John Calley
John Calley | |
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| Born | John Nicholas Calley July 8, 1930 Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | September 13, 2011 (aged 81) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | American film studio executive, film producer |
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John Nicholas Calley (July 8, 1930 – September 13, 2011) was an American film studio executive and producer. He was quite influential during his years at Warner Bros., where he worked from 1968 to 1981, and "produced a film a month, on average, including commercial successes like The Exorcist and Superman." During his seven years at Sony Pictures starting in 1996, for five of which he was chairman and chief executive, he was credited with "reinvigorat[ing]" that major film studio.