Marc Merson

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Marc Merson , born as Marcus Henry Merson , (born September 9, 1931 in New York - † September 29, 2013 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American film producer , screenwriter and filmmaker . Merson has worked on such films as The Heart is a Lone Hunter and Doc Hollywood , and has been nominated for both Academy Awards and Emmy Awards.

biography

Merson graduated from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania . He later worked for several years as program director at CBS, where he also directed castings before founding Brownstone Productions in 1966. The pilot he produced in 1967 for a planned ABC sitcom called Dilby did not find a buyer. In the same year he was nominated for an Emmy for his work on the newly created anthology series ABC Stage 67 , the first episode of which was titled The Love Song of Barney Kempinski . He worked there for the first time with Alan Arkin . Also in 1967 produced Merson for NBC television movie Androcles and the Lion (Androcles and the Lion) on a play by George Bernard Shaw with songs by Richard Rodgers . Cooperation with Arkin sat 1968 in by Robert Ellis Miller after the novel by Carson McCullers resulting film The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter continued, played in the Arkin the deaf-mute John Singer, for which he received his second Oscar. Merson co-produced the film with Thomas C. Ryan. For the short film People Soup produced by him , which was directed by Alan Arkin and in which two of his sons appeared, Merson was rewarded with an Oscar nomination in 1970 . This was followed by further work for television.

In 1976 Merson then produced the autobiographical film Leadbelly , which documents the life of the folk singer Huddie William Ledbetter (better known as "Leadbelly"). Roger E. Mosley played the title role . In the years 1978/1979 Merson was involved in the CBS drama series Kaz & Co in the producer team. Ron Leibman played in it a car thief who becomes a criminal defense attorney. Further work for television followed.

Merson last drew attention to himself in 1991 as a producer with the comedy film Doc Hollywood with Michael J. Fox in the lead role. In the same year he was one of the organizers of the Eco Expo, the first national fair for environmental consumers and from 2009 chairman of the China Eco Expo. He produced two major environmental fairs in collaboration with the Chinese Ministry of Construction and an international environmental conference in collaboration with the city of Shenzhen .

Mersen, who was married with two daughters, died of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles at the age of 82 .

Filmography (selection)

as a producer, unless otherwise stated

  • 1959: The World of Sholom Aleichem (TV film; casting director)
  • 1960: Play of the Week (TV series, episode Night of the Auk ; casting director)
  • 1966: ABC Stage 67 (TV series, episode 1.1 The Love Song of Barney Kempinski )
  • 1967: Androcles and the Lion (TV movie)
  • 1968: the heart is a lonely hunter
  • 1969: People Soup (short film)
  • 1971: The David Frost Revue (TV series, episode)
  • 1974: We'll Get By (TV series, episode Apple's Way )
  • 1974: Moe and Joe (TV movie)
  • 1976: Leadbelly
  • 1976: Hickey (TV movie)
  • 1977: Riding High (TV movie)
  • 1978: The Waverly Wonders (TV series, episode Pied Piper )
  • 1978, 1979: Kaz & Co ( Kaz ; TV series, 23 episodes)
  • 1980: Marriage Is Alive and Well (TV movie)
  • 1981: Rise and Shine (TV series, pilot; screenplay)
  • 1981: Jessica Novak (TV series, 4 episodes)
  • 1982: The Rules of Marriage (TV movie)
  • 1983: Dusty (TV movie; + screenplay)
  • 1983: Full House (TV movie)
  • 1985: Comedy Factory (TV series, episode Side by Side )
  • 1987: CBS Summer Playhouse (TV series, episode Sons of Gunz )
  • 1991: Doc Hollywood
  • 2013: SP.Oil (short film; starring grandfather)

Awards

1967 Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Nominated with ABC Stage 67 , Episode The Love Song of Barney Kempinski in the category "Best Drama Program"

Academy Awards 1970

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Mike Barnes: Producer Marc Merson Dies at 82 In: The Hollywood Reporter . 2nd October 2013.
  2. ↑ The 42nd Academy Awards | 1970 see oscars.org (English)
  3. ↑ Marc Merson, Owner, Eco Expo see linkedin.com (English)
personal data
SURNAME Merson, Marc
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Merson, Marcus Henry (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film producer, screenwriter, and filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH new York
DATE OF DEATH 29th September 2013
Place of death Los Angeles , California