Richard D. Zanuck

Production · Born 1934-12-13 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Richard Darryl Zanuck (/ˈzænək/; December 13, 1934 – July 13, 2012) was an American film producer. His 1989 film Driving Miss Daisy won the Academy Award for Best Picture. He was also instrumental in launching the career of director Steven Spielberg, who described Zanuck as a "director's producer" and "one of the most honorable and loyal men of our profession."

Known for

• Belushi (2020)
• Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (2013)
• Jaws: The Inside Story (2010)
• The Shark Is Still Working (2009)
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Burton + Carter + Depp = Todd (2008)
• The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles' (2007)
• All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (2006)
• Who Needs Sleep? (2006)
• Darryl F. Zanuck: A Dream Fulfilled (2006)
• Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
• The Last Mogul (2005)
• Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen (2003)
• Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star (2003)
• Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2003)
• Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001)
• Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection (2001)
• The Making of Jaws 2 (2001)
• Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement' (2001)
• Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' (2000)
• The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' (2000)
• Behind the Planet of the Apes (1998)
• In the Teeth of Jaws (1997)
• Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner (1997)
• The Making of 'Jaws' (1995)