Ned Tanen
Ned Stone Tanen (born September 30, 1931 in Los Angeles , California , † January 5, 2009 in Santa Monica , California) was an American film producer .
Life
Ned Tanen studied at the University of California and got a job at MCA in 1954 . In 1967 he was involved in founding the Uni Records label , which eventually became MCA Records after the merger with Decca Records . In 1976 he was named director of Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of MCA . After hits like Animal House and Blues Brothers , he left Universal in 1982 and founded the production company Channel Productions , with which he produced the feature film St. Elmo's Fire , among other things .
In 1984 he became director of the film division of Paramount Pictures . He was responsible for productions such as Crocodile Dundee and Top Gun , the studio grossing $ 600 million in 1986, which was a new record at the time. In 1988 he left Paramount. He produced a few more films in the 1990s, including Tess and her Bodyguard in 1994.
Filmography
- 1984: You can only do that as an adult (Sixteen Candles)
- 1985: St. Elmo's Fire - The passion burns deep (St. Elmo's Fire)
- 1985: The Breakfast Club
- 1994: Cops & Robbersons - That knocks the strongest cop (Cops and Robbersons)
- 1994: Tess and her bodyguard (Guarding Tess)
- 1996: Mary Reilly
Web links
- Ned Tanen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Obituary at variety.com (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tanen, Ned |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tanen, Ned Stone (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 5, 2009 |
| Place of death | Santa Monica , California , United States |