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Nov 26, 2022 · Posted online on November 26, 2022. Published in The Oklahoman. Gray Frederickson, of Oklahoma City, died at home surrounded by family on November 20, 2022, at the age of 85. Gray was one of the good ones. He...
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Nov 21, 2022 · Gray Frederickson, the Oscar-winning producer who worked with Francis Ford Coppola on the Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now, has died. He was 85.
- Future Academy Award Winner Started His Film Career in Italy
- Producer Forged A Lasting Bond with Francis Ford Coppola
- Oscar Winner Moved Back to Oklahoma and Started A Film Program
- Best Picture Winner Helped Establish Oklahoma's First Film Incentive
- Prolific Producer Continued to Make Movies Well Into His 80s
Born and raised in Oklahoma City, the closest Frederickson got to a movie career as a youth was working as an usher at the Lakeside Theater in the 1950s. An alumnus of Casady School and the University of Oklahoma, Frederickson also attended the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. From there, he moved to Rome, where he launched his film career as...
Along with winning three Academy Awards, "The Godfather" launched a 50-year relationship between Coppola and Frederickson. The Oklahoma City native won the best picture Oscar in 1975 for "The Godfather: Part II" — the first sequel in Oscars history to win the top award — and garnered a best picture nomination in 1980 for his work on "Apocalypse Now...
Although show biz occasionally brought Frederickson back to his home state — he was executive producer on Weird Al Yankovic's 1989 cult-classic "UHF," which filmed in Tulsa— shortly after writing the original story for the 1994 Drew Barrymore film "Bad Girls," Frederickson moved back to Oklahoma with his wife, Karen, and their two children, Kelsey ...
While the state Legislature approved and Gov. Kevin Stitt signed last year Oklahoma's largest film rebate program to date, Dino Lalli recalled that Frederickson played a lead role in getting the state's first incentive passed. "As director of the Oklahoma Film + Music Office during that time, it was an honor and privilege to work with him," said La...
Although he had already worked on about 50 films, Frederickson continued to work as a filmmaker — especially in his home state — well into his 80s. Last year, he was producing a documentary called "Sherwood Forest," a film telling an overlooked World War II episode about a group of Oklahoma and Texas roughnecks shipped to England in 1943 to allevia...
Personal life. Frederickson was married to Karen and resided in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [12] . He died of prostate cancer on November 20, 2022, at the age of 85. [13] [14] References.
Nov 21, 2022 · November 21, 2022 @ 11:15 AM. Renowned producer Gray Frederickson, best known for his work on “The Godfather” trilogy and “Apocalypse Now,” has died, TheWrap has confirmed. He was 85....
Nov 21, 2022 · Gray Frederickson, who was part of the Oscar-winning production team for Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now” and “ The Godfather Part II,” died Nov. 20 of prostate cancer in Oklahoma City,...
Nov 21, 2022 · Nov 21, 2022. World-renowned producer Gray Frederickson passed away on Sunday. Tyler Frederickson, Gray's son shared a post on his Facebook page about his father's life and what he will...
