John Calley
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 Entertainment starting in 1996, five of which he was chairman and chief executive, he was credited with "reinvigorat[ing]" that major film studio.
Known for
- One Night Stand (1997)
- Biography: Sharon Tate – Murdered Innocence (2002)
- A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
- You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006)
- The Craft of Dirty Harry (2008)
- Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007)
- Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil (2007)
- This Is Gary McFarland (2006)
- Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick (2007)
- The Business End: Violence in Cinema (2008)
- The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry (2008)
- A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope (2004)
- Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (2007)
- The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey (2001)
- Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' (2001)
- The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson (1999)
- The Evolution of Clint Eastwood (2008)
- All Eyes on Sharon Tate (1966)