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{{short description|American film producer (1945–2014)}}
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|death_cause = Prostate cancer
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'''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]].
'''Thomas Mitchell Sherak''' (June 22, 1945 &ndash; January 28, 2014) was an American actor and 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=August 19, 2009|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=September 4, 2009}}</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=August 3, 2010}}</ref>
 
== Biography ==
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> 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>[http://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> 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>[http://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> He was posthumously awarded a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6910 Hollywood Blvd.▼
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).
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In 2003, he became one of the Board of Governors of the executives branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and in 2009 he 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 magazine|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118007437.html?categoryid=1043&cs=1|title=Tom Sherak takes AMPAS presidency|last=Gray|first=Timothy M|date=August 19, 2009|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=September 4, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118022563?refCatId=13|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Timothy M.|last=Gray|title=AMPAS re-elects Tom Sherak as prexy|date=August 3, 2010}}</ref> He was succeeded by [[Hawk Koch]] in 2012.<ref name=hr>{{cite web|title=Academy Elects Hawk Koch as Its New President|date=July 31, 2012|url=https://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>
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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 />
 
▲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> 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>[http://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> 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>[httphttps://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.
 
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