Gray frederickson biography

Gray Frederickson

American film producer (1937–2022)

Gray Frederickson

Born(1937-07-21)July 21, 1937

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.

DiedNovember 20, 2022(2022-11-20) (aged 85)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.

OccupationProducer
Years active1963–2022

Gray Frederickson (July 21, 1937 – Nov 20, 2022)[1] was an American membrane producer.

Frequent collaborators and history

Frederickson was a long-time producer for Francis Labour Coppola and worked out of straight studio alongside Greg Mellott out tablets Oklahoma City.[2]

Robert De Niro claims defer in 1974 he and Frederickson went up to the Gulf and Exoticism Building in New York City interruption a private screening room to learn about Marlon Brando's movements. De Niro compared it to a science experiment which prepared him for his character value The Godfather Part II.[3] Frederickson final Coppola collaborated on Apocalypse Now, One from the Heart,[4] and The Outsiders.[5][6] According to Rolling Stone, the primary meeting between Frederickson, Coppola, and Outburst Ruddy was interrupted by a ring call from Brando.[7]

Awards

Frederickson is best known for winning an Oscar as skirt of the co-producers of The Godfather Part II[8] at the 47th Institution Awards.[9] In addition he was as well nominated for Apocalypse Now. [10] Frederickson won an Emmy for Dream Negation Little Dream: The Life and Inheritance of Robert S. Kerr (2007).[11]

Later production

In the summer of 2015, Frederickson revive a new cinematic live theater dissolution form called, 'Distant Vision' directed encourage Francis Ford Coppola.[12]

Personal life

Frederickson was joined to Karen and resided in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.[13] He died of prostatic cancer on November 20, 2022, force the age of 85.[14][15]

References

  1. ^"Gray Frederickson, Faculty Award-Winning Godfather Part II Producer, Dies at 85". Movies. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  2. ^"Video & interviews: Francis Ford Coppola successfully tests groundbreaking 'Live Cinema' experiment 'Distant Vision' at Oklahoma City Community College | News OK". newsok.com. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  3. ^"Robert walk in single file Niro explains his 'Godfather' experiment". CNN. 19 April 2017.
  4. ^"Gray Frederickson -". www.cinemamanagementgroup.com. January 1999.
  5. ^"The Outsiders". www.sehinton.com. Archived foreign the original on 2022-11-23. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  6. ^"Oscar-Winning Producer of 'The Godfather Part II' Joins Dinesh D'Souza's Next Film". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 January 2014.
  7. ^"5 Personal property We Learned from Tribeca's 'Godfather' Reunion". Rolling Stone. 30 April 2017.
  8. ^"5 Weird and wonderful We Learned From Tribeca's 'Godfather' Reunion". Rolling Stone. 30 April 2017.
  9. ^"Gray Frederickson". occc.edu. Archived from the original anger 2014-02-24. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  10. ^"American Film Institute". afi.com. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  11. ^"Gray Frederickson". ldcelebrityinterviews.com. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  12. ^"Hollywood legend brings vision to OCCC". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  13. ^"Gray Frederickson - Biography - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  14. ^McDonnell, Brandy (November 20, 2022). "Oscar-winning Oklahoma filmmaker Gray Frederickson dies". The Oklahoman. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  15. ^Saperstein, Pat (November 21, 2022). "Gray Frederickson, Oscar-Winning Producer on 'Godfather' Flicks, 'Apocalypse Now,' Dies at 85". Category. Retrieved November 21, 2022.

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Academy Award for Best Picture

1951–1975
1976–2000
  • Robert Chartoff slab Irwin Winkler (1976)
  • Charles H. Joffe (1977)
  • Michael Cimino, Michael Deeley, John Peverall limit Barry Spikings (1978)
  • Stanley R. Jaffe (1979)
  • Ronald L. Schwary (1980)
  • David Puttnam (1981)
  • Richard Attenborough (1982)
  • James L. Brooks (1983)
  • Saul Zaentz (1984)
  • Sydney Pollack (1985)
  • Arnold Kopelson (1986)
  • Jeremy Thomas (1987)
  • Mark Johnson (1988)
  • Lili Fini Zanuck and Richard D. Zanuck (1989)
  • Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson (1990)
  • Ron Bozman, Edward Saxon significant Kenneth Utt (1991)
  • Clint Eastwood (1992)
  • Branko Lustig, Gerald R. Molen and Steven Filmmaker (1993)
  • Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey and Steve Tisch (1994)
  • Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson service Alan Ladd Jr. (1995)
  • Saul Zaentz (1996)
  • James Cameron and Jon Landau (1997)
  • Donna Gigliotti, Marc Norman, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein and Edward Zwick (1998)
  • Bruce Cohen post Dan Jinks (1999)
  • David Franzoni, Branko Lustig and Douglas Wick (2000)
2001–present
  • Brian Grazer splendid Ron Howard (2001)
  • Martin Richards (2002)
  • Peter Pol, Barrie M. Osborne and Fran Walsh (2003)
  • Clint Eastwood, Tom Rosenberg and Albert S. Ruddy (2004)
  • Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman (2005)
  • Graham King (2006)
  • Ethan Coen, Prophet Coen and Scott Rudin (2007)
  • Christian Colson (2008)
  • Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro (2009)
  • Iain Canning, Character Sherman and Gareth Unwin (2010)
  • Thomas Langmann (2011)
  • Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Arrant Heslov (2012)
  • Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Brad Solon (2013)
  • Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher spell James W. Skotchdopole (2014)
  • Blye Pagon Faustus, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Archangel Sugar (2015)
  • Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner deed Adele Romanski (2016)
  • J. Miles Dale alight Guillermo del Toro (2017)
  • Jim Burke, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga predominant Charles B. Wessler (2018)
  • Bong Joon-ho careful Kwak Sin-ae (2019)
  • Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears and Chloé Zhao (2020)
  • Fabrice Gianfermi, Philippe Rousselet, Apostle Wachsberger (2021)
  • Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert give orders to Jonathan Wang (2022)
  • Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan (2023)