Edward S. Feldman

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Edward S. Feldman (born September 5, 1929 in the Bronx , New York City ) is an American film and television producer .

Life

Edward S. Feldman grew up in the Bronx and attended DeWitt Clinton High School there. He then studied at Michigan State University . After graduating, he started working as a clerk in the press department of 20th Century Fox in Manhattan . He rose quickly, first being a contact person for fan magazines, then for paperbacks and finally for the New York press. His professional career was interrupted by a two-year military service with the United States Air Force . He was stationed at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware and achieved the rank of general .

In 1959, Feldman left Fox and found a new job with Paramount Pictures . For producer Ray Stark , he worked on the promotion for The World of Suzie Wong (1960). The two worked together so well that Stark convinced Feldman to move to Embassy Pictures . There he became head of the advertising department. Two years later, again on the advice of Stark, he moved to Seven Arts Productions . There he went straight to the promotion of Stanley Kubrick's scandalous film Lolita . It was thanks to his participation that the National Legion of Decency did not rate the film as "condemned" (disapproved). This would have prevented young people from being able to visit the cinemas, so that the film would not have come to normal cinemas. After Warner Bros. and Seven Arts merged, Feldman moved to Hollywood and began making films.

Feldman's first project was What's the matter with Helen? (1971) with Debbie Reynolds and Shelley Winters . His best-known works include Save the Tiger (1973), Two Minutes Warning (1976), In Search of the Golden Child (1986), Green Card - Sham Marriage with Obstacles (1990), Forever Young (1992), the real-life films from The Jungle Book (1994), 101 Dalmatians (1996) and the sequel 102 Dalmatians (2000).

He also produced films for American television, but also mini-series such as The Hour of the Wolf (1972) and Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982). He received an Emmy nomination for The 21 Hours of Munich (1976) about the hostage-taking in Munich and the mini-series King about the life of Martin Luther King . He was nominated for an Oscar for the film The Only Witness (1985) . He received two BAFTA Award nominations for The Sole Witness and The Truman Show . The Hollywood Film Festival honored him in 2001 for his production work.

In 2005 his autobiography Tell Me How You Love the Picture was published .

Filmography

Works

  • Tell Me How You Love the Picture . New York: St. Martin's Press 2005. ISBN 0-312-34801-0

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Feldman, Edward S .: Tell Me How You Love the Picture . New York: St. Martin's Press 2005. ISBN 0-312-34801-0 , pp. 22-23
  2. ↑ Feldman, pp. 39-42
  3. ↑ Feldman pp. 43-50
  4. ^ Feldman, p. 87
personal data
SURNAME Feldman, Edward S.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film and television producer
DATE OF BIRTH September 5, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Bronx , New York City