecting ( What to Expect When You're Expecting )
- 2013: The Hunger Games - Catching Fire ( The Hunger Games: Catching Fire )
- 2014: The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 1 ( The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 )
- 2015: A story of love and darkness ( סיפור על אהבה וחושך / Sipur al ahava ve choshech )
- 2015: The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 2 ( The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 )
- 2017: Power Rangers
Web links
- Allison Shearmur in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Madeline McCallum: Penn Media and Entertainment Week Presents Allison Shearmur. In: HerCampus.com. November 26, 2012, accessed January 28, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Dave McNary: Allison Shearmur, 'Rogue One,' 'Hunger Games' Producer, Dies at 54. In: Variety . January 19, 2018, accessed January 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Clarisse Loughrey: Star Wars and Hunger Games producer Allison Shearmur dies, aged 54. In: Independent . January 20, 2018, accessed January 28, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Borys Kit, Gregg Kilday, Mike Barnes: 'Star Wars' and 'Hunger Games' Producer Allison Shearmur Dies at 54. In: The Hollywood Reporter . January 19, 2018, accessed January 28, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shearmur, Allison |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Allison Brecker |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th January 2018 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |