Eugene Harold "Gene" Corman (September 24, 1927 – September 28, 2020) was an American film producer and agent. He and his older brother, Roger, co-founded New World Pictures.

Gene Corman
Born
Eugene Harold Corman

(1927-09-24)September 24, 1927
DiedSeptember 28, 2020(2020-09-28) (aged 93)[1]
Occupations
  • Producer
  • agent
SpouseNan Corman
Children1
RelativesRoger Corman (brother)

Biography edit

Corman entered the film industry before his brother, working as an agent. He became vice president of MCA, representing such clients as Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Richard Conte, Harry Belafonte, and Ray Milland. He moved into producing in the late 1950s, making a number of movies with Bernard L. Kowalski and Robert L. Lippert as well as his brother, Roger.

In the early 1970s, he had his own producing unit at MGM. He later became vice-president of 20th Century Fox Television.[2]

Filmography edit

References edit

  1. ^ Gene Corman, Producer and Brother of Roger Corman, Dies at 93
  2. ^ Weaver, Tom (2000). Return of the B Science Fiction and Horror Heroes: The Mutant Melding of Two Volumes of Classic Interviews. McFarland. ISBN 9780786407552.

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