John Foreman (producer)
John Foreman John C. Foreman ( born July 26, 1925 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, † 20 November 1992 in Beverly Hills, California ) was an American film producer. He became internationally known through the production of feature films Two bandits, That was Roy Bean, The Man Who Would Be King or Prizzi's Honor.
Life and career
John Foreman, born in 1925 in Idaho Falls, served as a soldier during the Second World War in the United States Navy. After the war Foreman first taught at Stevens College in Columbia, Missouri, later he began his career in the film business in Hollywood. In addition to his talent agency Foreman founded in the late 1960s, the production company, Newman - Foreman Productions. His friendship with the actor Paul Newman in 1969 brought two successful films produced, the racer movie Indianapolis and the Oscar-winning Western Two bandits with Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy and Robert Redford in the role of the Sundance Kid. The film won four Oscars and John Foreman received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. At the beginning of the 1970s came other films of the Newman - Foreman Productions, among other things, you want to be giants, Two warhorses on the move, That was Roy Bean or The Mackintosh Man.
1975 Foreman produced the adventure film The Man Who Would Be King with Sean Connery and Michael Caine in the lead roles, with the financing of the film for a long time was not backed up. The director was again the director John Huston, who want the Western That was Roy Bean and the thriller The Mackintosh Man had staged in the years before. The music also composed by the composer Maurice Jarre. 1978 Foreman joined another Sean Connery film as a producer in appearance, this time at the crime comedy The Great Train Robbery. In the 1980s, Foreman once again won an Oscar nomination in the comedy Prizzi's Honor. His last production was in 1991 during the lifetime of the second part of the hit comedy Mannequin. Foreman was private and very accessible and organized like Hollywood parties. With many of his colleagues from the film business, he was friends with some, he worked several times together, among others, Paul Newman, Sean Connery, John Huston, Maurice Jarre, Dave Grusin or Stewart Raffill.
John C. Foreman produced in his career over 15 movies. In addition to his career as a film producer Foreman worked for MCA and in the public relations agency Rogers & Cowan. He was co-founder of Creative Management Agency, which later became ICM.
Foreman died on 20 November 1992 at the age of 67 years in Beverly Hills, California on the consequences of a heart attack. His grave is located at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
The actress Amanda Foreman (born 1966 ) is the daughter from his marriage to the actress Linda Lawson.