Wikipedia

Tom Sherak: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Persondata
 
(45 intermediate revisions by 32 users not shown)
Line 1:
{{Use American English|date=September 2022}}
'''Tom Sherak''' is an [[United States of America|American]] actor-producer who was president of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] for the 2009-2010 term<ref>[http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090818.html Tom Sherak Elected President of AMPAS]</ref><ref name="gray">{{cite news|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118007437.html?categoryid=1043&cs=1|title=Tom Sherak takes AMPAS presidency|last=Gray|first=Timothy M|date=2009-08-19|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=2009-09-04}}</ref> and re-elected for a second term in August 2010.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118022563?refCatId=13 | work=Variety | first=Timothy M. | last=Gray | title=AMPAS re-elects Tom Sherak as prexy | date=2010-08-03}}</ref> He was succeeded by Hawk Koch as Academy President in 2012.<ref name=hr>{{cite web|title=Academy Elects Hawk Koch as Its New President|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/movie-academy-elects-president-356572|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> ▼
{{short description|American film producer (1945–2014)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}}
 
{{infobox person
==References==▼
|birth_date={{birth date|1945|6|22}}
{{Reflist|2}}▼
|birth_place=[[Brooklyn]], New York, U.S.
|death_date={{dda|2014|1|28|1945|6|22}}
|death_place=[[Calabasas, California]], U.S.
|occupation = Producer
}}▼
 
'''Thomas Mitchell Sherak''' (June 22, 1945 – January 28, 2014) was an American film producer who was president of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]].
 
== Biography ==
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>
 
In 2000, he joined [[Revolution Studios]] and oversaw the release of 30 films in seven years, including ''[[The One (2001 film)|The One]]'', for which he was executive producer, and ''[[Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down]]'' (both 2001).
 
▲'''TomIn Sherak'''2003, ishe anbecame [[Unitedone Statesof the Board of America|American]]Governors actor-producerof whothe wasexecutives presidentbranch of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] forand thein 2009-2010 termhe became Academy President and served the maximum three terms.<ref name=varobit /><ref>[http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090818.html Tom Sherak Elected President of AMPAS]</ref><ref name="gray">{{cite newsmagazine|url=httphttps://www.variety.com/article/VR1118007437.html?categoryid=1043&cs=1|title=Tom Sherak takes AMPAS presidency|last=Gray|first=Timothy M|date=2009-08-August 19, 2009|workmagazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=September 4, 2009-09-04}}</ref> and re-elected for a second term in August 2010.<ref>{{cite newsmagazine| url=httphttps://www.variety.com/article/VR1118022563?refCatId=13 | workmagazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| first=Timothy M. | last=Gray | title=AMPAS re-elects Tom Sherak as prexy | date=August 3, 2010-08-03}}</ref> He was succeeded by [[Hawk Koch as Academy President]] in 2012.<ref name=hr>{{cite web|title=Academy Elects Hawk Koch as Its New President|date=July 31, 2012|url=httphttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/movie-academy-elects-president-356572|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> On September 26, 2013, Los Angeles Mayor [[Eric Garcetti]] appointed Tom Sherak as director of the newly created Mayor's Entertainment Industry and Production Office.<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/27/tom-sherak-la-film-czar_n_4002644.html "Tom Sherak Named As LA's New Film Czar, Will Earn $1 A Year" – Huff Post Entertainment]</ref>
 
He appeared as an actor in an episode of ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' and in the film ''[[Columbus Circle (film)|Columbus Circle]]'' (2012).<ref name=varobit />
 
He was married to Madeleine and had three children, including Melissa and William.<ref name=varobit />
 
He served as chairman of the MS Dinner of Champions for two decades, helping raise millions of dollars for [[multiple sclerosis]] research, an illness that his daughter Melissa had. He received the Public Leadership in Neurology Award in 2011 from the [[American Academy of Neurology]]. He was also chairman of the [[Will Rogers]] Motion Pictures Pioneer Foundation and served on the board of the [[Motion Picture & Television Fund]] and [[Variety, the Children's Charity]] of Southern California.<ref name=varobit />
 
Sherak died on January 28, 2014, in [[Calabasas, California]], of [[prostate cancer]]. He was 68<ref>[http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/01/28/former-academy-president-tom-sherak-dies-aged-68/ Former Academy President Tom Sherak Dies, Aged 68]</ref><ref>[https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-tom-sherak-20140129,0,6382220.story#axzz2rlFf7PL8 Tom Sherak dies at 68; former head of motion picture academy], latimes.com; accessed January 30, 2017.</ref> and is buried at [[Mount Sinai Simi Valley]]. He was posthumously awarded a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6910 Hollywood Blvd.
 
▲== References ==
▲{{Reflist|2}}
 
== External links ==
{{Commons|Tom Sherak}}
{{Portal|Film}}
*{{IMDb name|7920600792060}}
*[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 }}
*{{ymovies name|1808976819}}
*[http://www.tft.ucla.edu/faculty/tom-sherak/ UCLA: Tom Sherak's biography]
 
{{S-start}}
Line 16 ⟶ 41:
| title = [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences#Presidents of the Academy|President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]
| before= [[Sid Ganis]]
| years = 2009-20122009–2012
| after = [[Hawk Koch]]
}}
{{Ends-end}}
 
{{authority control}}
 
{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
| NAME = Sherak, Tom
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American film executive
| DATE OF BIRTH =
| PLACE OF BIRTH =
| DATE OF DEATH =
| PLACE OF DEATH =
▲}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sherak, Tom}}
[[Category:Living1945 peoplebirths]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:Presidents of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]
[[Category:American film studio executives]]
[[Category:20th Century Studios people]]
[[Category:American film producers]]
[[Category:Deaths from prostate cancer in California]]
 
[[Category:Filmmakers from Brooklyn]]
{{US-film-producer-stub}}
[[Category:Male actors from Brooklyn]]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sherak"