Jack Rollins [3] ( born Jack Rollins ; March 23, 1915 , New York , USA - June 18, 2015 , New York , USA) is an American film producer who worked on most of Woody Allen’s films . He was also an agent of a number of actors and singers, such as Robin Williams , Robert Klein, Dick Cavett , David Letterman , Mike Nichols , Harry Belafonte , Elaine May , Billy Crystal . [four]
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| Birth name | Yakov Rabinovich |
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| Profession | film producer , television producer |
| Career | 1969 - 2015 |
| Direction | comedy, romance, drama |
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Filmography
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
Jack Rollins was born in Brooklyn in New York on March 23, 1915 as Jacob Rabinovich. He was the eldest of the three children of Luis and Sarah Rabinovich, Jewish immigrants from Russia. His father, a blacksmith from Kiev , became a tailor in New York.
In 1933, Jacob graduated from high school, in 1937 - City College of New York , after which he changed his name to Jack Rollins and worked in an orphanage in Chicago .
During the Second World War he was drafted into the army, served in India as a cryptographer. In the army, he met film actor Melvin Douglas , with his help, and was able to enter the world of show business .
In 1948, Rollins married Pearl Rose Levin (she died in 2012). He had three daughters, Susan, Hilary and Francesca, as well as four grandchildren.
After the war, he began working as a producer of the Broadway show, but due to competition he switched to the role of an impresario, having founded in 1951 an agency representing the interests of actors, writers and singers. When Charles Joffe joined him in 1952 [5] , their agency concentrated mainly on comedians.
One of his first clients was Harry Belafonte , nicknamed the king of calypso music, but in 1954 he moved to another agency [6] . Thanks to Rollins, Lenny Bruce was able to start a career on Broadway and on television. The next comedians were Mike Nichols and Elaine May.
In the late fifties, the Rollins-Joffe Agency began working with Woody Allen, examining the potential of a shy young man to become the new Orson Welles , a successful actor , director and screenwriter all rolled into one. From 1969 to 1993, all Woody Allen films, except Love and Death , were shot with the participation of Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions [7] . At the same time, the name of Rollins was not always listed in the credits; only Joffe received the Oscar for the film " Annie Hall ".
Other Rollins clients include Robin Williams , Billy Crystal , Joan Rivers , Tony Bennett , Jim Carrey , Diane Keaton and others. Robin Williams became a client in the late seventies. [8]
From 1982 to 1992, Rollins was the producer of Late Night With David Letterman on NBC before he switched to CBS . [9]
Filmography
| Year | Russian name | original name | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | f | Grab money and run | Take the Money and Run | producer |
| 1969 | f | Don't drink the water | producer | |
| 1971 | f | Bananas | Bananas | executive producer |
| 1972 | f | Everything you always wanted to know about sex, but were afraid to ask | Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask | producer |
| 1973 | f | The ted bessel show | producer | |
| 1973 | f | Sleeping | Sleeper | executive producer |
| 1976 | f | Figurehead | Original name unknown | executive producer |
| 1977 | f | Annie hall | Annie hall | producer |
| 1978 | f | Interiors | Interiors | producer |
| 1979 | f | Manhattan | Manhattan | producer |
| 1980 | f | Memories of Stardust | Stardust memories | executive producer |
| 1982 | f | Midsummer night's comedy | A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy | executive producer |
| 1983 | f | Zelig | Zelig | executive producer |
| 1984 | f | Broadway Danny Rose | Broadway danny rose | executive producer |
| 1985 | f | Purple rose cairo | The purple rose of cairo | executive producer |
| 1986 | f | Hannah and her sisters | Hannah and her sisters | executive producer |
| 1987 | f | Radio Days | Radio days | executive producer |
| 1987 | f | September | September | executive producer |
| 1988 | f | Another woman | Another woman | executive producer |
| 1989 | f | New York stories , the novel "The New Oedipus" | New York Stories: Oedipus Wrecks | executive producer |
| 1989 | f | Crime and misconduct | Crimes and Misdemeanors | executive producer |
| 1990 | f | Alice | Alice | executive producer |
| 1992 | f | Husbands and wives | Husbands and wives | executive producer |
| 1992 | f | Shadows and fog | Shadows and fog | executive producer |
| 1993 | f | Mysterious Manhattan Murder | Manhattan murder mystery | executive producer |
| 1994 | f | Bullets Over Broadway | Bullets Over Broadway | executive producer |
| 1995 | f | Great Aphrodite | Mighty aphrodite | executive producer |
| 1996 | f | Everybody says that I love you | Everyone Says I Love You | executive producer |
| 1997 | f | Parsing Harry | Deconstructing harry | executive producer |
| 1998 | f | Celebrity | Celebrity | executive producer |
| 1999 | f | Sweet and nasty | Sweet and lowdown | executive producer |
| 2000 | f | Petty scammers | Small time crooks | executive producer |
| 2001 | f | The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | The curse of the jade scorpion | executive producer |
| 2002 | f | Hollywood Finale | Hollywood ending | executive producer |
| 2002 | f | Jimmy Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show | executive producer | |
| 2003 | f | Something else | Anything else | executive producer |
| 2004 | f | Melinda and Melinda | Melinda and melinda | executive producer |
| 2005 | f | Match point | Match point | executive producer |
| 2006 | f | Sensation | Scoop | executive producer |
| 2007 | f | Kassandra's dream | Cassandra's dream | executive producer |
| 2008 | f | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Vicky cristina barcelona | executive producer |
| 2009 | f | Whatever happens | Whatever works | executive producer |
| 2010 | f | You will meet a mysterious stranger | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | executive producer |
| 2011 | f | Midnight in Paris | Midnight in paris | executive producer |
| 2012 | f | Roman adventures | To rome with love | executive producer |
| 2013 | f | Jasmine | Blue jasmine | executive producer |
| 2014 | f | Moonlight magic | Magic in the moonlight | executive producer |
| 2015 | f | Irrational man | Irrational people | executive producer |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Internet Broadway Database - 2000.
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/19/obituaries/jack-rollins-dies-at-100-sharpened-talent-like-woody-allens.html?_r=1
- ↑ Spelling of a surname according to: Rybakin A.I. Dictionary of English surnames. - M.: Russian language, 1986. - S. 576.
- ↑ Coleman, Janet (November 1, 1991). The Compass: the improvisational theater that revolutionized American comedy. University of Chicago Press. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-226-11345-6
- ↑ Talent agent co-produced most Woody Allen films
- ↑ Jack Rollins, Woody Allen's Legendary Manager-Producer, Celebrates 100th Birthday
- ↑ Woody Allen's Producer Jack Rollins Dies at 100
- ↑ Jack Rollins Dies
- ↑ Variety.com
Links
- Jack Rollins on the Internet Movie Database