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