Jerome Hellman
Jerome Hellman ( born September 4, 1928 in New York City, New York) is an American film producer and director. He became internationally known through the production of feature films Midnight Cowboy, The Day of the Locust, Coming Home - Coming Home and The Mosquito Coast.
Life and career
Jerome Hellman was born in 1928 in New York City, began his next career as a producer at the theater in the 1960s, a career as a film producer. The Comedy World of Henry Orient with Peter Sellers in 1964 he realized his first theatrical production. In 1966, he produced another romantic comedy with the Sean Connery movie Samson can not be beat. In 1970 he was honored as a producer for the film drama Midnight Cowboy with Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight in the lead roles with the Oscar for Best Film of the year for the film music of the English composer John Barry is responsible, the of at the next film production Jerome Hellman drama the day of the Locust should compose the music. 1979 Hellman received another Oscar nomination for his anti-war drama Coming Home - Coming Home with Jane Fonda and Jon Voight. In the same year took over Hellman addition to the production, the director for the drama If fate wants it. The main roles he held with the actors Marsha Mason, Ned Beatty and Susan Clark. His last film production to date was 1986, the movie Mosquito Coast with Harrison Ford in the role of the dropout Allie Fox. Directed by Peter Weir.
In 1995 he was a member of the jury at the 19th international film festival in Moscow.
Jerome Hellman produced in his career several movies and plays and took himself with a movie on the director's chair.