Oscar-nominated producer Lawrence Turman GraduationHe died on Saturday at the age of 96.
He died at the Cinema and Television Cottage and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, according to his family’s statement. Hollywood Reporter.
Turman’s Hollywood career spanned 50 years and he worked in more than 30 films. Great White Hope, beautiful poison And American history x. He also served as president of USC’s Peter Stark Production program from 1991 until his retirement in 2021. Variation.
A UCLA graduate, Turman began her career as an agent before moving into production, including working on Judy Garland’s last film, 1963’s. I Can Keep Singing.
after encountering a New York Times Criticism of Charlie Webb’s book Graduationbrought together the funding and cast, hired Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel to compose the soundtrack for the film, and selected young, up-and-coming director Mike Nichols. The 1967 movie starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft earned Nichols seven Academy Awards, including best picture and best director.
“He was proud to tell me that every studio in town turned the project down twice,” said Turman’s family. Variation.
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In 1974, Turman formed and continued a 20-year partnership with producer David Foster. Drowning Pool, caveman, heroes, Thing, run away in fearreboot of 1994 escape And Wild River. In 1991, the couple went their separate ways when Turman left to oversee the Peter Stark Production program.
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During his tenure at USC, Turman continued to produce into the 2000s and also directed and produced. The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker And Decisions made to think stoneStarring Lucie Arnaz.
He published a book about his career in Hollywood in 2005. So You Want To Be A Producer.
“I start every film project I’m working on; Many would not have seen the light of day if I had not decided to make them,” he wrote in the book. THR. “I am both the starter and the finisher.”
Turman’s three sons, John, Andrew and Peter, survived; four grandchildren, Audrey Suzanne, Carter Isaac, Georgia Simone and Olivia Veranique; and two nieces, Katherine and Suzanna.