Lawrence Turman Dies: Oscar-Nominated Producer Of ‘The Graduate’, ‘American History X’ & More Was 96
Oscar-nominated producer Lawrence Turman died Saturday at the Motion Picture and Television Country Home and Hospital. He was 96. He had a stellar career not only as a producer of such seminal films as The Graduate (1967), The Great White Hope (1970), American History X (1998) and many more in a producing career that lasted six decades, but he also took a significant turn when he left his partnership with producer David Foster to head the prestigious Peter Stark Producing Program at USC in 1991, an association that continued until his retirement just two years ago.
His son, John Turman, confirmed the death to Deadline. “Our father Lawrence Turman passed away late yesterday,” he said. “It’s sad, but he had a long and storied life, and it’s the passing of an era.” He added that the MPTF is planning a memorial service as well as USC at a later date.
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His son, John Turman, confirmed the death to Deadline. “Our father Lawrence Turman passed away late yesterday,” he said. “It’s sad, but he had a long and storied life, and it’s the passing of an era.” He added that the MPTF is planning a memorial service as well as USC at a later date.
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- 7/3/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Lawrence Turman, producer of films including Oscar winner “The Graduate,” and longtime chair of the Peter Stark Producing program at USC, died Saturday at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills. He was 96.
Turman’s producing career spanned 50 years, and he served as director of USC’s Peter Stark Producing program from 1991 until he retired in 2021 at age 94.
Born in Los Angeles in 1926, Turman graduated from UCLA and broke into the industry after answering an ad in Variety to work at the Kurt Frings agency. He represented actors, and after getting a meeting with Alfred Hitchcock through their friend Ernest Lehman, he was able to book four of his agency’s clients in “North By Northwest.”
Turman moved into producing, working on films including Judy Garland’s last film “I Could Go On Singing,” “The Best Man,” “The Great White Hope” and “Pretty Poison.”
After finding Charles Webb’s book “The Graduate,...
Turman’s producing career spanned 50 years, and he served as director of USC’s Peter Stark Producing program from 1991 until he retired in 2021 at age 94.
Born in Los Angeles in 1926, Turman graduated from UCLA and broke into the industry after answering an ad in Variety to work at the Kurt Frings agency. He represented actors, and after getting a meeting with Alfred Hitchcock through their friend Ernest Lehman, he was able to book four of his agency’s clients in “North By Northwest.”
Turman moved into producing, working on films including Judy Garland’s last film “I Could Go On Singing,” “The Best Man,” “The Great White Hope” and “Pretty Poison.”
After finding Charles Webb’s book “The Graduate,...
- 7/3/2023
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Lawrence Turman, the principled Oscar-nominated producer of The Graduate who was behind other films including The Great White Hope, Pretty Poison, American History X and the last movie Judy Garland ever made, has died. He was 96.
Turman died Saturday at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, his family announced.
A former agent, he and producer David Foster began a 20-year partnership in 1974, and the first film to come out of the Turman Foster Co. was Stuart Rosenberg’s The Drowning Pool (1975), starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.
They went their separate ways in 1991 when Turman left to begin an association heading the esteemed Peter Stark Producing Program at USC that lasted until his retirement in 2021.
However, Turman wasn’t done producing, and in 1996 he and John Morrissey launched the Turman-Morrissey Co., which made the Jamie Foxx-starring Booty Call (1997); Tony Kaye’s American History X...
Turman died Saturday at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, his family announced.
A former agent, he and producer David Foster began a 20-year partnership in 1974, and the first film to come out of the Turman Foster Co. was Stuart Rosenberg’s The Drowning Pool (1975), starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.
They went their separate ways in 1991 when Turman left to begin an association heading the esteemed Peter Stark Producing Program at USC that lasted until his retirement in 2021.
However, Turman wasn’t done producing, and in 1996 he and John Morrissey launched the Turman-Morrissey Co., which made the Jamie Foxx-starring Booty Call (1997); Tony Kaye’s American History X...
- 7/3/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As part of its major reboot this year, the International Filmfest Mannheim-Heidelberg (Iffmh) is launching the new Cutting Edge Talent Camp to support young filmmakers from Germany and help give them a boost onto the international stage.
The Talent Camp, which is taking place entirely online this year, offers workshops and roundtables in which participants will discuss the international market potential of their projects with film industry experts.
“The International Filmfestival Mannheim Heidelberg is a festival with a long tradition of supporting newcomers with their first works, like Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Frederick Wiseman or Angela Schanelec, and the festival aims to do the same today for the young and future generations,” says Cutting Edge Talent Camp head Zsuzsi Bánkuti.
The initiative, which was introduced by new festival director Sascha Keilholz and head of program Frédéric Jaeger, is open to directors and producers who are studying or have studied at a...
The Talent Camp, which is taking place entirely online this year, offers workshops and roundtables in which participants will discuss the international market potential of their projects with film industry experts.
“The International Filmfestival Mannheim Heidelberg is a festival with a long tradition of supporting newcomers with their first works, like Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Frederick Wiseman or Angela Schanelec, and the festival aims to do the same today for the young and future generations,” says Cutting Edge Talent Camp head Zsuzsi Bánkuti.
The initiative, which was introduced by new festival director Sascha Keilholz and head of program Frédéric Jaeger, is open to directors and producers who are studying or have studied at a...
- 11/9/2020
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Ludwig Göransson’s soundtrack for Season One of The Mandalorian will be released as a massive and limited edition 8-lp vinyl box set via Mondo.
Göransson’s individual scores for each of the eight episodes of Disney+’s Star Wars spinoff were initially only released digitally, but Mondo’s limited edition, one-time pressing will collect the entire Season One soundtrack for its first-ever physical release.
The Mandalorian: Season One, limited to just 3,500 copies, is available to preorder beginning August 26th through the Mondo Shop. Each of the eight chapters,...
Göransson’s individual scores for each of the eight episodes of Disney+’s Star Wars spinoff were initially only released digitally, but Mondo’s limited edition, one-time pressing will collect the entire Season One soundtrack for its first-ever physical release.
The Mandalorian: Season One, limited to just 3,500 copies, is available to preorder beginning August 26th through the Mondo Shop. Each of the eight chapters,...
- 8/24/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Nadia Sawalha has paid tribute to her late friend and colleague Lynda Bellingham.
The Loose Women star spoke emotionally about the actress, who lost her battle with cancer at the age of 66 on Sunday (October 19).
"She is one loved woman and I think we're all just heartbroken because her last wish was that she'd spend Christmas with her family so we're all heartbroken for that," Sawalha told Lorraine Kelly on ITV today.
"Anyone who knew Lynda, and who knew her well, knew that she was this absolute live wire. She would come into a room and light the place up, everybody loved her.
"She got me my first ever job on the Oxo ad actually, and we worked together on Second Thoughts, and we all absolutely adored her because she was in that true sense of the word 'the actress'."
She continued: "She loved it - she had none of...
The Loose Women star spoke emotionally about the actress, who lost her battle with cancer at the age of 66 on Sunday (October 19).
"She is one loved woman and I think we're all just heartbroken because her last wish was that she'd spend Christmas with her family so we're all heartbroken for that," Sawalha told Lorraine Kelly on ITV today.
"Anyone who knew Lynda, and who knew her well, knew that she was this absolute live wire. She would come into a room and light the place up, everybody loved her.
"She got me my first ever job on the Oxo ad actually, and we worked together on Second Thoughts, and we all absolutely adored her because she was in that true sense of the word 'the actress'."
She continued: "She loved it - she had none of...
- 10/20/2014
- Digital Spy
Lynda Bellingham, the beloved Canadian-born British actress, died on Sunday after a battle with cancer. She was 66.
Lynda Bellingham Dies
Bellingham had been battling colon cancer since July 2013 before passing away “in her husbands arms,” according to the BBC. In recent months, her cancer had spread to her lungs and liver.
"Lynda died peacefully in her husband's arms yesterday at a London hospital,” said Sue Latimer. "Actor, writer and presenter - to the end Lynda was a consummate professional."
Bellingham got her start on TV in the early 70s, appearing in guest roles on The Misfit, Kate, A Family War and more. She went on to play Nurse Hilda Price on General Hospital and Ruth Isaacs on Mackenzie. In the 80s, she played The Inquisitor on Doctor Who and went on to land the part of Helen on All Creatures Great and Small, a role for which she’s best known.
Lynda Bellingham Dies
Bellingham had been battling colon cancer since July 2013 before passing away “in her husbands arms,” according to the BBC. In recent months, her cancer had spread to her lungs and liver.
"Lynda died peacefully in her husband's arms yesterday at a London hospital,” said Sue Latimer. "Actor, writer and presenter - to the end Lynda was a consummate professional."
Bellingham got her start on TV in the early 70s, appearing in guest roles on The Misfit, Kate, A Family War and more. She went on to play Nurse Hilda Price on General Hospital and Ruth Isaacs on Mackenzie. In the 80s, she played The Inquisitor on Doctor Who and went on to land the part of Helen on All Creatures Great and Small, a role for which she’s best known.
- 10/20/2014
- Uinterview
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