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Jack Valenti (1921–2007)

Texas born, Harvard educated, Jack Valenti has led several lives; a wartime bomber pilot, advertising agency founder, political consultant, White House Special Assistant, movie industry leader. In his current role as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Motion Picture Association of America, Valenti has presided over a worldwide sea change in the industry... See full bio »

Born:

Jack Joseph Valenti
in Houston, Texas, USA

Died:

(age 85) in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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2003 Berga: Soldiers of Another War (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
2000 The Life and Times of Kirk Douglas (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2000 Four Dogs Playing Poker (special thanks)
 
1980 The Distribution of Low Budget Films or The Gardener's Seeds of Evil Killed My Million Dollar Dream (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (67 titles)
2009 All the Presidents' Movies: The Movie (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself - interviewee
 
2008 Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Too Shocking for Its Time (documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 Encore with John Palmer (TV series)
Himself
 
2006 In the Cutz (TV series)
– Annette Bening & Warren Beatty Get Honored by St. Johns, Chris Brown & Neo on a Soundcheck & CMT Honors Reba (2006)
 
2006 Film '72 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 February 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2005 The Last Mogul (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Los Angeles (documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Paula Zahn Now (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 January 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 ... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 America Speaks Out (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Freedom2speak v2.0 (documentary)
Himself - Chairman Motion Picture Association, USA
 
2003 Peter Jennings Reporting: The Kennedy Assassination - Beyond Conspiracy (TV documentary)
Himself - Aide to President Johnson 1963-1966
 
2003 Save Our History (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Presidential Yacht: The USS Sequoia (2003) … Himself
 
2003 The 75th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2003 The 14th Annual Producers Guild of America Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Winner
 
2003 Ripley's Believe It or Not! (TV series)
Himself - Customer
– Episode #4.7 (2003) … Himself - Customer
 
2002 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
Himself
– The Corruption of the American Child (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Air Force One (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2000 Hollywood, D.C. (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Life and Times of Kirk Douglas (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Culture Shock (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Hollywood Censored: Movies, Morality & the Production Code (2000) … Himself
 
2000 The Kennedys: The Curse of Power (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The 71st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1998 Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War (TV series)
Himself - Special Assistant to LBJ
– Vietnam: Johnson's Battleground … Himself - Special Assistant to LBJ
 
1998 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 20 March 1998 (1998) … Himself - Guest
 
1998 Playboy: The Story of X (video documentary)
Himself - Motion Picture Association of America
 
1998 Cold War (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Make Love Not War (1998) … Himself
– Vietnam (1998) … Himself
 
1997 The 69th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
 
1995 Freakazoid! (TV series)
Himself
– The Chip: Part 2/Freakazoid Is History (1995) … Himself (voice)
– The Chip: Part 1 (1995) … Himself (voice)
 
1995 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 June 1995 (1995) … Himself
 
1993 The 65th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.79 (1992) … Himself
 
1991 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
Himself
– LBJ: Part 2 - My Fellow Americans (1991) … Himself (also archive footage)
 
1991 The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Visual Effects
 
1989 The 61st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
 
1987 The 4th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1986 The 58th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
 
1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
 
1983 Vietnam: A Television History (TV series documentary)
Himself
– LBJ Goes to War: 1964-1965 (1983) … Himself
 
1983 The 55th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
 
1982 The 54th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
 
1981 The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Visual Effects
 
1980 The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
 
1980 The Distribution of Low Budget Films or The Gardener's Seeds of Evil Killed My Million Dollar Dream (video documentary short)
Himself, President - MPAA
 
1979 The 51st Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Presenter: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
 
1978 The 50th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
 
1976 The 48th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
 
1975 The 47th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
 
1975 The 11th Annual Publicists Guild of America Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1974 The 46th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award to Henri Langlois
 
1973 The 45th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Foreign Film Language
 
1972 The 44th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
 
1969-1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.206 (1971) … Himself
– Episode #2.9 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 September 1969 (1969) … Himself
 
1968 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 October 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 This Week (TV series)
Himself
– L.B. Johnson (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The Pat Boone Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 30 January 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 Rowan & Martin at the Movies (documentary short)
Himself
 
1967 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.74 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 The 39th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award to Frank Freeman
 
1966 A Bob Hope Comedy Special (TV movie)
Himself
 
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2011 ¿Quién fue Pilar Miró? (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2006 Protagonistas del recuerdo (TV series)
 
2006 La imagen de tu vida (TV series)
 
2006 This Film Is Not Yet Rated (documentary)
Himself - Founder of MPAA Rating System
 
2005 80s (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Cinema mil (TV series)
 
2000 In the Shadow of Hollywood (documentary)
Himself (president, MPAA) (uncredited)
 

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Has written numerous essays for the New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Reader's Digest, Atlantic Monthly, Newsweek, Cox newspapers and other publications. See more »

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The movie is a reflector and not an innovator. See more »

Trivia:

Often has discussions at schools. His most recent being at the Landon School for boys in Bethesda, Maryland. See more »

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Star Sign:

Virgo