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Daniel Melnick (April 21, 1932 – October 13, 2009) was an American film producer and film studio executive who started working in Hollywood as a teenager in television and then became the producer of such films as All That Jazz, Altered States and Straw Dogs. Melnick's films won more than 20 Academy Awards out of some 80 nominations.
- April 21, 1932, New York City, United States
- Linda (1955–1971)
- 2
- October 13, 2009 (aged 77), Los Angeles, United States
Melnick, who was born in New York City, was nine when his father, a Russian immigrant, died in a car crash. His mother, who remarried, encouraged her son's interest in theatre and sent him to New...
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Oct 15, 2009 · Daniel Melnick, a producer and former head of production at MGM and Columbia studios who was known for making bold, literate and carefully crafted films that included “Network,” “All That Jazz”...
Oct 14, 2009 · Former MGM chief Daniel Melnick died Tuesday in Los Angeles at 77. He had been struggling with lung cancer. In a career that spanned decades, Melnick produced both Oscar-winning prestige...
Personal life. Melnick is the son of Daniel Melnick and Linda Rodgers, and grandson of Richard Rodgers and grew up in New York City. He graduated from The Choate School (which later merged with Rosemary Hall to become Choate Rosemary Hall) and attended Harvard College, Berklee College of Music, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. [3] .
Daniel Melnick, a producer and studio executive who brought an innovative and often unconventional sensibility to films that included “Straw Dogs,” “All That Jazz” and “Altered States ...
Nov 18, 2009 · The Hollywood film producer and studio executive Daniel Melnick was responsible for authorising the production of some notable movies, ranging from the controversially violent Straw Dogs (1971)...