James Jacks
| James Jacks | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 29, 1947 United States |
| Died |
20 January 2014 (aged 66) Los Angeles, California |
| Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Occupation | Film producer |
James "Jim" Jacks (December 29, 1947 – January 20, 2014[1]) was an American film producer of several blockbuster films.
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.[2] He left Alphaville Films in 2004.[3]
Jacks died on January 20, 2014 of a heart attack at his Los Angeles home at the age of 66.[4]
Selected filmography
- Raising Arizona (1987)
- Heart and Souls (1993)
- Tombstone (1993)
- Hard Target (1993)
- Dazed and Confused (1993)
- Mallrats (1995)
- Village of the Damned (1995)
- Don't Look Back (1996)
- Michael (1996)
- The Jackal (1997)
- A Simple Plan (1998)
- The Mummy (1999)
- The Gift (2000)
- The Mummy Returns (2001)
- Attila (2001)
- Rat Race (2001)
- Down to Earth (2001)
- The Scorpion King (2002)
- Dark Blue (2002)
- Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
- The Hunted (2003)
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
- The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (2008)
- The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (2012)
References
- ↑ James R. Jacks Obituary, published in the Los Angeles Times, January 30, 2014
- ↑ "Overview for James Jacks". TCM.
- ↑ RIP 'Mummy' and 'Raising Arizona' Producer James Jacks, Who Died of a Heart Attack Monday, Indiewire.com, January 21, 2014
- ↑ ‘The Mummy,’ ‘Dazed and Confused’ Producer James Jacks Dies in Los Angeles, Variety.com. January 20, 2014.
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