Ray Stark
Ray Stark ( born October 3, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, † January 17, 2004 in West Hollywood, California ) was an American film producer.
For his achievements, he was 1980, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. Previously, he had been in 1968 and 1978 respectively nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Film. 1993 Stark was awarded an Emmy for the television production Barbarians at the Gate. In 1999 he was awarded by the Producers Guild of America in recognition of his leadership of the David O. Selznick Lifetime Achievement Award.
Prior to his career he studied at Rutgers and New York University Law School. His first film-related body was that of a publicity writer at Warner Brothers. He also worked a little later as a literary agent for writers like Raymond Chandler.
During the Second World War, Stark served in the U.S. Navy. Subsequently, he worked for the Agency Famous, which represented known actors such as Marilyn Monroe. In 1957 he founded the production company Seven Arts Productions along with Eliot Hyman. Three years later she produced her first film. 1966 separated Stark. Of the company and founded with Rastar Productions and Ray Stark Productions two private companies
As a producer he worked on different film with actress Barbra Streisand in the lead role. In addition, eleven be it on pieces that have been written by Neil Simon movies are based.
From 1939 to 1992, the year of her death, he was married to Frances Brice, together they had two children.
Ray Stark is at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery buried.