Sy Weintraub

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Seymour "Sy" George Weintraub (born May 28, 1923 in New York City , United States , † April 3, 2000 in Beverly Hills ) was an American journalist , film company manager and film producer .

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Seymour, called Sy, Weintraub had studied journalism at the University of Missouri immediately after World War II and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1947 . He then attended the American Theater Wing in his hometown of New York. Sy Weintraub and colleagues founded his first television production company in 1949, Flamingo Films Inc. With this company, he brought out Superman and Grand Ole Opry as television programs in the 1950s .

In 1958 Weintraub bought Sol Lesser's film production company and at the same time acquired the filming rights to the Tarzan stories. As a result, Weintraub was also named as a producer in the opening credits of the Tarzan films shot from 1959. In the television series about the jungle hero with Ron Ely in the title role, which was also popular in Germany in the early 1970s , Weintraub was the executive producer. Weintraub's film Tarzans were freed from the female main character Jane and were created in picturesque locations in Kenya, Mexico, Thailand and India. His jungle hero interpreters often had a career as a professional athlete behind them and were considered to be rather inexperienced in acting. By the end of the 1960s, his career as a producer was de facto over. Only in 1983 did Weintraub return to film production as production manager with two Sherlock Holmes TV adaptations.

Since the 1970s, Weintraub has mainly appeared in managerial, functional and administrative positions. For example, he was chairman of Panavision Inc., board member and president of National General TV Corp. and President of KMGM-TV in Minneapolis. In 1978 he was appointed chairman of Columbia Pictures' film entertainment group and at the same time moved up to the board of Columbia Pictures Industries as chief executive.

Sy Weintraub, who was twice married and just as often divorced, died in 2000 of pancreatic cancer . He left two daughters and four grandchildren.

Filmography

literature

  • International Motion Picture Almanac 2001, Quigley Publishing Company, Larchmont, New York 2001, p. 436

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personal data
SURNAME Weintraub, Sy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weintraub, Seymour George (full name at birth)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , United States
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 2000
Place of death Beverly Hills , California