2015 Event Elon Musk, head of Tesla Motors, announces the formation of Tesla Energy, a producer of large batteries for storage of generated renewable energy in homes and businesses 2014 Event Music curator and headphone maker Beats Electronics will become the latest acquisition of Apple, Inc.; Apple will pay $3 billion for the music company, started by music producer Jimmy Iovine and rap artist Dr. Dre 2014 Event Disney announces that it will buy Maker Studios for $500 million with an additional payout of $450 million if certain performance targets are met; purchase of the online video producer may help Disney expand marketing outlets for its media 2012 Event After a strike over working conditions, the world's biggest platinum producer, Anglo Platinum Limited, fires 12,000 people in South Africa 2010 Event American Idol producer Simon Cowell signs a three-year deal with ITV for 'The X Factor' and 'Britain's Got Talent' 2009 Death Derek B, rapper, record producer, remixer, popular songs included 'Bad Young Brother' and 'Goodgroove', dies of a heart attack in London, at age 44 2009 Death Ellie Greenwich, record producer, singer, songwriter, rock and roll, pop music genres, co-wrote 'Da Doo Ron Ron', dies in Manhattan, New York, at age 68 2004 Death Terry Melcher, record producer, Kokomo, dies at 62 2004 Death Alan King, comic/producer, Friar's Club roasters, dies at 76 2003 Death Jenifer Estess, activist/producer, founded Project A.L.S, dies at 40 2003 Death John Hawkesworth, producer/writer, ", Upstairs, Downstairs, ", dies at 82 2002 Death Bruce Paltrow, American Producer 2002 Death Bruce Paltrow, producer, Saint Elsewhere, dies at 60 2002 Death Lew Wasserman, American Producer 2002 Death Julia Phillips, producer, The Sting, dies at 57 2001 Death Fred De Cordova, producer/director, Tonight Show, dies at 90 2001 Death David Angell, producer, Frasier, dies at 55 - a 9/11 terrorist murder 2001 Death "Jack Haley, Jr", documentary producer, That's Entertainment!, dies at 67 2001 Death Howard Koch, producer, The Manchurian Candidate, dies at 84 2000 Death Thomas Yohe, TV producer/innovator, Schoolhouse Rock, dies at 63 2000 Death Robert Northshield, TV news producer, Sunday Morning, dies at 78 1999 Death Allan Carr, "Producer, manager", Grease, dies at 62 1999 Death Gary Morton, producer/actor, dies at 74 1998 Death Lord Lew Grade, producer, The Muppet Show, dies at 91 1998 Death Alan J. Pakula, "director, producer", All the President's Men, dies at 70 1997 Death Anthea Joseph, music producer, dies at 57 1997 Death James Komack, producer (Courtship of Eddie's Father), dies at 67 1997 Death Alan Mouncer, film director/producer, dies at 68 1997 Event French court orders producer Jacques Charrier, ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot, to pay the former screen star $8,300 in damages 1997 Death Antony Kearey, television producer, dies at 77 1997 Death Brenda Carlin, TV producer and wife of comedian George Carlin, dies at 57 1997 Death Alvy Moore, actor and producer, Mr. Kimball on Green Acres, dies at 75 1997 Death Tomoyuki Tanaka, film maker and producer, Godzilla, dies of a stroke at 86 1997 Death Alexander Salkind, producer (Superman), dies at 75 1997 Death Alexander Salkind, producer, Superman, dies at 75 1997 Death Dennis Main Wilson, TV and radio producer, dies at 72 1997 Death Duncan Wood, television director and producer, dies at 71 1997 Death Sheldon Leonard, producer and director, I Spy - Dick Van Dyke, dies at 89 1996 Death Euphemia MacDonald May Moxon, dance producer, dies at 91 1996 Death Leonard Katzman, TV producer, dies at 69 1996 Death Humphrey Fisher, TV Producer, dies at 72 1996 Death Pandro S Berman, film producer, dies at 91 1996 Death Cubby Alberto Romolo Broccoli, movie producer, dies at 87 1996 Death Michael Leander Farr, record producer, dies at 55 1996 Death Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill, record producer, dies at 80 1996 Death Jay D. Miller, record producer, dies at 73 1996 Death Ross Hunter, U.S. producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk), dies at 75 1996 Death Michael Herford Wooller, TV/film producer, dies at 69 1996 Death Gerald Savory, actor playwright/TV producer (3 Weeks), dies at 86 1996 Death Bob Thiele, record producer, dies at 73 1996 Death Donald Simpson, film producer, dies at 52 1995 Death David Briggs, record producer, dies at 51 1995 Death Peter John Welding, record producer, dies at 60 1995 Death Jerome Berger, lawyer/Film producer, dies at 64 1995 Death Danny Arnold, British TV producer, dies at 70 1995 Death Wilbur Stark, tV/film producer, dies at 83 1995 Death David Begelman, film producer, dies at 73 1995 Death Ronald Farrow, radio producer/priest, dies at 49 1995 Death Anthony Joly de Lotbiniere, television producer, dies at 69 1995 Death Nicholas Palmer, TV writer/producer, dies at 57 1995 Death Cheryl Waltz, author/film producer, dies at 50 1995 Death Paul A Rothchild, record producer, dies at 59 1995 Death Eazy-E, drug dealer, gang member, rapper, producer, regarded as a founder of gangsta rap, member of N.W.A. group, dies of AIDS, at age 31 1995 Death Norman Schwartz, record Producer, dies at 66 1995 Death Donald Baverstock, television Producer, dies at 71 1995 Death Carel Birnie, ballet producer, dies at 69 1995 Death George Abbott, playwright/actor/producer (Damn Yankees), dies at 105 1995 Death Philip H Burton, Welsh producer/Richard Burton's teacher, dies at 80 1995 Death