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Frank Price (born May 17, 1930) is an American retired television writer and film studio executive. He held a number of executive positions including head of Universal TV; president, and later chairman and CEO, of Columbia Pictures; and president of Universal Pictures.
In 1978, Price left the presidency of Universal TV to become President, and later Chairman and CEO, of Columbia Pictures where he was involved with such story-driven, award-winning films as Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Tootsie (1982) and Gandhi (1982) and top-grossers as Ghostbusters (1984) and The Karate Kid (1984).
Frank Price. Producer: Matinee Theatre. One of the few Hollywood executives to come out of a writing background, Price interrupted his early TV career (where he was story editor and writer for CBS-TV from 1951-53) with a stint as story editor at Columbia Pictures (1953-57), which he would later head at two separate times.
CBS came out here again as a story editor and writer, became a producer of a television series like the Virginia and Ironside, then became head of universal television and the doorbell rang...
Oct 21, 2015 · Blast From The Past On ‘Back To The Future’: How Frank Price Rescued Robert Zemeckis’ Classic From Obscurity. By Mike Fleming Jr. October 21, 2015 5:46pm.
Apr 14, 2021 · Frank Price, who serves as Chairman and CEO of Price Entertainment Inc., is retiring from his role as Chair of the USC School of Cinematic Arts Board of Councilors at the end of...
Frank Price (born May 17, 1930) [1] was a television writer and executive during the 1950s to 1970s, and a Hollywood studio chief in the 1980s.
