James Jacks

Producer

29. december 1947 — 20. januar 2014 (66 år)
James "Jim" Jacks (December 29, 1947 – January 20, 2014 was an American film producer of several blockbuster films, and was also known for cultivating visionary independent film auteurs, having produced the first Hollywood films of Richard Linklater, Joel and Ethan Coen (the Coen Brothers), and Kevin Smith.

Born December 29, 1947, Jacks grew up in a military family. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and from Cornell University with an MBA. He was working as a Wall Street financial analyst when he decided to be a screenwriter. Unsuccessful, he became head of production at Circle Films in the early- to mid-1980s and then senior vice-president of production at Universal Studios from the late-1980s into the early-1990s. In 1992, he became an independent producer with Alphaville Films, which he co-founded with Sean Daniel. He left Alphaville Films in 2004.

The shrimp parmigiana at the Los Angeles restaurant Dan Tana's is named for him.

Jacks died on January 20, 2014, of a heart attack at his Los Angeles home at the age of 66.

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Kendt for

  • Mumien vender tilbage
    Mumien vender tilbage2001
  • Den sidste vilde nat med Kliken
    Den sidste vilde nat med Kliken1993
  • Mumien
    Mumien1999
  • Tombstone
    Tombstone1993
  • The Gift
    The Gift2000
  • The Scorpion King
    The Scorpion King2002
  • Mallrats
    Mallrats1995
  • Sjakalen
    Sjakalen1997
  • Hard Target
    Hard Target1993
  • Down to Earth
    Down to Earth2001
  • Dark Blue
    Dark Blue2002
  • Mumien: Drage-Kejserens grav
    Mumien: Drage-Kejserens grav2008
  • The Hunted
    The Hunted2003
  • En simpel plan
    En simpel plan1998
  • Michael - en engel, ikke en helgen
    Michael - en engel, ikke en helgen1996
  • Hunnerkongen Attila
    Hunnerkongen Attila2 episoder
  • The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior
    The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior2008
  • The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
    The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption2012
  • Heart and Souls
    Heart and Souls1993
  • Don't Look Back
    Don't Look Back1996

Filmografi

2018
The Scorpion King: Book of Souls · as Executive Producer
2015
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power · as Executive Producer
2012
2008
2008
2003
Intolerable Cruelty · as Executive Producer
2003
2002
2002
2001
Rat Race · as Executive Producer
2001
2001
2001
Attila · as Executive Producer
2001
Attila · as Executive Producer
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1996
Don't Look Back · as Executive Producer
1995
1993
1993
1993
1993
Heart and Souls · as Executive Producer
1987
Raising Arizona · as Executive Producer