Onat Kutlar, Turkish screenplay/producer (Hazal), murdered at 59 1994 Death Jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64 1994 Death Joseph H Hazen, U.S. producer/Vice President (Warner Bros), dies at 96 1994 Death Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer, dies at 76 1994 Death Jimmy Miller, pop drummer/singer/producer (Motorhead), dies at 52 1994 Death WIlliam Faure, producer, dies at 45 1994 Death Harry Saltzman, producer (Dr. No, Nijinski), dies at 78 1994 Death Jessie Kesson, author, novelist, radio producer, and playwright, dies at 77 1994 Death Major Bill Smith, record producer, dies at 72 1994 Death Eric John Crozier, producer/librettist, dies at 79 1994 Death Joan Harrison, English producer/Alfred Hitchcock's sect, dies at 83 1994 Death Amy Sacks, producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39 1994 Death Gottfried Reinhardt, theatre Producer, dies at 81 1994 Death Joseph Janni, producer, dies at 78 1994 Death Andrew Brown, film Producer, dies at 55 1994 Death Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81 1994 Death Marlon Riggs, U.S. writer/director/producer (Ethnic notions), dies at 37 1994 Death Gary "BB" Coleman, blues vocal/guitarist/producer, dies at 47 1994 Death Ken Hall, Australian director/producer (Kokoda front line), dies at 92 1994 Death Harold Schneider, U.S. producer (5 Easy Pieces, War Games), dies at 55 1994 Death Samuel Bronston, Romanian/US producer (El Cid), dies at 85 1994 Death Jim Booth, New Zealand producer (Heavenly Creatures), dies at 48 1993 Death Arthur Dreifuss, director/producer (Murder in Amsterdam), dies at 85 1993 Death Andre Cerf, French actor/producer (Nana), dies at 93 1993 Death Ely A Landau, producer (Long Day's Journey), dies of stroke at 73 1993 Death William Cort, actor/producer (Ghost, Dear Heart), dies of cancer at 53 1993 Death Piet Wielinga, TV producer (Dutch Glory), dies at 56 1993 Death Robert J Glass, film producer (ET), is killed at 53 1993 Death Donald Alexander, System director/producer (East Valley), dies at 79 1993 Death John Beck, U.S. producer (Harvey, Singing Nun), dies at 83 1993 Death Marvin Young, producer/child actor (Player), dies at 90 1993 Death Mick Ronson, English guitarist/producer (Mott the Hoople), dies at 46 1993 Death Henny Budie, Dutch director/producer (Sterrenslag), dies 1993 Death Alexander Mnouchkine, French movie producer (Professional), dies at 83 1993 Death Ishiro Honda, Japanese director/producer (Godzilla), dies at 81 1993 Death Leslie Norman, English director/producer (Dunkirk), dies at 82 1993 Death George L George, Russian/US journalist/director/producer, dies at 85 1992 Death Mark Goodson, TV game show producer (Goodson-Toddman), dies at 77 1992 Death John Foreman, producer (Prizzi's Honor), dies at 67 of heart attack 1992 Death Robert Reese, producer, dies of natural causes at 66 1992 Death Hal Roach, producer (Keystone Kops), dies of pneumonia at 100 1992 Death Edgardo Pallero, Argentina producer (Los hijos de fierro), dies 1992 Death Franco Cristaldi, Italian producer/Claudia Cardinale's husband, dies 1992 Death Franco Cristaldi, Italian producer (Amarcord), dies 1992 Death Luigi De Laurentiis, Italian producer (Toto, Macaroni), dies 1992 Event Record producer Lou Adler weds Paige Hannah (Daryl's sister) 1992 Death Mike Frankovich, U.S. producer (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies 1991 Death Byron Q Griffith, producer/actor, dies at 73 1991 Death Joseph Papp, U.S. theater producer (Chorus Line, Hair), dies at 70 1991 Death Joseph Papp, Broadway producer (Chorus Line), dies of cancer at 70 1991 Death Ken Hardin, producer, dies at 62 1991 Death Peter Willes, British actor/producer (Way We Live), dies 1991 Death Joe Pasternak, producer (Spinout, Big City), dies of Parkinson's at 73 1991 Death Richard Wilson, producer/writer/actor (Pay or Die), dies at 75 1991 Death Prudence Nesbitt, British actress/TV producer, dies 1991 Event Actress Sharon Gless and producer Barney Rosenzeig wed 1989 Event Singer Natalie Cole marries record producer Andre Fisher 1989 Event Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart marries producer Burt Sugarman 1988 Death Joshua Logan, Broadway producer, dies at 79 of palsy 1985 Death Sam Spiegel, Academy Award winning producer (Betrayal), dies at 84 1984 Death Frederick Brisson, producer, dies at 71 after a stroke 1984 Death Arthur Schwartz, producer (Inside USA with Chevrolet), dies at 83 1984 Death Carl Foreman, producer, dies of cancer at 69 1983 Death Robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65 1983 Death Bo Gentry, songwriter/producer, dies 1983 Death Sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76 1983 Death Harriet Parsons, producer (Susan Slept Here), dies at 76 of cancer 1982 Death Sol C Siegel, U.S. film producer (High Society), dies at 79 1982 Death Valeer van Kerkhove, Flemish writer/producer (De Weerlozen), dies 1982 Death Randy Rhoads, rocker, guitarist, songwriter, producer, studied classical guitar, member of Quiet Riot, played with Ozzy Ozbourne, dies in an air crash at 25 1982 Death Edith Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand detective writer/producer, dies at 82 1981 Birthday Ray J, born in Carson, California, singer, record producer, actor, son of gospel singer William Norwood 1980 Death Dore Schary, American Producer 1980 Event Actress Susan Dey (LA Law) weds producer Bernard Sofronski 1979 Death Darryl F Zanuck, film producer (20th Century Fox), dies at 77 1979 Death Herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79 1978 Birthday Josh Hartnett, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, film producer, actor, movies include 'Black Hawk Down', 'Pearl Harbor', People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People 2002 1978 Birthday Tommy S. Parker, producer with 2 Guys and A Dream Films 1977 Death Michael Balcon, producer, dies at 81 1977 Death Lou Reizner, rock vocalist/producer (Rod Stewart, Tommy), dies at 43 1977 Birthday Shakira, born in Barranquilla, Columbia, singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, Latin American musical prodigy 1976 Birthday Josh Schwartz, American Producer 1976 Death Adolph Zukor, Hungarian/U.S. fur trader/movie producer, dies at 103 1976 Death Phil Ochs, rock producer (Joe Hill), dies at 35 1975 Death Don Robey, U.S. gospel/impresario/producer, dies at 71 1974 Birthday Breckin Meyer, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, actor, producer, voice actor on 'King of the Hill' and 'Titan Maximum' animated television shows 1973 Birthday Heidi Klum, born in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, model, Victoria's Secret 'Angel', television host, fashion designer, television producer 'Project Runway' 1973 Birthday James Haven, actor producer, Angelina Jolie's brother, appeared in 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' television show and the film 'Monster's Ball' 1973 Birthday Kristian Lundin, born in Sweden, composer, songwriter, record producer, co-produced 'Quit Playing Games With My Heart' for the Backstreet Boys 1972 Birthday Jude Law, born in Lewisham, England, actor, producer, director, Academy Award nominee for movie 'Cold Mountain' 1972 Birthday Eminem, born in Detroit, Michigan, born Marshall Bruce Mathers III, rapper, actor, record producer, best-selling solo album, 'The Marshall Mathers LP' 1971 Birthday Missy Elliot, born in Portsmouth, Virginia, actress, producer, recording artist, double platinum album 'Under Construction', produced music for Mya, Beyonce, Lil' Kim 1971 Birthday Sofia Coppola, born in New York City, New York, writer, actress, producer, appeared in 'The Godfather', produced, 'Lost In Translation', 'The Virgin Suicides' 1971 Birthday Matthew Vaughn, American Producer 1971 Birthday Mary J. Blige, born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, also known as Brook-Lynn, singer, songwriter, record producer, rhythm and blues, soul, hip hop genres, 26-time Grammy Award nominee, has sold over 48 million albums worldwide 1970 Birthday Jay Mohr, born in Verona, New Jersey, actor, stand-up comedian, executive producer, NBC's Last Comic Standing reality television program 1970 Birthday Tina Fey, born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, actress, writer, producer, Emmy Award winner, appeared on 'Saturday Night Live', '30 Rock' television shows 1969 Death Harry Williams Millard, producer, dies of cancer at 41 1969 Birthday Jennifer Lopez, born in The Bronx, New York, nickname, J. Lo, musician, rhythm and blues genre, actress, fashion designer, television producer 1969 Birthday Jamie Walters, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, singer, record producer, appeared on Beverly Hills, 90210, the Heights, song, 'How Do You Talk To An Angel' hit number 1 on Billboard Hot 100 1969 Birthday Renee Zellweger, born in Katy, Texas, actress, producer, Academy-Award winning film, 'Cold Mountain, other films include 'Jerry Maguire', 'Bridget Jones' Diary' 1968 Death Walter Wanger, U.S. producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74 1968 Birthday Hugh Jackman, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, producer, movies include 'Kate & Leopold', 'The Prestige', 'X-Men', named 'Sexiest Man Alive' by People magazine 1968 Birthday David Jude Jolicoeur, born in Brooklyn, New York, rapper, producer, member of De La Soul hip hop trio, known by stage name Trugoy the Dove 1968 Birthday Phil Anselmo, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, musician, focuses on heavy metal, sludge metal, hardcore punk, thrash metal genres, lead for Pantera, producer, owner Housecore Records 1968 Death Charles K Feldman, Gould, producer (Casino Royale), dies at 63 1968 Birthday Traci Lords, born in Steubenville, Ohio, actress, producer, appeared in porn films at age 15, appeared in 'Penthouse' magazine, B-movies 'Will and Grace' television show 1968 Death Toby Halicki, car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt 1967 Death Bert Berns, U.S. songwriter/producer (Twist and Shout), dies at about 38 1967 Birthday Vin Diesel, born in New York City, New York, actor, director, producer, appeared in 'The Fast and the Furious', 'Pitch Black', founder of One Race Films production company 1967 Death Douglas MacLean, silent film comedian turned producer, dies at 77 1967 Birthday Pamela Anderson, born in Ladysmith, Canada, actress, model, producer, former showgirl, famous role, C.J. Parker on 'Baywatch' television show 1967 Birthday Lauren Graham, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actress, producer, appeared on 'Gilmore Girls' television series, films include, 'Bad Santa', 'Evan Almighty' 1967 Birthday Laura Dern, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, film director, producer, Academy-Award nominated for film, 'Rambling Rose' 1967 Death Joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide 1966 Death Michael Garrison, producer (Crowded Sky), dies after a fall at 43 1966 Death Billy Rose, U.S. theater producer (Diamond Horse Show), dies at 66 1965 Birthday Shahrukh Khan, born in New Delhi, India, actor, Bollywood figure, film producer, television host, appeared in 'Om Shanti Om', 'My Name Is Khan', worth over $540 million dollars 1965 Birthday Bryan Singer, born in New York, New York, film director, producer, known for work on the 'X-Men', 'Superman Returns', 'The Usual Suspects' films 1965 Death David O. Selznick, producer, 'Gone With the Wind', dies at 63 1965 Death David O. Selznick, American Producer 1965 Birthday Suge Knight, American Producer 1965 Birthday Martin Lawrence, born in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, comedian, actor, producer, director, appeared in his own hit series, Martin on FOX 1965 Birthday Dr. Dre, born in Compton, California, born Andre Romelle Young, rap singer, record producer, record executive, actor, CEO, Aftermath Entertainment 1965 Birthday Derek B, born in London, born Derek Boland, rapper, record producer, remixer, popular songs included 'Bad Young Brother' and 'Goodgroove' 1964 Birthday Don Cheadle, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, producer, author, appeared in film, 'Boogie Nights' and Academy Award-nominated 'Hotel Rwanda' 1964 Birthday Adam Duritz, born in Baltimore, Maryland, musician, record producer, member of band, Counting Crows, hit song, 'Round Here' 1964 Birthday Joss Whedon, born in New York City, New York, screenwriter, producer, director, head writer for 'Dollhouse', 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' 'Angel' television programs 1964 Birthday Tony Terry, rock producer, Tony Terry 1964 Birthday Peter Berg, born in New York City, New York, actor, film director, producer, known for role as Dr. Billy Kronk on television medical drama 'Chicago Hope', directed films 'The Kingdom', 'Hancock' 1963 Birthday Brad Pitt, born in actor, born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, actor, film producer, Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe nominee, one-time Golden Globe winner 1963 Birthday Eazy-E, born in Compton, California, drug dealer, gang member, rapper, producer, regarded as a founder of gangsta rap, member of N.W.A. group 1963 Birthday Steve Carell, born in Concord, Massachusetts, actor, comedian, producer, known as Michael Scott on 'The Office' television show, films include, 'Evan Almighty' 1963 Birthday Mike Myers, born in Scarborough, Canada, comedian, voice actor, screenwriter, film producer, movies include 'Wayne's World', 'Austin Powers', 'Shrek' 1962 Birthday Josh Silver, born in America, keyboardist, producer for band Type O Negative, viewed as a gothic metal band, played with Peter Steele, founding member of rock group Fallout 1962 Birthday Mike Judge, American Producer 1962 Birthday Nia Vardalos, born in Winnipeg, Canada, actress, screenwriter, producer, appeared in film 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' television show 1962 Event Beatles meet their producer George Martin for 1st time, they record "Besame Mucho" with Peter Best on drums 1962 Birthday Paul Webb, born in Essex, England, musician, producer, bass player, member of reggae band Eskalator, joined band TalkTalk in 1981, produced album 'The Year of the Leopard' with James Jorkston in 1996 1961 Birthday Chris Pitman, born in Kansas City, Missouri, singer, record producer, audio programmer, multi-instrumentalist, member of Guns N' Roses, performed with ZAUM, Tool, Lusk 1961 Birthday Sunny Deol, born in New Delhi, India, actor, action movie star, director, producer, winner, two National Film Awards, hit film 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha' 1961 Birthday Andy Lau, born in Hong Kong, China, singer, film actor, producer, Cantopop genre, appeared in over 100 films, 300 TVB television mini-series 1961 Birthday Laurence Fishburne, born in Augusta, Georgia, actor, director, producer, known for role of Morpheus in 'The Matrix' movie, stars on 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' television show 1961 Birthday David Huff, born in America, David Lyndon Huff, drummer, songwriter, producer, session musician, founder, Giant, 1980's hard rock band, member of White Heart, a Christian rock band 1961 Birthday Aaron Sorkin, American Producer 1961 Death Robert Griffith, producer of Pajama Game, dies 1961 Birthday Gary Dell'Abate, producer, Howard Stern Show 1960 Birthday Chad McQueen, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, film producer, played role of Dutch in The Karate Kid movie, race car driver, started McQueen Racing LLC in 2010 1960 Birthday Rick de Leeuw, Dutch singer, Trockener Kecks, songwriter/producer 1960 Death Mack Sennett, director/producer (Keystone Cops), dies 1960 Birthday Mark Burnett, born in London, England, television producer, creator of based reality television to the U.S., created shows, 'Survivor' and 'The Apprentice' 1959 Birthday Simon Cowell, born in Brighton, England, entrepreneur, producer of television shows, 'Britain's Got Talent', 'American Idol', owner of publishing house, Syco 1959 Birthday Peter Greene, born in Brooklyn, New York, producer, After Midnight 1959 Death Cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77 1959 Death Cecil B. DeMille, American Producer 1958 Birthday Andie MacDowell, born in Gaffney, South Carolina, model, actress, producer, appeared in 'Green Card', 'Sex, Lies and Videotape', 'Just the Ticket', 'Beauty Shop' 1958 Death Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 56 1957 Birthday John "Jellybean" Benitez, music producer 1957 Death Louis B Mayer, MGM producer, dies at 71 1957 Birthday Ethan Coen, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, producer, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink 1957 Event 2 male attorneys "stand in" as actress Sophia Loren and producer Carlo Ponti wed by proxy in Juarez, Mexico 1957 Birthday Ian Stanley, born in High Wycombe, England, Ian Christopher Stanley, keyboardist, musician, songwriter, record producer, member of Tears for Fears band, made multi-platinum selling album 'Songs from the Big Chair' 1956 Birthday Randy Rhoads, born in Santa Monica, California, rocker, guitarist, songwriter, producer, studied classical guitar, member of Quiet Riot, played with Ozzy Ozbourne 1956 Birthday David E. Kelley, American Producer 1956 Death Alexander Korda, English movie producer (Henry VIII), dies at 62 1956 Birthday Geena Davis, born in Wareham, Massachusetts, actress, film producer, appeared in 'The Accidental Tourist', 'Thelma and Louise', 'A League of Their Own' 1956 Birthday David Caruso, born in Forest Hills, New York, actor, producer, known for television series, 'CSI: Miami', appeared in films, 'First Blood', 'China Girl', 'An Officer and a Gentleman' 1955 Birthday Arthur Baker, rock producer, Afrika Banbaataa-Planet Rock 1954 Birthday Alex Cox, born in Bebington, Mereyside, England, screenwriter, film director, independent film producer, actor, author, directed film 'Repo Man', wrote book '10,000 Ways to Die' 1954 Birthday Chris Stamey, born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, musician, rocker, songwriter, record producer, formed the dB's, founded Car Records indie record label, founded recording studio called Modern Recording where he recorded and mixed Whiskeytown 1954 Birthday Tom Blomberg, Dutch radio host/producer, Evening Rush Hour 1954 Birthday Michael Shermer, born in Glendale, California, science writer, historian, television producer of Fox series 'Exploring the Unknown', founder, The Skeptics Society 1954 Birthday J. Michael Straczynski, American Producer 1954 Birthday Jeff Apple, born in Miami, Florida, producer, In the Line of Fire 1954 Birthday Chris Difford, born in Greenwich, London, primary member of band Squeeze, lyricist, singer, record producer, known for songs 'Tempted', 'Black Coffee in Bed' 1954 Birthday Chris Hughes, born in London, England, drummer, musician, record producer, played drums for Dalek I Love You, The Blitz Brothers, member, Adam and the Ants, produced Tears for Fears, The Hurting, Songs from the Big Chair, co-produced Peter Gabriel's 'Red Rain' 1952 Birthday Roseanne Barr, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, comedian, actress, television producer, won Emmy award for television series, 'Roseanne' 1952 Birthday Clive Barker, producer, Hell Raiser 1952 Birthday David Pack, born in Los Angeles, California, musician, producer, Grammy-Award winning record producer for Wynnona, Aretha Franklin, Kenny Loggins, Phil Collins, Music Director for President Bill Clinton's Inaugurations, 1992 and 1996, cofounder, lead vocalist for band, Ambrosia 1952 Birthday Joel Silver, South Orange, New Jersey, producer, Warriors, Xanadu, Die Hard 1952 Birthday Harvey Weinstein, American Producer 1951 Birthday Dan Duva, boxing promoter/producer, Howard Stern New Years Party 1951 Birthday Ned Sublette, born in Lubbock, Texas, composer, musician, musicologist, producer, guitarist, studied classical guitar with Emilio Pujol, composition with Kenneth Gaburo, Cuban music scholar, known for mixing country-western, afro-Caribbean salsa, cumbia, rumba music styles 1950 Birthday Jeffrey Katzenberg, American Producer 1950 Birthday Dan Hartman, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, singer, songwriter, record producer, known for "I Can Dream About You" 1950 Birthday Kid Creole, born in the Bronx, New York, born Thomas August Darnell Browder, singer, lyricist, composer, arranger, producer, founder of Kid Creole and the Coconuts 1950 Birthday Tom Werner, owner for the San Diego Padres/producer, Roseanne, Cosby Show 1949 Birthday Ray Shulman, born in Portsmouth, England, born Raymond Schulman, musician, record producer, member of Gentle Giant, British progressive rock band, produced records for The Sugarcubes 1949 Birthday Martin Duiser, pop producer, Vanessa, Lee Towers 1949 Birthday Trevor Horn, rock producer, Buggles-Video Killed, Yes, Frankie 1949 Birthday Leslie Joan Corn, theatre producer, director and writer 1949 Birthday Richard de Bois, Dutch drummer and producer 1949 Birthday Mike Batt, born in Southampton, England, singer, composer, arranger, producer, helped created ecologically sensitive fictional creatures, The Wombles, wrote hit 'Bright Eyes' 1948 Death D[avid] W[ark] Griffith, U.S. director/producer, dies 1947 Birthday Michael Green, English TV/video producer 1947 Birthday Richard Northcott, producer, 9 Weeks 1947 Birthday Alan Greisman, Sally Field's husband/producer, Fletch, Surrender 1947 Birthday Tommy James, born in Dayton, Ohio, born Thomas Gregory Jackson, musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, led rock band Tommy James and the Shondells 1947 Birthday Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, TV producer, Designing Women, Murphy Brown 1947 Birthday Mike Chapman, Australian songwriter/producer, Chinn and Chapman 1947 Birthday Bruce Gilbert, producer, China Syndrome, 9 to 5, On Golden Pond 1947 Birthday Gary "BB" Coleman, blues vocal/guitarist/producer 1946 Birthday Dick Wolf, American Producer 1946 Birthday Ivan Reitman, director/producer, Private Parts, Ghostbusters, Dave 1946 Birthday Russ Thacker, born in Washington D.C., producer, Golden Seal 1946 Birthday Cher, born in El Centro, California, born Cherilyn Sarkisian, singer, songwriter, director, record producer, won Academy Award, sold over 100 million records 1946 Birthday Ronald Farrow, radio producer and priest 1946 Birthday Tony Ashton, born in Blackburn, England, singer, composer, rock pianist, producer, artist 1946 Birthday David Green, English TV/video producer 1945 Birthday Eric Boom, Dutch guitarist/producer 1945 Birthday Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer 1945 Birthday Cheryl Waltz, author/film producer 1945 Birthday Nicky Chinn, English songwriter/producer, Chinn and Chapman 1945 Birthday Don Ohlmeyer, American Producer 1944 Birthday Rick Berman, Richard, producer, Star Trek Generations 1944 Birthday Jonathan King, born in London, England, Kenneth George King, singer, songwriter, pop music producer, wrote song 'Everyone's Gone to the Moon', successful writer, producer for other musical artists 1944 Birthday Marcia "Marcy" Carsey, TV executive/producer 1944 Birthday Ted Templeman, born in Santa Cruz, musician, record producer, guitarist, vocalist, drummer, produced 'The Doobie Brothers' for Warner Brothers, 'Montrose', Carly Simon's 'Another Passenger', Van Halen's first album 1944 Birthday Bill Boggs, born in Philadelphia, TV host/producer, Midday, Morton Downey, Jr. Show 1944 Birthday Bruce Johnston, born in Peoria, Illinois, born Benjamin Baldwin, rocker, musician, singer, record producer, Grammy-Award winning songwriter, member of The Beach Boys, composed I Write The Songs 1944 Birthday Jon Hiseman, born in Woolwich, London, musician, drummer, record producer and music publisher, formed bands Colosseum, Coloseeum II with Don Airey, Gary Moore and Tempest with Alan Holdsworth 1944 Birthday Albert Hammond, born in London, England, rocker, musician, songwriter, producer, collaborated with Mike Hazelwood on The Air That I Breathe for the Hollies, wrote hits for Tina Turner 1944 Birthday Roger Daltrey, English rocker, actor, producer, The Who, Tommy 1944 Birthday David Briggs, record producer 1943 Birthday Kenny Vance, born in New York City, New York, musician, singer, producer, member of Jay and the Americans, guest singer on Saturday Night Live, supervised music for film Animal House 1943 Birthday Mike Smith, born in Edmonston, England, born Michael George Smith, singer, songwriter, keyboardist, music producer, played for The Dave Clark Five 1943 Birthday Chas Hodges, born in Edmonton, London, rocker, pianist, guitarist, vocalist, member of English duo Chas & Dave, worked with producer Joe Meek, backed Jerry Lee Lewis 1943 Birthday Bruce Paltrow, American Producer 1943 Birthday Donald Simpson, film producer 1943 Birthday Yoran Ben Ami, born in Israel, producer/president, Triumph Pictures 1943 Birthday Harve Brosten, comedy writer/producer/director, All in the Family 1943 Birthday David Geffin, born in Brooklyn, New York, record producer, Geffin, Asylum 1942 Birthday Gus Dudgeon, British pop producer, Joan Armatrading, David Bowie 1942 Birthday Robbe de Deer, Flemish director/producer, Fugitive Cinema, Bomb 1942 Birthday Isaac Hayes, born in Memphis, Tennessee, singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, Academy-Award winner 1942 Birthday Kim Fowley, Philippines/US rock vocalist/producer/songwriter 1942 Birthday Peter Guber, producer, Flashdance 1942 Birthday Tony Colton, rock producer, On the Boards 1941 Birthday Maurice White, born in Memphis, Tennessee, nicknamed Reese, rocker, singer, songwriter, record producer, founded band Earth, Wind and Fire 1941 Birthday Dan Penn, U.S. songwriter/producer/gospel singer, Out in Left Field 1941 Birthday Martha Stewart, publisher, producer and celebrity 1941 Birthday Jack Jersey, de Nijs, Indonesian/Dutch singer/producer 1941 Birthday Mike Leander Farr, record producer 1941 Birthday David Puttnam, London, film producer/CEO, Columbia Pictures 1941 Birthday Brian Holland, U.S. pianist/producer, Holland/Dozier/Holland 1941 Birthday Stephen J Cannell, producer, Rockford Files 1940 Birthday James Burrows, TV producer/director, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Cheers 1940 Birthday Pete Brown, born in Ashtead, England, poet, lyricist, musical producer, worked with The Battered Ornaments, created Pete Brown & Piblokto! 1940 Birthday Anthea Joseph, music producer 1940 Birthday Stanley Jaffe, producer, Fatal Attraction 1940 Birthday James L. Brooks, producer/director, Broadcast News, Taxi, Critic 1940 Birthday James L. Brooks, Producer 1939 Birthday [Harvey] Phil Spector, record producer, Wall of Sound 1939 Birthday Bob James, born in Marshall, Missouri, rocker, smooth jazz, fusion, arranger, producer, wrote "Nautilus" and "Take Me To Mardi Gras", two of the most sampled songs in hip hop history 1939 Birthday Ellie Greenwich, born in Brooklyn, New York, record producer, singer, songwriter, rock and roll, pop music genres, co-wrote 'Da Doo Ron Ron' 1939 Death Carl Laenmie, film producer, dies 1939 Birthday Peter Bogdanovich, born in Kingston, New York, director/producer, Last Picture Show 1939 Birthday Phillip Adams, born in Maryborough, Australia, Australian writer, producer, broadcaster, and satirist 1939 Death Robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies 1939 Birthday Ron Nagle, rock producer, Riding with the King 1939 Birthday Michael Rudman, English theater director/producer, Donkeys' Years 1938 Birthday Andrew Brown, film Producer 1938 Birthday Prince Buster, Jamaican reggae musician/producer, Madness 1937 Birthday Rob Houwer, Dutch director/producer/actor, OK, Professor Columbus 1937 Birthday Jimmy Bowen, born in Santa Rita, New Mexico, record producer, pop music performer, famous for 'I'm Stickin' With You', produced chart hits for Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. 1937 Birthday Nicholas Palmer, television writer/producer 1937 Birthday David Behrman, born in Salzburg, Austria, composer, producer, Music of Our Time series, Columbia Records, founding member, Sonic Arts Union 1937 Birthday Bobby Scott, born in Mt. Pleasant, New York, jazz singer, producer, songwriter, instrumentalist, toured with Louis Prima, No. 13 Billboard hit 'Chain Gang' 1956 1936 Birthday Ismail Merchant, Bombay India, producer, Householder 1936 Death Irving Thalberg, U.S. producer (MGM), dies 1936 Birthday Wies Andersen, Alois de Bois, Belgian actor/producer, Maigret 1936 Birthday Michael White, theater/film producer, From Russia With Love 1935 Birthday Norma Rae Beatty Ashby, broadcaster/TV producer 1935 Birthday Verity A Lambert, film producer, Clockwise, Link, Sweeney 1935 Birthday Peter John Welding, record producer 1935 Birthday Michael Winner, producer/director, Big Sleep, Death Wish 1935 Birthday Barbara Brilliant, TV host/producer 1935 Birthday Paul A Rothchild, record producer. 1934 Birthday Richard Darryl Zanuck, film producer/executive 1934 Birthday Michael Wayne, producer, McQ, Chisum, Green Berets, McLintock 1934 Birthday Robert Towne, producer/screenwriter, Chinatown 1934 Birthday Garry Marshall, New York City, producer, Laverne and Shirley 1934 Birthday Sydney Pollack, born in Indiana, American film director, producer, actor in over 30 films 1934 Birthday Don Kirshner, rock and roll producer, invented bubblegum music 1934 Birthday Robert Stigwood, producer, Saturday Night Fever, Grease 1933 Birthday Garnett Mimms, born in Ashland, West Virginia, singer, songwriter, record producer, worked with Bert Berns, Jimi Hendrix, recorded on MGM, Verve Records, funk, rhythm and blues music 1933 Birthday Eric Salzman, born in America, author, composer, record producer, music critic, wrote for the New York Times, New York Herald Tribune 1933 Birthday John Gale, theatrical producer 1933 Birthday John Boorman, producer/dir, Exorcist II, Deliverance, Zardoz 1933 Birthday Elliot Kastner, New York City, producer, Bobo, Big Sleep, Ffolkes 1932 Birthday George Schlatter, TV producer, Laugh-in 1932 Death Florenz Ziegfeld, U.S. theatre producer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies 1932 Birthday Hans Boskamp, Johan HG Hoelscher, actor/producer, Oh My Papa 1931 Birthday John de Mol, Dutch vocalist/composer/producer 1931 Birthday Ike Turner, born in Mississippi, American musician, bandleader, record producer, talent scout, Grammy Award winner 1931 Birthday Peter Batty, TV/movie producer 1930 Birthday Jerry Ragavoy, U.S. songwriter/producer, Wonderful Dream 1930 Birthday Michael Codron, theatrical producer 1929 Birthday Jan Wiegel, director/producer, Classroom of Anne Frank, Myrada 1929 Birthday Alan Mouncer, film director/producer 1929 Birthday Lee Hazlewood, born in Oklahoma, singer, baritone, songwriter, record producer 1929 Birthday Chuck Barris, American Producer 1929 Birthday Gerrit den Braber, Dutch composer/producer 1928 Birthday Andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask, cybernetician stage producer/lyricist 1928 Birthday James Ivory, producer/director, Howard's End, Remains of the Day 1928 Birthday Aaron Spelling, TV executive producer, Charlie's Angels 1928 Birthday Larry Gelbart, writer/producer/actor, Oh God!, M*A*S*H 1928 Birthday Harold Prince, U.S. producer/director, West Side Story, Evita 1928 Birthday Mitch Leigh, born in Brooklyn, New York, Irwin Michnick, graduated from Yale, composer, musical theater composer, theatrical producer, known for show Man Of La Mancha, composed jingle 'Nobody Doesn't Like Sara Lee' 1928 Birthday David L Wolper, producer, Devil's Brigade 1927 Birthday John Buller, born in England, composer, known for Proenca, written for electric guitar, mezzo-soprano and orchestra, one of his sons is Ed Buller, a record producer 1927 Birthday Leonard Katzman, TV producer 1927 Birthday Andy Warhol, born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, artist/producer, Frankenstein, Bad 1927 Birthday Michael Herford Wooller, TV/film producer 1926 Birthday Bryan Forbes, director/producer, Endless Games, King Rat 1926 Birthday David Attenborough, producer/TV host/scientist 1926 Birthday Roger Corman, born in Detroit, producer and director, Little Shop of Horrors 1926 Birthday Bud Yorkin, producer, All in the Family, 1959, 1960 Emmy 1926 Birthday George Martin, record producer, The Beatles 1925 Birthday Duncan Wood, TV director/producer 1925 Birthday Anthony Joly de Lotbiniere, TV producer 1924 Birthday Zelda Fichandler, Boston, theater director/producer, Raisin, K2 1924 Birthday Daniel Melnick, born in New York City, producer, Get Smart 1924 Birthday Stanley Donen, South