Laura Ziskin

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Laura Ellen Ziskin (March 3, 1950 – June 12, 2011), an American film director best known as the executive producer of the romantic comedy Pretty Woman (1990) and the first woman to produce the Academy Awards telecast alone, (2007).

Early life and education

Ziskin was born and raised in a Jewish family in San Fernando Valley, California, and the niece of Jay Ziskin and Elaine Edelman. On June 14, 1997, her father, a psychologist and advocate, died of prostate cancer at the age of 77.

Ziskin began writing for game shows and became Jon Peters' personal assistant after graduating from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 1973. Ziskin jumped straight into feature films with Jon Peters' production company, where she appeared in A Star Is Born (1976), starring Barbra Stingand. Laura Mars' associate producer was Laura Mars (1978).

Personal life

When she was 27 years old, Ziskin married writer Julian Barry, who relocating to Connecticut to assist him with his three children from his previous marriage. Julia Barry, Julia Barry, became the couple's daughter later in life. Ziskin was married to writer Alvin Sargent from 2010 to her death in 2011 from breast cancer complications.

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Career

In 1984, Ziskin founded Fogwood Films with partner Sally Field and created Murphy's Romance (1985). Ziskin made the thriller No Way Out (1987) for Orion Pictures as an independent producer. Dennis Quaid, the 1988 remake of D.O.A., was produced by Ziskin and his partner Ian Sander in two films starring Dennis Quaid. Taylor Hackford's "All American" is a film about Jim Spence (also 1988).

Ziskin's next project, What About Bob?

Neither the film nor The Doctor (also 1991) were anywhere near as good at the box-office as Pretty Woman. Stephen Frears' Hero (1992), a loose adaptation of Meet John Doe (1941), for which Ziskin both produced and sold the tale, was born in Columbia. Oh, What a Day! ziskin produced her first short film Oh, What a Day! 1914, which was founded in 1994, and produced To Die For (1995), the Nicole Kidman tour-de-force To Die For (1995), under the banner of Laura Ziskin Productions.

Ziskin, the president of Fox 2000, one of many offshoots 20th Century Fox, was promoting production and distribution by the time the last film was released. Ziskin has compiled a impressive number of directors and writers since the start of Fox 2000.

Edward Zwick's Gulf War drama Courage Under Fire (1996) and Pat O'Connor's Inventing the Abbotts (1997) and Volcano (also 1997). Before studio head Bill Mechanic returned the rights to director Anthony Minghella, who later got it produced and distributed through Miramax, Ziskin and Tom Rothman helped develop the script for The English Patient (1996).

As Good As It Gets (1997), a Ziskin executive, produced As Good as It Gets. The film received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and three actor nods, as well as its stars, Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt, who received the leading role Oscars in the acting categories.

Ziskin resigned from Fox 2000 in November 1999 and Columbia Pictures signed a production contract within a month. He had been in the same position for nearly five years. Ziskin returned to the big screen in 2002 after being selected to be the first solo female producer of an Academy Awards telecast in 2002. The film was released in early May to widespread criticism, went on to smash box office records, and became the highest-grossing film of its year. Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007) follow two sequels as a result of the film's success. Ziskin was also recognized by Women in Film in 2002 for her attempts to increase the role of women in the entertainment industry.

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