Name John Foreman | Role Film producer | |
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Full Name John Christian Foreman Children Amanda Foreman, Julie Foreman Awards Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Movies Butch Cassidy and the S, The Man Who Would Be King, Prizzi's Honor, Winning, The First Great Train Robbery Similar People Amanda Foreman, Richard Moore, Linda Lawson, Oswald Morris, George Roy Hill | ||
John Foreman (July 26, 1925 – November 19, 1992) was an American film producer.
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Early life
Josh Christian Foreman was born on July 26, 1925 in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Career
In the late 1960s, he and actor Paul Newman founded Newman-Foreman productions. He went on to produce Winning (1969) and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). He later produced four films in collaboration with director John Huston. His other film credits as producer include, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972), The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), The Mackintosh Man (1973), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), They Might Be Giants (1971) and Prizzi's Honor (1985).
He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for his films Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Prizzi's Honor.
Forman was married to actress and singer Linda Lawson. Amanda Foreman and Julie Foreman, both actresses, are their daughters.
Death
He died on November 19, 1992 in Beverly Hills, California.