American film producer
Kenneth Utt
Born (1921-07-13 ) July 13, 1921Died January 19, 1994(1994-01-19) (aged 72) Alma mater Elon University Occupations Producer production manager Spouse Angie Utt Children 2
Kenneth Utt (July 13, 1921 – January 19, 1994), was an American film producer and unit production manager . He received the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
Life and career
Utt was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina , on July 13, 1921. He graduated from Elon College (now Elon University ) in Elon, N.C. in 1942. He received a scholarship to Juilliard School where he studied vocals in hopes of becoming an opera singer. Utt served in the Army Air Forces during World War II . He returned home and became a stage and radio actor, appearing in shows like Carousel .
Utt began working in production on stage performances of Peter Pan , the lesser known 1950 Broadway version with music by Leonard Bernstein .[1] He then became a film line producer for films like Midnight Cowboy (1969), The French Connection (1971), The Seven-Ups (1973) and All That Jazz (1979). Utt was a producer and unit production manager on four Jonathan Demme films: Something Wild (1986), Married to the Mob (1988), The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Philadelphia (1993), with Lambs and Philadelphia earning awards at the Oscars. Utt was among the three producers who received Best Picture for Lambs , in which he also made a cameo appearance.
Death
Utt died on January 19, 1994, at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan at the age of 72. The cause was bone cancer .[2] He is survived by his wife Angie, son Tim Utt, and daughter Robin Utt Fajardo.
Filmography
He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Film
Production manager As an actor Miscellaneous crew Location management
Year
Film
Role
1972
Fuzz
Location supervisor: Boston
Thanks
Year
Film
Role
1998
Beloved
Grateful acknowledgment
Television
Year
Title
Credit
Notes
1962−65
The Defenders
Associate producer
1966
Hawk
Associate producer
1967
N.Y.P.D.
Associate producer
Coronet Blue
Associate producer
1973
The Connection
Associate producer
Television film
Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside
Associate producer
Television pilot
1975−76
Movin' On
Associate producer
1982
Baker's Dozen
1986
Intimate Strangers
Television film
Production manager As an actor
Year
Title
Role
1954−56
Studio One
Dave Horn Joseph Blake
Miscellaneous crew Thanks
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1997
Subway Stories
Dedicated to Kenny Utt
Television film
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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