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John Nicholas Calley (July 8, 1930 – September 13, 2011) [1] was an American film studio executive and producer. He was quite influential during his years at Warner Bros., where he worked from 1968 to 1981, [2] and "produced a film a month, on average, including commercial successes like The Exorcist and Superman ." [3]
Sep 14, 2011 · LOS ANGELES — John Calley, who was known for his unusually artistic approach in running three major Hollywood studios and overseeing some of the most successful movies of the last 50 years, died...
When film executive and producer John Calley died on September 13, 2011, Variety described him as a "studio lion." In his 50-year career, he headed three different major movie studios and helped fashion dozens of popular as well as influential pictures, including The Exorcist (1973), 'Catch-22,' 'All the President's Men' and 'The Da Vinci Code.'
Sep 13, 2011 · John Calley, who headed up three major Hollywood Studios and was behind wide-ranging hits from Catch-22 to The Da Vinci Code, has died. He was 81.
Sep 14, 2011 · John Calley, a former top executive at Warner Bros., United Artists and Sony Pictures Entertainment and a producer whose credits include “The Remains of the Day” and “The Da Vinci Code,”...
Sep 13, 2011 · Many in Hollywood are expressing their grief over the death of John Calley, who headed up three major Hollywood Studios. Throughout his decades-long career, Calley, who died Sunday at age 81,...
Sep 13, 2011 · UPDATED: John Calley, the veteran Hollywood movie and TV producer whose long career as a studio mogul helped engineer the comebacks of Warner Bros, United Artists, and most recently Sony Pictures...
Sep 14, 2011 · John Calley was proof that there really can be second acts in show business — and enviable ones at that. The studio exec and producer, whose wildly diverse and successful career spanned 50 years,...
CULVER CITY, Calif., (September 13, 2011) - John Calley, who led three major Hollywood studios and produced or championed a constellation of hit films, from Catch-22 to The Da Vinci Code, during a legendary career that spanned more than 50 years, passed away today.
John N. Calley was a studio executive and producer known for his unique ability to identify, support, and put faith in creative visionaries. Raised by a single mother during the Great Depression, John worked as a janitor at his own high school and graduated near the bottom of his class.
