Frank Yablans
Frank Yablans (born August 27, 1935 in New York City , New York - † November 27, 2014 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American film producer and screenwriter .
Life
Yablans was born in Brooklyn in 1935 to a Jewish family . His older brother was Irwin Yablans , who later also became a film producer.
He started his career at Warner Bros. , Disney and Filmways. In the late 1960s he moved to Paramount Pictures , where he was eventually promoted to Executive Vice President Sales. In this role, Yablans managed to make the melodrama Love Story a huge hit at the box office. He was named President of Paramount Pictures in 1971. During his time as studio boss at Paramount, Yablans was responsible for film releases such as The Godfather (1972), Serpico (1973), Paper Moon (1973), The Godfather - Part II (1974) and Murder on the Orient Express (1974).
In 1975 he was dismissed after a dispute over the contract for the Chinatown film project at Paramount and replaced by Barry Diller . After that, Yablans worked as a freelance producer on numerous productions such as Teufelskreis Alpha , Meine liebe Rabenmutter or Ein Richter sees rot . Yablans also worked as a screenwriter on some films.
In 1983, Kirk Kerkorian brought Yablans to the deeply indebted MGM . Yablans initiated decisive changes in the company, which he left before his contract expired in 1985 after Kerkorian had installed Alan Ladd junior as president of the United Artists , which belonged to MGM .
In the mid-1990s, Yablans founded the film production company Adventuress Prods with producer Rowland Perkins and director Michael Campus . , which entered into a three-year first-look deal with Paramount. In 2003 he founded Promenade Pictures , with whom he produced the television series Rome and the religious animated film The Ten Commandments , among others .
Yablans died on Thanksgiving 2014 at his Los Angeles home at the age of 79. He left behind his longtime partner Nadia Pandolfo, two sons and a daughter and four grandchildren.
Filmography (selection)
executive producer
- 1976: Trans-America-Express (Silver Streak)
- 1995: Congo
- 2007: The Ten Commandments
- 2012: Noah
producer
- 1977: The Other Side of Midnight
- 1978: Vicious Circle Alpha (The Fury)
- 1979: The Cops of Dallas (North Dallas Forty)
- 1981: My dear bad mother (Mommie Dearest)
- 1982: Monsignor
- 1983: A judge sees red (The Star Chamber)
- 1984: Kidco
- 1987: The Caller
- 1987: Two great pikes in jail (Buy & Cell)
- 1989: Voice of Death (Lisa)
- 1999: A Dog of Flanders
Co-producer
- 2005–2007: Rome ( Rome , TV series, 14 episodes)
Screenwriter
- 1979: The Cops of Dallas (North Dallas Forty)
- 1981: My dear bad mother (Mommie Dearest)
Web links
- Frank Yablans in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Frank Yablans, Former Paramount President, Dies at 79 at variety.com, accessed on June 18, 2016
- ↑ a b c d e f Former Paramount President Frank Yablans Dies at 79 at hollywoodreporter.com, accessed June 18, 2016
- ↑ Hollywood Pays Court to Frank Yablans, the New Boss at MGM / UA at nytimes.com, accessed June 18, 2016
- ↑ Frank Yablans' Rough-and-Tumble Style Was Old Hollywood at variety.com, accessed June 18, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yablans, Frank |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 27, 2014 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |