James Jacks
James "Jim" R. Jacks (born December 29, 1947 - January 20, 2014 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American film producer .
Life
Jack studied at the Carnegie Mellon University , where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, and reached later at the Cornell University the Master of Business Administration .
After graduating, he worked as a financial analyst on Wall Street before attempting a career as a screenwriter. After this failed, he worked from the early 1980s as production manager at Circle Films in Washington, DC , where he coordinated the distribution of Ethan and Joel Coen's Blood Simple (1984) and as executive producer for the Coen film Arizona Junior (1987) acted. He then went to Hollywood, where he worked as Vice-President of Acquisition and later as Vice-President of Production at Universal Studios . At Universal he oversaw the production of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989). He then worked with Sean Daniel on Field of Dreams (1990). In 1992 he left Universal and founded the independent production company Alphaville Films with Daniel . The duo had their first hits with the production of the John Woo action film Hard Goals and the coming-of-age film Confusion - Summer of the Freaky (both 1993). The Village of the Damned and Mallrats (both 1995), on the other hand, failed both critics and audiences.
Jacks and Daniel then became known primarily as producers of the successful film series about The Mummy , which began in 1999. In 2004 Jacks left Alphaville Films and devoted himself to his own projects.
Jacks died on January 20, 2014 after a heart attack at the age of 66 in his Los Angeles apartment.
Filmography
producer
- 1993 Hard Target (Hard Target)
- 1993: Confusion - summer Ausgeflippten (Dazed and Confused)
- 1993: Tombstone
- 1995: Mallrats
- 1996: Michael
- 1997: The Jackal (The Jackal)
- 1998: A Simple Plan (A Simple Plan)
- 1999: The Mummy (The Mummy)
- 2000: The Gift - The Phantom gift (The Gift)
- 2001: Once to Heaven and Back (Down to Earth)
- 2001: The Mummy Returns (The Mummy Returns)
- 2002: The Scorpion King
- 2002: Dark Blue
- 2003: The Hunted (The Hunted)
- 2008: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor)
- 2008: The Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior
executive producer
- 1987: Arizona Junior (Raising Arizona)
- 1993: 4 Heavenly Friends (Heart and Souls)
- 1995: Village of the Damned (John Carpenter's Village of the Damned)
- 1996: Don't Look Back - Die Killer im Nacken ( Don't Look Back , TV movie)
- 2001: Attila - The Hun ( Attila , miniseries)
- 2001: Rat Race - Der Nackte Wahnsinn (Rat Race)
- 2003: An (im) possible case of hardship (Intolerable Cruelty)
- 2012: The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
Web links
- James Jacks in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- James Jacks at filmreference.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ James R. Jacks Obituary , Los Angeles Times, Jan. 30, 2014
- ↑ a b 'The Mummy,' 'Dazed and Confused' Producer James Jacks Dies in Los Angeles at variety.com, accessed January 21, 2014
- ↑ a b c d e f g James Jacks. In: Turner Classic Movies . Accessed March 31, 2019 .
- ↑ RIP 'Mummy' and 'Raising Arizona' Producer James Jacks, Who Died of a Heart Attack Monday ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at indiewire.com, accessed January 21, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jacks, James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jacks, James R .; Jacks, Jim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1947 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th January 2014 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |