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Hawk Koch

  • Producer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Additional Crew
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Hawk Koch
Hawk Koch is a veteran movie producer and the former President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Producers Guild.

At the Academy,Hawk spearheaded the call for diversity,launched the first ever general membership meeting, sharpening the focus on member engagement. While President, AMPAS green light the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, started digital voting, gave Casting Directors and Costume Designers their own branches, and now give Animation Producers an Oscar along with the winning Animation Director.

At the Producers Guild he and his Co-Presiden Mark Gordon secured the p.g.a. Mark at all the studios and independents. Restoring the value of the producer credit to all real working Producers.

Hawk has been intimately involved in making over 65 major motion pictures, among them Chinatown,Waynes World,Heaven Can Wait,The Way We Were,Marathon Man, Primal Fear, Source Code,Peggy Sue Got Married, and Rosemary's Baby.

His Colleagues and collaborators include many of the greatest filmmakers of all time, including Sydney Pollack, Alan Pakula, Warren Beatty, Francis Coppola, John Schlesinger, and Roman Polanski.

Hawk serves on the boards of The Motion Picture and Television Fund, AMC Theaters, and Cast and Crew.
BornDecember 14, 1945
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    Known for

    Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in Chinatown (1974)
    Chinatown
    8.1
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
    • 1974
    Mike Myers and Dana Carvey in Wayne's World (1992)
    Wayne's World
    7.0
    • Producer(as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
    • 1992
    Richard Gere in Primal Fear (1996)
    Primal Fear
    7.7
    • Producer(as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
    • 1996
    Cas Anvar, Vera Farmiga, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jeffrey Wright, Michelle Monaghan, and Michael Arden in Source Code (2011)
    Source Code
    7.5
    • Producer
    • 2011

    Credits

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    Producer



    • Andy Garcia and Mary-Louise Parker in Christmas in Conway (2013)
      Christmas in Conway
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2013
    • Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen in Very Good Girls (2013)
      Very Good Girls
      5.9
      • executive producer
      • 2013
    • Cas Anvar, Vera Farmiga, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jeffrey Wright, Michelle Monaghan, and Michael Arden in Source Code (2011)
      Source Code
      7.5
      • executive producer
      • 2011
    • Norman (2010)
      Norman
      6.4
      • producer
      • 2010
    • Diane Lane in Untraceable (2008)
      Untraceable
      6.2
      • producer
      • 2008
    • Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling in Fracture (2007)
      Fracture
      7.2
      • executive producer
      • 2007
    • Agnes Bruckner in Blood and Chocolate (2007)
      Blood and Chocolate
      5.3
      • producer
      • 2007
    • Bruce Willis in Hostage (2005)
      Hostage
      6.5
      • executive producer
      • 2005
    • The Riverman (2004)
      The Riverman
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2004
    • Arnold Schwarzenegger in Collateral Damage (2002)
      Collateral Damage
      5.5
      • executive producer
      • 2002
    • Frequency (2000)
      Frequency
      7.4
      • producer
      • 2000
    • Jenna Elfman, Edward Norton, and Ben Stiller in Keeping the Faith (2000)
      Keeping the Faith
      6.4
      • producer
      • 2000
    • Fran Drescher and Timothy Dalton in The Beautician and the Beast (1997)
      The Beautician and the Beast
      5.5
      • producer (as Howard W. 'Hawk' Koch Jr.)
      • 1997
    • Richard Gere in Primal Fear (1996)
      Primal Fear
      7.7
      • executive producer (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
      • 1996
    • Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington in Virtuosity (1995)
      Virtuosity
      5.5
      • executive producer (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
      • 1995

    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • Warren Beatty in Heaven Can Wait (1978)
      Heaven Can Wait
      6.9
      • assistant director (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
      • 1978
    • Dustin Hoffman in Marathon Man (1976)
      Marathon Man
      7.4
      • assistant director (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
      • 1976
    • Paul Newman in The Drowning Pool (1975)
      The Drowning Pool
      6.5
      • assistant director (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
      • 1975
    • Once Is Not Enough (1975)
      Once Is Not Enough
      4.6
      • assistant director (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
      • 1975
    • Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in Chinatown (1974)
      Chinatown
      8.1
      • assistant director (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
      • 1974
    • The Parallax View (1974)
      The Parallax View
      7.1
      • first assistant director (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
      • 1974
    • The Way We Were (1973)
      The Way We Were
      7.0
      • assistant director (as Howard Koch Jr.)
      • 1973
    • Barbra Streisand in Up the Sandbox (1972)
      Up the Sandbox
      5.7
      • first assistant director (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
      • 1972
    • Bad Company (1972)
      Bad Company
      6.9
      • assistant director (as Howard Koch Jr.)
      • 1972
    • Robert Mitchum, Sally Kirkland, and Jason Bernard in Going Home (1971)
      Going Home
      5.9
      • assistant director (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
      • 1971
    • Brian Keith and Dean Martin in Something Big (1971)
      Something Big
      5.7
      • assistant director (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
      • 1971
    • The Hired Hand (1971)
      The Hired Hand
      6.9
      • assistant director (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
      • 1971
    • Fools' Parade (1971)
      Fools' Parade
      6.4
      • assistant director (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
      • 1971
    • The Baby Maker (1970)
      The Baby Maker
      6.0
      • assistant director (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
      • 1970
    • Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in WUSA (1970)
      WUSA
      5.5
      • assistant director (uncredited)
      • 1970

    Additional Crew



    • Seth MacFarlane in The Oscars (2013)
      The Oscars
      7.2
      TV Special
      • president: Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
      • 2013
    • Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra (1973)
      Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra
      7.8
      TV Special
      • stage manager (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
      • 1973
    • Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)
      Rosemary's Baby
      8.0
      • dialogue coach (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
      • 1968
    • Project X (1968)
      Project X
      5.5
      • dialogue coach (uncredited)
      • 1968
    • John Lupton and Narda Onyx in Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966)
      Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
      3.4
      • assistant to producer (uncredited)
      • 1966
    • John Carradine and Chuck Courtney in Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966)
      Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
      3.8
      • assistant to the producer (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
      • 1966

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    • Alternative names
      • Howard W. 'Hawk' Koch Jr.
    • Born
      • December 14, 1945
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Spouses
        Joanna PaculaNovember 17, 1984 - ? (divorced)
    • Relatives
        Cooper Koch(Grandchild)

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      Elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 31 July 2012.

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