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1995:
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An interview about Hollywood bookkeeping
with David Picker and David Brown on May 29, 1995
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with David Picker and David Brown on May 29, 1995
David Picker is an executive producer who has spent more than forty years in the film business, working his way up from the publicity department to the executive suites at United Artists during a15-year tenure with the company. He has also held executive posts at both Paramount and Columbia. Picker served as Producer or Executive Producer on varied projects, ranging from biopics to crowd-pleasing comedies to strong dramatic fare.
During his time at UA, Picker was responsible for such films as the Oscar-winning “Tom Jones”, the James Bond series, the Oscar-winner “Midnight Cowboy” and the “Last Tango in Paris”. He left UA in 1973 and formed his own production company. Films made under his banner included “Juggernaut”, and Dustin Hoffman’s tour-de-force as comedian Lenny Bruce in “Lenny”. During his tenure at Paramount he oversaw such films as “Saturday Night Fever”, “Grease” and the Oscar-winning “Ordinary People”. In 1997, Picker was tapped as President of Hallmark Entertainment Productions Worldwide with the mandate to expand the company into feature film production.
Source-Hollywood.com http://www.hollywood.com/celebritydetail/David_V_Picker/187262
