Harry Saltzman
Herschel "Harry" Saltzman (born October 27, 1915 in Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada , † September 28, 1994 in Paris , France ) was a Canadian film producer . As a co-owner of the film production company Eon Productions Ltd. and Danjaq, LLC , Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli co- founded the James Bond series in 1962 . From 1962 to 1974 he produced nine James Bond films with Broccoli.
Life
Saltzman grew up in New Brunswick . At the age of 15 he ran away from home and soon after joined a circus. In 1932 he moved to Paris to study political science and economics. During his time in Paris he met the director René Clair know, for whom he worked as an assistant on the Oscar-nominated film The Adventurer .
From 1943 Saltzman directed the Gilbert Brothers circus. According to a 1943 advertisement, the circus was in Clifton , New Jersey and was well booked through the East American states by mid-October.
Shortly after the start of World War II, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in Vancouver. However, he was released in 1943 for health reasons ("medical discharge") and joined the Anglo-American Psychological Warfare Division because he wanted to return to Europe .
In 1959 he produced his first full-length movie, Blick zurück im Zorn . In 1961 he contacted Ian Fleming and acquired the film rights to the successful spy novels about the secret agent James Bond - for all books except Casino Royale . Fleming received $ 100,000 and 2.5% of box office earnings. In Albert R. Broccoli, Saltzman found a financially strong partner to produce a cinema series. The joint film company Eon Productions Ltd. subsequently produced one of the most successful cinema series in the world. However, he got out in 1975 for personal reasons and sold his stake to the United Artists .
Parallel to James Bond, he produced three films about another British secret agent, Harry Palmer, played by Michael Caine : Ipcress - top secret , Finale in Berlin and The Billion Dollar Brain .
On September 28, 1994, he died of complications from a heart attack.
Filmography
- 1956: The Iron Petticoat
- 1959: Look Back in Anger (Look Back in Anger)
- 1960: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning)
- 1960: Der Komödiant (The Entertainer)
- 1962: James Bond - 007 chases Dr. No (Dr. No)
- 1963: James Bond 007 - From Russia with Love
- 1963: Bob on Safari (Call Me Bwana)
- 1964: James Bond 007 - Goldfinger (Goldfinger)
- 1965: James Bond 007 - Fireball ( Thunderball , Executive Producer)
- 1965: And There Came a Man (E venne un uomo)
- 1965: Ipcress - Top Secret (The Ipcress File)
- 1965: Falstaff (Campanadas a medianoche)
- 1966: Final in Berlin (Funeral in Berlin)
- 1967: The Billion Dollar Brain
- 1967: James Bond 007 You Only Live Twice
- 1968: Play Dirty (Play Dirty)
- 1969: Battle of Britain (Battle of Britain)
- 1969: James Bond 007 On her Majesty's Secret Service
- 1970: Toomorrow
- 1971: James Bond 007 - Diamonds Are Forever
- 1973: Russian Summer (Days of Fury)
- 1973: James Bond 007 - Live and Let Die
- 1974: James Bond 007 - The Man with the golden Gun
- 1980: Nijinsky
- 1989: The time of the gypsies (Dom za vesanje)
Web links
- Harry Saltzman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus Dodds: Screening Geopolitics: James Bond and the Early Cold War films (1962–1967) , in: Geopolitics, Vol. 10 (2005), No. 2, pp. 266–289 (here: p. 273).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saltzman, Harry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Saltzman, Herschel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 28, 1994 |
| Place of death | Paris , France |