Pressman, Edward R. 1943- (Ed Pressman, Edward Pressman, Edward Rambach Pressman, Edward Rambach)

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Pressman, Edward R. 1943- (Ed Pressman, Edward Pressman, Edward Rambach Pressman, Edward Rambach)

PERSONAL

Full name, Edward Rambach Pressman; born April 11, 1943, in New York, NY; son of Jack (a toy company executive) and Lynn Pressman; married Annie McEnroe (an actress), May, 1983; children: Sammy Jack. Education: Stanford University, B.A., with honors, philosophy; London School of Economics, M.A., political science, philosophy, and economics.

Addresses:

Office—Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation, 1648 North Wilcox Ave., Hollywood, CA 90028; Sunflower Productions, 149 Wooster St., Second Floor, New York, NY 10012.

Career:

Producer. Pressman-Williams Enterprises, founder (with director Paul Williams); Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation, founder, 1969, chairman and chief executive officer, 1969—; ContentFilm (digital production and distribution company), cofounder (with John Schmidt), 2001; Sunflower Productions, New York City, principal; partner with the Japanese company Ascii; Pressman Toys, president. New York Shakespeare Festival/Joseph Papp Public Theater, New York City, member of the board of trustees; and Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York City, member of the board of directors. Also known as Edward Pressman and Edward Rambach.

Awards, Honors:

Retrospectives by the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, 1988, and by Paris Cinematheque, 1989, were held in Pressman's honor; named producer of the decade, American Film magazine critics' poll, 1989; Independent Spirit Award nomination (with Michael Hausman), best feature, Independent Feature Project/West, 1992, for Homicide; Independent Spirit Award nomination (with Mary Lane), best feature, 1992, for Bad Lieutenant; Life Career Award, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, 1996; Gotham Award, Independent Feature Project, 2003.

CREDITS

Film Executive Producer:

Badlands, Warner Bros., 1973.

Despair (also known as Despair—Eine Reise ins Licht), New Line Cinema/Gala Film Distributors, 1978.

Paradise Alley, Universal, 1978.

Victoria, Svensk Filmindustri, 1979.

Flicks (also known as Hollyweird and Loose Joints), United Film Distribution, 1981.

Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan, a barbar, Conan barbaari, Conan barbaren, Conan barbarzynca, Conan, der Barbar, Conan e os barbaros, Conan, el barbaro, Conan il barbaro, Conan le barbare, Conan, le barbare, Conan, o barbaro, and Konan varvarin), Universal, 1982.

The Pirates of Penzance (also known as The Slave of Duty, I pirati di Penzance, Os piratas de Penzance, and Piratii din Penzance), Universal, 1982.

Crimewave (also known as Broken Hearts and Noses and The XYZ Murders), Embassy, 1985.

Good Morning, Babylon (also known as Good Morning Babilonia), Vestron, 1986.

Half Moon Street, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986.

True Stories, Warner Bros., 1986.

Masters of the Universe (also known as Masters of the Universe: The Motion Picture), Cannon, 1987.

Walker, Universal, 1987.

Paris by Night, Cineplex Odeon Films, 1988.

Martians Go Home, Taurus Entertainment Company, 1990.

To Sleep with Anger, Samuel Goldwyn, 1990.

Iron Maze (also known as America, uma razao para matar, Iron Maze—doedens labyrint, Iron Maze—Im Netz der Leidenschaft, Laberinto de hierro, and Pelon ote), Castle Hill Productions, 1991.

Cover Story (also known as Una historia encubierta), Arrow Entertainment, 1993.

Dream Lover (also known as Nightmare Lover, A mulher dos meus sonhos, Ahava Zdoneat, Almaim asszonya, Amante de sonho, Dream Lover: el amante ideal, Incubo d'amore, Une espouse trop parfaite, and Unelmien rakastajatar), Gramercy Pictures, 1994.

Judge Dredd (also known as Dredd, A lei de Dredd, Dredd biro, Dredd—La legge sono io, El juez, Judge Dredd—tuomari, Juez Dredd, Juge Dredd, Mosamartle Dredi, O juiz, Sedzia Dredd, Sudija Dred, and Yargic), Buena Vista, 1995.

Executive producer of director's cut, Das Boot (also known as The Boat, A tengeralattjaro, El barco, El submarino (Das Boot), Le bateau, Sukellusvene U-96, To ypovryhio, U-baaten, U-Boot 96, and Ypovryhio U-96—Epistrofi stin Kolasi), 1997, originally released by Columbia, 1981, subtitled version released by Triumph Releasing, 1982.

