Name Gray Frederickson Role Film producer | Spouse Karen Frederickson Education University of Oklahoma | |
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Awards Academy Award for Best Picture Movies The Godfather Part II, The Outsiders, One from the Heart, 1941, Ivory Similar People Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos, Carmine Coppola, Dean Tavoularis, Daniel Lusko | ||
Interview with gray frederickson mov
Gray Frederickson (born July 31, 1937) is an American film producer.
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- Interview with gray frederickson mov
- Deadcenter 2012 a conversation with albert s ruddy gray frederickson
- Frequent collaborators History
- Awards
- Current production
- Personal life
- References
Deadcenter 2012 a conversation with albert s ruddy gray frederickson
Frequent collaborators & History
Frederickson is an Oklahoma native and is a long time producer for Francis Ford Coppola and works out of a studio alongside Greg Mellott out of Oklahoma City.
In 1974, Robert De Niro claims he and Frederickson went up to the Gulf and Western Building in New York City to a private screening room to study Marlon Brando's movements. De Niro compared it to a science experiment which prepared him for his character in The Godfather. Frederickson and Coppola collaborated on Apocalypse Now and One From The Heart and The Outsiders (film).Rolling Stone Magazine states the first time Frederickson and Francis Ford Coppola got together, Marlon Brando randomly called Coppola on the phone who would later become Don Corleone.
Awards
He is best known for winning an Oscar as one of the co-producers of The Godfather Part II at the 47th Academy Awards. In addition he was also nominated for Apocalypse Now. Frederickson won an Emmy for Dream No Little Dream: The Life and Legacy of Robert S. Kerr (2007).
Current production
In the summer of 2015, Frederickson produced a new cinematic live theater art form called, 'Distant Vision' directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Personal life
Frederickson is currently married to Karen and resides in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.