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Jack Warner

ジャック・L・ワーナー　/　じゃっく・L・わーなー

Film producer from Canada

August 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978　・　London, Ontario, Canada

Ontario
film producer
screenwriter
business executive

My Take

Jack Warner is one of those figures I find impossible to admire cleanly, and that's what makes him compelling. As the driving force behind Warner Bros. for over 55 years, he outlasted every rival mogul, and the awards shelf, an Academy Award for Best Picture and multiple Golden Globes, speaks to a man with a genuine nose for what audiences wanted. Yet the legend that surrounds these old studio bosses is rarely warm. I read him as the prototype of the iron-fisted producer who built an empire on instinct and ruthlessness. Love him or not, modern Hollywood is still standing on what he poured.

Overview

Jack Leonard Warner (born Jacob Warner; August 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978) was a Canadian-born American film executive, who was the president and driving force behind the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. Warner's career spanned over 55 years, surpassing that of any other of the pioneering Hollywood studio moguls. As co-head of production at Warner Bros.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Jack Warner
Name (Japanese): ジャック・L・ワーナー
Reading: じゃっく・L・わーなー
Born: August 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Dragon
Origin: London, Ontario, Canada
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film producer / screenwriter / business executive / manufacturer / executive producer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Southern California

Awards & achievements

1965 Academy Award for Best Picture
1955 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
1958 Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
1964 Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
1957 David di Donatello for best foreign production
1965 David di Donatello for best foreign production
2012 California Hall of Fame
2004 Canada's Walk of Fame

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BBL%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC

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