Endurance (documentary; also known as Der Einzelkampfer von Atlanta), Buena Vista, 1998.

After the Truth (also known as Nichts als die Wahrheit), Helkon, 1999.

Black and White (also known as Blanco y negro and Czarne i biale), Screen Gems, 1999.

A Question of Faith, First Look Pictures Releasing, 1999.

(International) Xingfu shiguang (also known as Happy Time, Happy Times, and Happy Times Hotel), Sony Pictures Releasing, 2000.

(With others) The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (documentary; also known as The Endurance, Atrapados en el hielo, and Verschollen im Packeis—Das Antarktis-Abenteuer des Sir Ernest Shackleton), Cowboy Booking International, c. 2001.

Harvard Man, Lions Gate Films, 2001.

The Guys, Focus Features, 2002.

The Cooler, Lions Gate Films, 2003.

Love Object, Lions Gate Films, 2003.

Owning Mahowny (also known as La double vie de Mahowny), Sony Pictures Classics, 2003.

Party Monster, Strand Releasing, 2003.

Rick, Vitagraph Films, 2003.

Straight from the Projects: Rappers That Live the Lyrics—Brownsville, Brooklyn (documentary), 2003.

Never Die Alone, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2004.

Straight from the Projects: Rappers That Live the Lyrics—3rd Ward, New Orleans (documentary), 2004.

The King, THINKFilm, 2005.

Thank You for Smoking, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2005.

Driving Lessons, Sony Pictures Classics, 2006.

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (also known as Fur, Fur—ett fiktivt portraett av Diane Arbus, Fur—Un portrait imaginaire de Diane Arbus,Fur—Un ritratto immaginario di Diane Arbus, Retrato de una pasion, and To portreto—I allokoti matia tis Diane Arbus), Picturehouse Entertainment, 2006.

Twist of Fate, Foresight, 2008.

Associated with other productions.

Film Producer:

Girl, 1966.

Out of It, United Artists, 1969.

(As Edward Rambach Pressman) The Revolutionary, United Artists, 1970.

Dealing: Or The Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues, Warner Bros., 1971.

Sisters (also known as Blood Sisters), American International Pictures/New Line Cinema, 1973.

Phantom of the Paradise (also known as Phantom and Phantom of the Fillmore), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974.

(With Michele Rappaport) Old Boyfriends, Avco-Embassy, 1979.

Heart Beat, Columbia/EMI/Warner, 1980.

You Better Watch Out (also known as Christmas Evil and Terror in Toyland), Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation, 1980.

The Hand, Warner Bros., 1981.

Conan the Destroyer (also known as Conan der Zerstoerer, Conan, el destructor, Conan foergoeranen, Conan haevittaejae, Conan il distruttore, Conan le destructeur, Conan, le destructeur, Conan niszczyciel, Conan o destruidor, Conan 2—Foergoeranen, and Konan untstitelj), Universal, 1984.

(With Joseph Papp) Plenty (also known as Eine demanzipierte Frau, I asymvivasti, Min kaerlek, mitt oede, Obfitosc, Plenty—O mundo de uma mulher, Plenty, uma historia de mulher, and Rakkauteni, kohtaloni), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985.

Wall Street (also known as Toezsdecapak, Wall Street—Poder e cobica, and Wall Street—rahan ja vallan katu), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987.

Cherry 2000, Orion, 1988.

Talk Radio, Universal, 1988.

Blue Steel, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1989.

(With Oliver Stone) Reversal of Fortune (also known as A szerencse forgando, Die Affaere der Sunny von B., El misterio von Bulow, Il mistero von Bulow, Le mystere von Bulow, Mysteriet von Buelow, O reverso da fortuna, Odmiana losu, Onnen kulissit, Reveses da fortuna, and To gyrisma tis tyhis), Warner Bros., 1990.

Waiting for the Light (also known as Aspettando la luce, Czekajac na swiatlo, Egi jel, Fantasmas endiabrados, and Zeichen und Wunder), Triumph Releasing, 1990.

(With Michael Hausman) Homicide (also known as Brigada de homicidios, Hatet, Homicide—Mordkommission, Homicidio, and Murharyhmae), Triumph Releasing, 1991.

Year of the Gun (also known as Brigadas vermelhas, Crimenes y secretos, El ano de las armas, L'anno del terrore, Vakivallan vuosi, and Verliebt in die Gefahr), Triumph Releasing, 1991.

Bad Lieutenant (also known as Den Korrumperade snuten, Diafthora, Il cattivo tenente, Paha poliisi, Policia sem lei, Teniente corrupto, Zli porucnik, and Zly porucznik), Aries Film Releasing, 1992.

