Paul Lazarus III
Paul Lazarus III (born May 25, 1938 in New York City ) is an American film producer , author and university lecturer .
Life
After a Bachelor of Arts from Williams College and a Juris Doctor from Yale University Law School , Lazarus practiced intellectual property at the renowned law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York City . He then worked for a talent agency and represented stars such as Woody Allen , Shelley Winters and Simon and Garfunkel . From there, the path to becoming a film producer was quickly paved and in the 1970s he produced films such as Westworld , Futureworld - The Land of Tomorrow by Michael Crichton and The Deadly Triangle with Harrison Ford . In 1982, with Barbarosa by Fred Schepisi and with the actors Willie Nelson and Gary Busey, Lazarus' last feature film followed. After retiring from the film business, he directed the University of Miami’s Motion Picture Program . At the same time, he also wrote several non-fiction books on film productions and novels.
Paul Lazarus is the brother of screenwriter Tom Lazarus and is married to casting director Andrea Eastman.
Filmography (selection)
- 1973: Westworld
- 1976: Futureworld - The Land of Tomorrow (Futureworld)
- 1978: Capricorn Company (Capricorn One)
- 1979: The Deadly Triangle (Hanover Street)
- 1982: Barbarosa
Works
- 1985: The Movie Producer: A Handbook for Producing and Picture-Making , Barnes & Noble , ISBN 0-06-463724-7
- 1992: The Film Producer: An Industry Veteran Reveals What It Takes to Be a Producer in Today's Hollywood , St. Martin's Griffin
- 1993: Working in Film: The Marketplace in the '90s , St. Martin's Griffin
- 2001: Agent , iUniverse
- 2004: The Master , Authorhouse
- 2005: Produced By. . .: Balancing Art And Business In The Movie Industry , Silman-James Press
Web links
- Paul Lazarus III in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Paul Lazarus III on ratemyprofessors.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to the film archive Kay Less
- ↑ Profile on Paul Lazarus on com.miami.edu ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2011 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. , accessed March 26, 2011
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| SURNAME | Lazarus III, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lazarus III, Paul N. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer, writer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |