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John Calley

John Calley

Production · Acting

Born July 8, 1930, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

John Nicholas Calley (July 8, 1930 – September 13, 2011) was an American film studio executive and producer. He was quite influential during his years at Warner Bros. (where he worked from 1968 to 1981) and "produced a film a month, on average, including commercial successes like The Exorcist and Superman." During his seven years at Sony Pictures Entertainment starting in 1996, five of which he was chairman and chief executive, he was credited with "reinvigorat[ing]" that major film studio.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (17)
  • 2008The Business End: Violence in Cinema — Self
  • 2008The Craft of Dirty Harry — Self
  • 2008The Evolution of Clint Eastwood — Self
  • 2008The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry — Self
  • 2007Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil — Self
  • 2007Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick — Self
  • 2007Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 — Self
  • 2007Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 — Self
  • 2006This Is Gary McFarland — Self
  • 2006You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman — Self
  • 2004A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope — Self
  • 2003A Decade Under the Influence — Self
  • 2002Biography: Sharon Tate – Murdered Innocence — Self
  • 2001Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' — Self
  • 2001The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey — Self
  • 1999The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson — Self
  • 1966All Eyes on Sharon Tate — Self