Jeff Pollack

Jeff Pollack ( * November 15, 1959 in Los Angeles as Ian Jeffrey Pollack, † 23 December 2013, Hermosa Beach, California ) was an American film director, screenwriter and film producer. He became famous for the movies Above the Rim, Booty Call - One -night stand with obstacles and Get The Dog - There's Something About Love.

Life and career

Jeff Pollack, born in 1959, traveled to his studies at the University of Southern California first three years through Asia, before returning to the United States to act there in the entertainment and film industry in various capacities. He founded together with a friend, business partner Benny Medina, at the beginning of the 1990s, the production company Medina / Pollack Entertainment, which later Handprint Entertainment was. There she supervised known stars such as Tyra Banks, Jennifer Lopez or Mariah Carey. He also produced until 1995 numerous episodes of the popular television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air with Will Smith.

1994 Pollack succeeded with the athletes drama Above the Rim, with Duane Martin and Tupac Shakur in the lead roles, also the leap into cinema. Jeff Pollack realized the film on his own responsibility as a producer, screenwriter and director. 1997 was created under his direction, the romantic comedy Booty Call - One -night stand with obstacles with Jamie Foxx, Tommy Davidson and Vivica A. Fox. In 1999, he staged with Get The Dog - There's Something About Love one another comedy in the occupation of David Spade, Sophie Marceau and Ever Carradine. From 2000 Pollack worked mainly in the role of executive producer, among other things in television movies and television series such as Jennifer Lopez in Concert, The Tyra Banks Show and The Show with AJ Calloway. In 2003 he was a producer of the movie The Fighting Temptations with Cuba Gooding Jr., Beyonce Knowles and Mike Epps.

The entertainer Jeff Beacher he had worked in the last years of life together in the production of variety shows. Pollack died unexpectedly at a jogging run in Hermosa Beach, California, in the early morning of 23 December 2013.

Filmography

As a director,

As a screenwriter

As a producer,

Cinema

TV