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Learn about the life and career of Darryl F. Zanuck, an American film producer and studio executive who worked in Hollywood for over 50 years. He produced three Best Picture winners and served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
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Virginia Fox Zanuck's tomb in Westwood Memorial Park,...
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Richard Darryl Zanuck (/ ˈ z æ n ə k /; December 13, 1934 –...
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Richard Darryl Zanuck (/ ˈ z æ n ə k /; December 13, 1934 – July 13, 2012) was an American film producer. His 1989 film Driving Miss Daisy won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Learn about the life and career of Darryl F. Zanuck, one of the most influential Hollywood studio bosses. From his humble beginnings as a writer and editor to his rise and fall as the head of 20th Century-Fox, Zanuck shaped the film industry with his vision and talent.
- September 5, 1902
- December 22, 1979
Darryl Francis Zanuck (September 5, 1902 – December 22, 1979) was an American producer, writer, actor, director and studio executive. He played a major part in the Hollywood studio system. He earned three Academy Awards.
Darryl F. Zanuck. Producer: The Longest Day. One of the kingpins of Hollywood's studio system, Zanuck was the offspring of the ill-fated marriage of the alcoholic night clerk in Wahoo, Nebraska's only hotel and the hotel owner's daughter.
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- Wahoo, Nebraska, USA
- January 1, 1
- Palm Springs, California, USA
Twentieth Century Pictures, Inc. was an American independent Hollywood motion picture production company created in 1933 by Joseph Schenck (the former president of United Artists) and Darryl F. Zanuck from Warner Bros., and co-founded by William Goetz from Fox Studios, and Raymond Griffith.
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Darryl Francis Zanuck (September 5, 1902 – December 22, 1979) was an American film producer and studio executive; he earlier contributed stories for films starting in the silent era.
