Richard D. Zanuck

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Richard D. Zanuck was a prominent American film producer and studio executive known for overseeing and producing numerous influential Hollywood films from the 1960s onward.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American
film producer
film studio executive
activeYearsEnd 2012
activeYearsStart 1950s
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Picture
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
awardReceivedFor Driving Miss Daisy
birthDate 1934-12-13
birthPlace Los Angeles, California, United States
businessPartner David Brown
causeOfDeath heart attack
coFounded The Zanuck Company
The Zanuck/Brown Company
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 2012-07-13
deathPlace Beverly Hills, California, United States
educatedAt Stanford University
employer 20th Century Fox
familyName Zanuck
father Darryl F. Zanuck
fullName Richard Darryl Zanuck
genre feature film
givenName Richard NERFINISHED
mother Virginia Fox
notableCollaboration David Brown
Steven Spielberg
Tim Burton
notableWork Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)
Big Fish
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005 film)
Cocoon
Deep Impact
Driving Miss Daisy
Jaws
Jaws 2
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Planet of the Apes (2001 film)
Road to Perdition
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)
The Sound of Music (as studio executive at 20th Century Fox)
The Sting
The Verdict
occupation film producer
studio executive
positionHeld head of production at 20th Century Fox
spouse Lili Fini Zanuck
Lili Gentle
Linda Harrison NERFINISHED


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