Jewish Hollywood Executives
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Aaron Spelling – Famous TV producer and father of a great ‘No Talent’ also known as Tori Spelling
David Geffen – Entertainment Executive
Jaffrey Katzenberg – “Former Disney Exec, now SKG partner”
Louis B. Mayer – Hollywood Mogul, founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Michael Eisner – Walt Disney
Peter Grant – British rock and roll manager – best known for the Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin. Also founded Swan Song Records.
Samuel Goldwyn – Hollywood heavy weight
Samuel Z. Arkoff – Founder of American International Pictures ( later Orion )
Saul Chaplin – Movie Producer and composer. Real name Sol Kaplan morning talk show host.
Harry Cohn – founder of Columbia Pictures
William Fox – founder of Fox Film Corporation
Carl Laemmle – founder of Universal Pictures
Sidney Sheinberg – executive of MCA
Sam Warner – co-founder of Warner Brothers Studios
Lew Wasserman – founder of MCA
Bob Weinstein – Co-founder of Miramax
Harvey Weinstein – Co-founder of Miramax
Adolph Zukor – founder of Paramount Pictures
Irwin Allen – producer & director
Judd Apatow – screenwriter
George Axelrod – screenwriter
David Benioff – screenwriter
Steven Bochco – creator of LA Law, Murder One
Jerry Bruckheimer – producer
Seymore Butts – adult film producer & director
Paddy Chayefsky – screenwriter
Norman Corwin – radio writer, producer
David Crane – screenwriter, producer, co-creator of Friends
Robert Evans – producer, studio executive
William Goetz – producer
Leonard Goldberg – producer
Akiva Goldsman – Oscar-winning screenwriter, producer
Carl Gottlieb – screenwriter
Ben Hecht – screenwriter
Don Hewitt – executive producer of 60 minutes
Lawrence Kasdan – screenwriter and director
Marta Kauffman – producer, screenwriter, co-creator of Friends
Charlie Kaufman – screenwriter
David Kohan – executive producer of Will & Grace, Good Morning Miami,
Twins, Four Kings – screenwriter of The Wonder Years
Ernest Lehman – screenwriter
Max Mutchnick – executive producer of Will & Grace, Good Morning Miami,
Marc Platt – producer
Sydney Pollack – Oscar-winning director
Carl Reiner – comedian, creator of The Dick Van Dyke Show
Leon Schlesinger – producer
Josh Schwartz – screenwriter, creator of The OC
Sherwood Schwartz – creator of Gilligan’s Island, Brady Bunch
David Selznick – producer
Rod Serling – creator of The Twilight Zone
Joel Silver – producer and co-inventor of Ultimate Frisbee
Aaron Sorkin – creator of West Wing
Aaron Spelling – producer, Starsky & Hutch, Charlie’s Angels, Beverly Hills, 90210, Vega$, Family, Dynasty, Melrose Place, Charmed, 7th Heaven, Summerland
Darren Star – creator of Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, Sex and the City
Matt Stone – creator of South Park (Jewish mother)
Bill Maher – creator and host of “Real Time”
Clive Davis – producer
Ron Field – director
Arthur Hammerstein – producer, director, uncle of Oscar Hammerstein II