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Herb Jaffe (May 20, 1921- December 7, 1991) was an independent film producer in the United States. He died at the age of 70 years of in Beverly Hills, California.
Jaffe was born in Brooklyn, New York, and began his career as a literary agent, [1] Working for the likes of: Reginald Rose [1] – Twelve Angry Men (1954), Joseph Heller [1] – Catch-22 (1961), Something Happened (1974), Philip Roth [1] – Goodbye, Columbus (1959), Portnoy's Complaint (1969), American Pastoral (1997), The Human Stain (2001). He then took a position at United Artists, [2] Eventually becoming head of worldwide production for the studio. [1]
Having become an independent producer in 1973, [2] he produced The Wind and the Lion (1975) starring Sean Connery, and eleven other films including: Who'll Stop the Rain with Nick Nolte , Jinxed! with Bette Midler, The Demon Seed with Julie Christie , Time After Time and Fright Night Part 2 with Julie Carmen. He also executive produced four films including Those Lips, Those Eyes and Motel Hell .
In the 1980s, he was head of The Vista Organization (a.k.a. Vista Films). He had also set up home video branches a distribution arm New Century/Vista Film Co., a joint venture with New Century Entertainment. [3] [4]
He died of cancer in Beverly Hills, California. [1]
His son, Steven-Charles Jaffe, Is also a producer with credits including titles such as: Demon Seed , and Time After Time
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