Hoffa (also known as Jimmy Hoffa, Hoffa: santo o mafioso?, Hoffa: un pulso al poder, and O preco do poder), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992.

Storyville (also known as El peso de la corrupcion, Il mistero di Storyville, Skandalozni Storyville, Storyville—Um jogo perigoso, and Toedliche Intrigen), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992.

The Crow (also known as Crow, A Hollo, The Crow—Die Kraehe, Die Kraehe, El cuervo, Ha-Orev, Il corvo, Le corbeau, O corvo, Vran, and Vrana), Dimension Films, 1994.

Street Fighter (also known as Street Fighter: The Battle for Shadaloo, Street Fighter: The Movie, and Street Fighter: The Ultimate Battle), Universal, 1994.

City Hall (also known as A sombra da corrupcao, City Hall—Conspiracao no alto escalao, City Hall. La sombra de la corrupcion, Complot dans la ville, Ludzie miasta, Maktspel, Mestna hisa, Minden gyanu felett, and Pormestari), Columbia, 1996.

The Crow: City of Angels (also known as The Crow II, The Crow—Die Rache der Kraehe, The crow, la cite des anges, Crow II—enkelten kaupunki, El cuervo: ciudad de angeles, Il corvo 2, Le corbeau: Cite des anges, O corvo—A cidade dos anjos, O corvo—Cidade dos anjos, Sehir melekleri, and Vrana 2—Grad andjela), Miramax/Dimension Films, 1996.

The Island of Dr. Moreau (also known as D.N.A., D.N. A.—Die Insel des Dr. Moreau, D.N.A.—Experiment des Wahnsinns, Doktor Moreaus oe, Dr. Moreau szigete, Dr. Moreau'nun adasi, L'ile du docteur Moreau, L'ile du Dr. Moreau, L'isola perduta, La isla del Dr. Moreau (Moreau's Island), Ostrov dr. Moreaua, and Tohtori Moreaun saari), New Line Cinema, 1996.

The Blackout, Trimark Pictures, 1997.

Two Girls and a Guy, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997.

The Winter Guest, Fine Line Features, 1997.

Legionnaire, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998.

New Rose Hotel, Avalanche Releasing, 1998.

(With others) After the Truth (also known as Nichts als die Wahrheit), Helkon, 1999.

American Psycho (also known as Americki psiho, Amerikan psyko, and Psicopata americano), Lions Gate Films, 2000.

The Crow: Salvation (also known as The Crow 3, The Crow 3—Salvation, The Crow III—Toedliche Erloesung, The crow—Pelastus, El cuervo: La salvacion, El cuervo: Salvacion, Il corvo 3-Salvation, and O corvo: Salvacao), Dimension Films, 2000.

Tenth Victim, Quadra Entertainment, 2001.

The Beautiful Country, Sony Pictures Classics, c. 2004.

Undertow, United Artists, 2004.

The Crow: Wicked Prayer (also known as The Crow 4, Wicked Prayer, El cuervo 4: Plegaria maldita, O corvo—A vinganca maldita, and O corvo—Vinganca maldita), Dimension Films, 2005.

Amazing Grace, Samuel Goldwyn Films, 2006.

Sisters, Voltage Pictures, 2006.

The Mutant Chronicles, Paradox Entertainment, 2007.

Film Work; Other:

Presenter, You Better Watch Out (also known as Christmas Evil and Terror in Toyland), Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation, 1980.

Executive soundtrack producer, The Crow: City of Angels (also known as The Crow II, The Crow—Die Rache der Kraehe, The crow, la cite des anges, Crow II—enkelten kaupunki, El cuervo: ciudad de angeles, Il corvo 2, Le corbeau: Cite des anges, O corvo—A cidade dos anjos, O corvo—Cidade dos anjos, Sehir melekleri, and Vrana 2-Grad andjela), Miramax/Dimension Films, 1996.

Film Appearances:

Ernest Trend, Crimewave (also known as Broken Hearts and Noses and The XYZ Murders), Embassy, 1985.

Himself, Oliver Stone: Inside Out (documentary), 1992.

Lonely cook, Street Fighter (also known as Street Fighter: The Battle for Shadaloo, Street Fighter: The Movie, and Street Fighter: The Ultimate Battle), Universal, 1994.

Himself, Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick (documentary), Campinella Productions/Citrullo International/Misami Film, 2002.

Television Work; Series:

(As Ed Pressman) Executive producer, The Crow: Stairway to Heaven (also known as The Crow, Witch Crow, El cuervo, and O corvo), syndicated, 1998-99.