Robert Chartoff
Robert Chartoff | |
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Born | Robert Irwin Chartoff[1] August 26, 1933 New York City, U.S. |
Died | June 10, 2015 | (aged 81)
Education | Union College(BA) Columbia University Law School(JD) |
Occupation | Film producer |
Years active | 1967–2015 |
Spouse(s) | Phyllis Raphael (m.??;div.??) [citation needed] Jenny Weyman
(m.1992) |
Children | 5 |
Robert Irwin Chartoff(August 26, 1933 – June 10, 2015) was an American film producer and philanthropist.
Early life and education
[edit]Chartoff was born on August 26, 1933, in New York City, the son of Bessie and William Chartoff.[1]His family was Jewish.[2][3]He graduated fromUnion Collegein 1955, followed byColumbia UniversityLaw School.
Career
[edit]Chartoff produced more than 30 movies, including theRocky film seriesboxing series. He and fellow producerIrwin Winklerwon anAcademy Award for Best Picturefor its 1976 debut film,Rocky.
Philanthropy
[edit]Chartoff established the RC Charitable Foundation in 1990 to award grants to international schools and other child agencies. He served as its President. The RC Charitable Foundation gives grants awards to the Buddha Educational Trust. He served on the Community Advisory Board of the Younes and Soraya Israel Studies Center at UCLA.[4][5]
Personal life
[edit]Chartoff's first wife was Phyllis Raphael, with whom he had three children – Jenifer, William and Julie – before divorcing. In 1970, he married British actressVanessa Howard,with whom he had one son, Charley. That marriage also ended in divorce. He last married Jenny Weyman, with whom he had one daughter, Miranda. He died at his home inSanta Monica, California,in 2015 frompancreatic cancer,leaving a widow.[6]
Filmography
[edit]He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Film
[edit]Year | Film | Credit | Notes |
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1967 | Point Blank | ||
1968 | The Split | ||
1969 | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | ||
1970 | Leo the Last | ||
The Strawberry Statement | |||
1971 | Believe in Me | ||
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight | |||
1972 | The New Centurions | ||
Thumb Tripping | |||
The Mechanic | |||
Up the Sandbox | |||
1974 | Busting | ||
S*P*Y*S | |||
The Gambler | |||
1975 | Breakout | ||
Peeper | |||
1976 | Rocky | ||
Nickelodeon | |||
1977 | New York, New York | ||
Valentino | Executive producer | ||
1978 | Comes a Horseman | Executive producer | |
Uncle Joe Shannon | |||
1979 | Rocky II | ||
1980 | Raging Bull | ||
1981 | True Confessions | ||
1982 | Rocky III | ||
1983 | The Right Stuff | ||
1985 | Beer | ||
Rocky IV | |||
1990 | Rocky V | ||
1992 | Straight Talk | ||
2004 | In My Country | ||
2006 | Rocky Balboa | Executive producer | |
2010 | The Tempest | ||
2011 | The Mechanic | Executive producer | |
2013 | Ender's Game | ||
2014 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Executive producer | |
The Gambler | |||
2015 | Creed | Final film as a producer |
- Thanks
Year | Film | Role |
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2015 | Creed | In memory of |
References
[edit]- ^ab"Robert Chartoff Biography (1933-)".Filmreference.com.RetrievedOctober 28,2018.
- ^Jewish Journal: "Seder by the Sea" by Melanie ChartoffJewishjournal.com, March 29, 2010
- ^Erens, PatriciaThe Jew in American Cinema.Indiana University Press,August 1988ISBN9780253204936ISBN0253204933.p.392.
- ^Lowe, Kinsey (June 10, 2015)."Robert Chartoff Dies: Producer Of 'Raging Bull,' 'The Right Stuff,' 'Rocky' Was 81".Deadline Hollywood.RetrievedJanuary 15,2018.
- ^Younes and Soraya Israel Studies Center: Community Advisory BoardInternational.ucla.edu
- ^Obituary,Cnn.com; accessed June 14, 2015.
External links
[edit]- 1933 births
- 2015 deaths
- Businesspeople from New York City
- Union College (New York) alumni
- Film producers from New York (state)
- Producers who won the Best Picture Academy Award
- Philanthropists from New York (state)
- Golden Globe Award-winning producers
- Columbia Law School alumni
- Deaths from pancreatic cancer in California
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- 20th-century American philanthropists
- 21st-century American Jews