Allan Glaser | |
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![]() Glaser in 2019 | |
Born | Norfolk, Virginia, USA |
Education | University of Southern California |
Spouse |
Allan Glaser (born November 28, 1959) is an American film producer known for the feature films Lust in the Dust and Tab Hunter Confidential . [1]
Glaser ultimately became director of acquisitions of feature films at 20th Century Fox. It was while in this position he met Tab Hunter. The two formed Fox Run Productions [2] and raised money to produce the film Lust in the Dust , [3] [4] released in 1985, starring Hunter, Divine, and Lainie Kazan. [5] [6] [7] Glaser's next film, Dark Horse , was based on a story by Hunter. [8] The feature starred Mimi Rogers and Ed Begley, Jr. [9] It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. [10]
Glaser talked Hunter into writing his autobiography, Tab Hunter Confidential , which became a New York Times bestseller. [11] [12] Glaser turned the book into a documentary in 2015, also entitled Tab Hunter Confidential. [13] [14] In June 2018, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Glaser would produce a feature film for Paramount Pictures based on the documentary with Bad Robot Productions/J. J. Abrams tentatively entitled Tab & Tony. [15]
Glaser and Tab Hunter began a relationship in 1983 and remained together for the next 35 years until Hunter's death in July 2018. They were married in 2013. [16] [17]