American film producer (1937–2022)
Gray Frederickson
Born (1937-07-21 ) July 21, 1937Died November 20, 2022(2022-11-20) (aged 85)Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Occupation Producer Years active 1963–2022
Gray Frederickson (July 21, 1937 – November 20, 2022) was an American film producer.
Frequent collaborators and history
Frederickson was a long-time producer for Francis Ford Coppola and worked out of a studio alongside Greg Mellott out of Oklahoma City .[1]
Robert De Niro claims that in 1974 he and Frederickson went up to the Gulf and Western Building in New York City to a private screening room to study Marlon Brando 's movements. De Niro compared it to a science experiment which prepared him for his character in The Godfather Part II .[2]
Frederickson and Coppola collaborated on Apocalypse Now , One from the Heart ,[3] and The Outsiders .[4] [5] According to Rolling Stone , the first meeting between Frederickson, Coppola, and Al Ruddy was interrupted by a phone call from Brando.[6]
Awards
Frederickson is best known for winning an Oscar as one of the co-producers of The Godfather Part II [7] at the 47th Academy Awards .[8] In addition he was also nominated for Apocalypse Now .
[9] Frederickson won an Emmy for Dream No Little Dream: The Life and Legacy of Robert S. Kerr (2007).[10]
Later production
In the summer of 2015, Frederickson produced a new cinematic live theater art form called, 'Distant Vision' directed by Francis Ford Coppola .[11]
Personal life
Frederickson was married to Karen and resided in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.[12] He died of prostate cancer on November 20, 2022, at the age of 85.[13] [14]
Academy Award for Best Picture
1990s
Dances with Wolves – Producer(s): Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson (1990)
The Silence of the Lambs – Producer(s): Ron Bozman , Edward Saxon , and Kenneth Utt (1991)
Unforgiven – Producer(s): Clint Eastwood (1992)
Schindler's List – Producer(s): Branko Lustig , Gerald R. Molen , and Steven Spielberg (1993)
Forrest Gump – Producer(s): Wendy Finerman , Steve Starkey , and Steve Tisch (1994)
Braveheart – Producer(s): Bruce Davey , Mel Gibson , and Alan Ladd Jr. (1995)
The English Patient – Producer(s): Saul Zaentz (1996)
Titanic – Producer(s): James Cameron and Jon Landau (1997)
Shakespeare in Love – Producer(s): Donna Gigliotti , Marc Norman , David Parfitt , Harvey Weinstein , and Edward Zwick (1998)
American Beauty – Producer(s): Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks (1999)
2000s
Gladiator – Producer(s): David Franzoni , Branko Lustig , and Douglas Wick (2000)
A Beautiful Mind – Producer(s): Brian Grazer and Ron Howard (2001)
Chicago – Producer(s): Martin Richards (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Producer(s): Peter Jackson , Barrie M. Osborne , and Fran Walsh (2003)
Million Dollar Baby – Producer(s): Clint Eastwood , Tom Rosenberg , and Albert S. Ruddy (2004)
Crash – Producer(s): Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman (2005)
The Departed – Producer(s): Graham King (2006)
No Country for Old Men – Producer(s): Ethan Coen, Joel Coen , and Scott Rudin (2007)
Slumdog Millionaire – Producer(s): Christian Colson (2008)
The Hurt Locker – Producer(s): Kathryn Bigelow , Mark Boal , Nicolas Chartier , and Greg Shapiro (2009)
2010s
The King's Speech – Producer(s): Iain Canning , Emile Sherman , and Gareth Unwin (2010)
The Artist – Producer(s): Thomas Langmann (2011)
Argo – Producer(s): Ben Affleck , George Clooney , and Grant Heslov (2012)
12 Years a Slave – Producer(s): Dede Gardner , Anthony Katagas , Jeremy Kleiner , Steve McQueen , and Brad Pitt (2013)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Producer(s): Alejandro G. Iñárritu , John Lesher , and James W. Skotchdopole (2014)
Spotlight – Producer(s): Blye Pagon Faust , Steve Golin , Nicole Rocklin , and Michael Sugar (2015)
Moonlight – Producer(s): Dede Gardner , Jeremy Kleiner , and Adele Romanski (2016)
The Shape of Water – Producer(s): J. Miles Dale and Guillermo del Toro (2017)
Green Book – Producer(s): Jim Burke , Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly , Nick Vallelonga , and Charles B. Wessler (2018)
Parasite – Producer(s): Bong Joon-ho and Kwak Sin-ae (2019)
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