David Valdes
David Churchill Valdes (born August 12, 1950 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American film producer .
Life
David Churchil Valdes was born in Los Angeles to Armand George de Valdes and Joan Rosemary Churchill . After earning his bachelor's degree in theater studies at UCLA with Magna Cum Laude in 1976 , he began the two films Full Throttle to San Fernando and Tracy meets God as assistant director in 1980 and subsequently assisted Martin Scorsese and Wim Wenders, among others . He became friends with Clint Eastwood at an early age , so that in 1985 he worked as a production assistant on his Western Pale Rider - The Nameless Rider . After he produced his first own film with the mistaken comedy Wie der Vater, als Sohn in 1987, it was then other Eastwood films such as Pink Cadillac , Rookie - The Beginner and Perfect World that he produced. However, it was Frank Darabont's The Green Mile , for which production Valdes in 2000 with an Oscar nomination for Best Picture was his most valuable award.
Since September 14, 1974 David Valdes has been married to Susan Margaret Jones, with whom he has two daughters.
Filmography (selection)
- 1980: Full throttle to San Fernando (Any Which Way You Can) (assistant director)
- 1980: Tracy Meets God (Oh, God! Book II) (Assistant Director)
- 1985: Pale Rider - The nameless rider (Pale Rider) (production assistant)
- 1987: Like father, like son (Like Father, Like Son)
- 1988: The Dead Pool (The Dead Pool)
- 1989: Pink Cadillac
- 1990: Rookie - The novice (The Rookie)
- 1990: White Hunter Black Heart (White Hunter Black Heart)
- 1993: In the Line of Fire - The Second Chance (In the Line of Fire)
- 1993: Perfect World (A Perfect World)
- 1995: The Whimsical Mr. Cox (The Stars Fell on Henrietta)
- 1997: Turbulence
- 1999: The Green Mile
- 2003: Open Range - Weites Land (Open Range)
- 2007: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
- 2010: The Book of Eli
- 2011: I'm Number Four (I am Number Four)
- 2012: The Magic of Belle Isle - An Enchanted Summer (The Magic of Belle Isle)
- 2013: Beautiful Creatures - An Immortal Love (Beautiful Creatures)
- 2014: Transcendence
- 2015: Point Break
Awards
Web links
- David Valdes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c David Valdes on filmreference.com (English), accessed January 13, 2012
- ↑ Alumni, Notable Producers ( Memento of the original dated December 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at tft.ucla.edu , accessed January 13, 2012
- ↑ David Valdes on latinola.com (English), accessed January 13, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Valdes, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Valdes, David Churchill (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California, United States |