Occupation Film producer Name James Jacks | Role Film producer | |
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Born December 29, 1947 United States Died January 20, 2014, Los Angeles, California, United States Alma mater Carnegie Mellon University Movies The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, The Scorpion King, The Mummy: Tomb of t, Mallrats Similar People Sean Daniel, Bob Ducsay, Kevin Jarre, Stephen Sommers, Adrian Biddle | ||
James Jacks - Producer
James "Jim" Jacks (December 29, 1947 – January 20, 2014) was an American film producer of several blockbuster films.
Jacks grew up in a military family. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and from Cornell University with an MBA. He was working as a Wall Street financial analyst when he decided to be a screenwriter. Unsuccessful, he became head of production at Circle Films in the early- to mid-1980s and then senior vice-president of production at Universal Studios from the late-1980s into the early-1990s. In 1992, he became an independent producer with Alphaville Films, which he co-founded with Sean Daniel. He left Alphaville Films in 2004.
Jacks died on January 20, 2014 of a heart attack at his Los Angeles home at the age of 66.