John Calley
Known for: Production
Born: July 8, 1930
Died: September 13, 2011
Place of birth: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
John Nicholas Calley (July 8, 1930 – September 13, 2011) was an American film studio executive and producer. He was quite influential during his years at Warner Bros. (where he worked from 1968 to 1981) and "produced a film a month, on average, including commercial successes like The Exorcist and Superman." During his seven years at Sony Pictures Entertainment starting in 1996, five of which he was chairman and chief executive, he was credited with "reinvigorat[ing]" that major film studio.
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Filmography
35 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
6.7
Angels & Demons
2009
5.8
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
2008
8.0
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008
7.0
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008
6.0
The Craft of Dirty Harry
2008
6.0
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007
6.6
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
2007
4.3
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
2007
6.2
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007
6.5
The Jane Austen Book Club
2007
7.2
The Company
2007
6.0
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
2006
9.0
This Is Gary McFarland
2006
6.7
The Da Vinci Code
2006
6.8
Closer
2004
7.6
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
2004
7.9
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
6.5
Sharon Tate: Murdered Innocence
2002
6.5
Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'
2001
6.5
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey
2001
NR
The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson
1999
5.6
One Night Stand
1997
7.4
The Remains of the Day
1993
6.6
Postcards from the Edge
1990
6.7
Catch-22
1970
5.7
Castle Keep
1969
6.4
Ice Station Zebra
1968
5.2
Don't Make Waves
1967
6.1
Eye of the Devil
1966
7.4
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
1966
7.0
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
6.2
The Loved One
1965
6.4
The Sandpiper
1965
6.7
The Americanization of Emily
1964
6.3
The Wheeler Dealers
1963
8.5
A Face in the Rain
1963