Rollins, Jack 1914–

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Rollins, Jack 1914–

PERSONAL

Original name, Jack Rabinowitz; born 1914, in Brooklyn, NY.

Addresses: Office—Rollins, Joffe, Mora, Brezner Productions, 130 West 57th St., New York, NY 10019-3303.

Career: Producer. Rollins, Joffe, Mora, Brezner Productions (talent management firm), New York City, cofounder.

Awards, Honors: Emmy Award nominations (with others), outstanding variety, music or comedy program, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, all for Late Night With David Letterman.

CREDITS

Film Work:

(Uncredited) Producer (with Charles H. Joffe), Take the Money and Run, Cinerama, 1969.

Producer, Don't Drink the Water, 1969.

Producer, Bananas, United Artists, 1971.

Producer, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (also known as Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex), United Artists, 1972.

(Uncredited) Executive producer, Sleeper, United Artists, 1973.

Producer, Love and Death, United Artists, 1975.

(Uncredited) Executive producer, The Front, Columbia, 1976.

Producer, Annie Hall, United Artists, 1977.

(Uncredited) Producer, Interiors, United Artists, 1978.

(Uncredited) Executive producer, Manhattan, United Artists, 1979.

Executive producer, Stardust Memories, United Artists, 1980.

Co-executive producer, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, Warner Bros., 1982.

Executive producer, Zelig, Warner Bros., 1983.

Executive producer, Broadway Danny Rose, Orion, 1984.

(Uncredited) Executive producer, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Orion, 1985.

Executive producer, Hannah and Her Sisters, Orion, 1986.

Executive producer, Radio Days, Orion, 1987.

Executive producer, September, 1987.

Executive producer, Another Woman, 1988.

Executive producer, "Oedipus Wrecks," New York Stories, 1989.

Executive producer, Crimes and Misdemeanors, 1989.

Executive producer, Alice, 1990.

Executive producer, Shadows and Fog, 1992.

Executive producer, Husbands and Wives, 1992.

Executive producer, Manhattan Murder Mystery, 1993.

Co-executive producer, Bullets over Broadway, 1994.

Co-executive producer, Mighty Aphrodite, 1995.

Co-executive producer, Everyone Says I Love You, Miramax, 1996.

Co-executive producer, Deconstructing Harry, Fine Line, 1997.

Co-executive producer, Celebrity, Miramax, 1998.

Co-executive producer, Sweet and Lowdown, Sony Pictures Classics, 1999.

Co-executive producer, Small Time Crooks, DreamWorks Distribution, 2000.

Co-executive producer, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (also known as Im bann des jake skorpions), DreamWorks, 2001.

Co-executive producer, Hollywood Ending, DreamWorks, 2002.

Executive producer, Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show (documentary), 2002.

Executive producer, Anything Else (also known as Anything else, la vie et tout le reste and La vie et tout la reste), DreamWorks, 2003.

Executive producer, Melinda and Melinda, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2004.

Co-executive producer, Match Point, DreamWorks, 2005.

Co-executive producer, Scoop, Focus Features, 2006.

Film Appearances:

Studio executive, Stardust Memories, United Artists, 1980.

To Woody Allen from Europe with Love, 1980.

Broadway Danny Rose, Orion, 1984.

Television Executive Producer; Series:

The David Letterman Show, NBC, 1979–81.

Late Night With David Letterman, NBC, 1982–92.

Television Producer; Series:

Produced The Dick Cavett Show, CBS.

Television Executive Producer; Specials:

The Robert Klein Show, 1981.

Late Night Film Festival, 1985.

David Letterman's 2nd Annual Holiday Film Festival, NBC, 1986.

David Letterman's Old-Fashioned Christmas, NBC, 1987.

Late Night With David Letterman Fifth Anniversary Show, NBC, 1987.

Late Night With David Letterman Sixth Anniversary Special, NBC, 1988.

Late Night With David Letterman Seventh Anniversary Show, NBC, 1989.

Late Night With David Letterman Eighth Anniversary Special, NBC, 1990.

Late Night With David Letterman: 10th Anniversary, NBC, 1992.

Rick Reynolds: Only the Truth Is Funny (also known as Only the Truth Is Funny), Showtime, 1993.

Television Producer; Specials:

The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell, PBS, 1982.

Television Work; Pilots:

Producer, The Ted Bessell Show, CBS, 1973.

Executive producer, My Family, NBC, 1992.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Nichols and May—Take Two, PBS, 1996.

Himself, Funny Already: A History of Jewish Comedy, Channel 4, 2004.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Interview, September, 1985, p. 129.

New York Times Magazine, June 9, 1985, p. 65.