Tom Sherak: Difference between revisions

Sherak was born in [[Brooklyn]] and studied at [[New York City Community College]] where he earned a degree in marketing. He joined [[Paramount Pictures]] in 1970 working in distribution offices in New York, [[Washington D.C.|Washington, D.C.]], and [[St Louis]]. He became vice president and head film buyer at [[General Cinema]] and then moved to [[20th Century Fox]] in 1983, serving as president of domestic distribution before becoming chairman of their domestic group. He oversaw the release of ''[[Aliens (film)|Aliens]]'' (1986), ''[[Die Hard]]'' (1988), ''[[Home Alone]]'' (1990), ''[[Mrs. Doubtfire]]'' (1993) and ''[[Independence Day (1996 film)|Independence Day]]'' (1996).<ref name=varobit>{{cite magazine| url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/tom-sherak-former-academy-president-and-film-czar-dies-at-68-1201075043/|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Carmel|last=Gagan|title=Tom Sherak, Former Academy President and Film Czar, Dies at 68|date=January 28, 2014|accessdate=June 20, 2021}}</ref>

*[http://www.tft.ucla.edu/faculty/tom-sherak/ UCLA: Tom Sherak's biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509181910/http://www.tft.ucla.edu/faculty/tom-sherak/ |date=May 9, 2009 }}

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