Carolina, film director/producer, Bedazzled, Damn Yankees 1924 Birthday Donald Baverstock, TV producer 1923 Birthday Leonard Stern, New York City, producer/TV writer, Phil Silvers Show, Get Smart 1923 Birthday Humphrey Fisher, TV producer 1923 Death Mauritius H Binger, director/producer (Living Ladder), dies 1923 Birthday Stephen J Cannell, TV producer/writer 1922 Birthday Don Hewitt, New York City, CBS news executive producer, 60 Minutes 1922 Birthday Bob Thiele, record producer 1922 Birthday Norman Lear, TV writer/producer, All in The Family 1922 Birthday Jay D. Miller, record producer 1921 Birthday David Begelman, film producer 1921 Birthday Gene Roddenberry, El Paso Texas, executive producer, Star Trek 1921 Birthday Joseph Papp, born in Brooklyn, stage producer/director, Pirates of Penzance 1921 Birthday Alexander Salkind, producer, Superman 1921 Birthday Ross Hunter, born in Cleveland, Ohio, producer, Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk 1920 Birthday Alexander H Cohen, New York City, Broadway producer, Beyond the Fringe 1920 Birthday Antony Kearey, TV producer 1919 Birthday Ernest H Martin, Markowitz, producer, Feuer and Martin-Chorus Line 1919 Birthday James Quinn, film producer/actor, Joey, Hammett, Overlord 1919 Birthday Dino De Laurentiis, Torre Annunziata Italy, producer, King Kong 1919 Birthday Valeer [Valerius V] van Kerkhove, Flemish writer/producer 1918 Birthday Robert Aldrich, U.S. director/producer, Dirty Dozen 1918 Birthday Ingmar Bergman, born in Sweden, director, writer, producer for stage, film and television, Academy Award winner 1918 Birthday Anthony Craxton, British TV producer 1918 Birthday Dwayne Andreas, born in Worthington, Minnesota, called the 'Soybean King', CEO of Archer Daniels Midland - ADM, largest producer of farm commodities in the U.S. for over 30 years 1918 Birthday Ida Lupino, actress screenwriter director/producer, Jennifer 1918 Birthday Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer 1917 Birthday Ezra Stone, U.S., actor/producer, Henry Aldrich 1917 Birthday Joe Pasternak, Transylvania Hungary, producer, Spinout, Big City 1917 Birthday Mel Ferrer, born in New Jersey, actor in television, film and theater, film director and film producer 1917 Birthday Johnny Hoes, Dutch musician/producer, Wished I'd stayed with my Mom 1917 Birthday Jerry Wexler, born in New York, music journalist, music producer, in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1916 Birthday Jessie Kesson, born in Scotland, Jessie Grant McDonald, author, novelist, radio producer, and playwright 1916 Birthday Ivan Tors, TV producer, Sea Hunt, Flipper 1916 Birthday Joseph Janni, producer 1916 Birthday Dugo D Schenker, Suriname/Antillian producer 1916 Birthday Howard Koch, producer/director, Frankenstein, Airplane II 1916 Birthday Mort Abrahams, producer, Dr. Doolittle, Planet Of Apes 1916 Birthday Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill, record producer 1915 Birthday Harry Saltzman, St. Johns NB Canada, producer, Goldfinger 1914 Birthday Eric John Crozier, producer/librettist 1913 Birthday Stanley E Kramer, New York City, producer/director, Inherit the Wind 1913 Birthday George H Brown, film producer 1913 Birthday Gottfried Reinhardt, theatre producer 1913 Birthday Max Youngstein, born in New York City, producer, United Artists 1913 Birthday Lew Wasserman, American Producer 1912 Birthday David Merrick, Hong Kong, Broadway producer, Hello Dolly 1912 Birthday Garson Kanin, born in Rochester, New York, playwright/producer, Double Life 1912 Birthday John de Mol, Dutch accordianist/producer, Baantjer, Pril Geluk 1912 Birthday Jerry Wald, New York City, producer, Mildred Pierce, Johnny Belinda 1912 Birthday Roy Winsor, born in Chicago, producer, Search for Tomorrow, Love of Life 1911 Birthday Peter Saunders, English theater producer, Legend of the Werewolf 1911 Birthday Gunther Rennert, born in Essen, Germany, opera director and producer 1911 Birthday Cy Feuer, New York City, Bdwy producer, Feuer and Martin-Chorus Line 1910 Birthday John Hammond Sr, New York City, rock/jazz producer, I Can Tell, So Many Roads 1910 Birthday Fred de Cordova, film/TV producer, Tonight Show 1910 Birthday Irene Mayer Selznick, producer, Street Car Named Desire 1910 Birthday Roger L. Stevens, producer, Giant 1909 Birthday Gerald Savory, actor playwright/TV producer, Heart of the Matter 1909 Birthday Alberto Romero "Cubby" Broccoli, born in New York City, film producer, James Bond 1908 Birthday Joshua Logan, Broadway producer, South Pacific 1908 Birthday Sidney Gilliat, producer 1908 Birthday Paula Wessely, Austrian actress/producer, Masquerade 1908 Birthday Akkineni LV Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao Prasad, producer 1907 Birthday Michael Blankfort, U.S., writer/producer/director 1907 Birthday William Marshall, producer/director/actor/singer, Blackmail 1906 Birthday Lew Grade, British TV mogul, ATV, movie producer, Boys from Brazil 1905 Birthday Otto Preminger, Austria, director/producer, Laura, Exodus 1905 Birthday Euphemia MacDonald, dance producer 1905 Birthday Michael Powell, English director/screen writer/producer, Red Shoes 1905 Birthday Dore Schary, producer/writer/director, Act 1, Boys Town, Big City 1905 Birthday Charles K. Feldman, Gould, New York City, producer, Casino Royale 1905 Birthday Pandro S. Berman, film producer 1904 Birthday Kermit Bloomgarden, producer, Diary of Anne Frank, Music Man 1904 Birthday George Balanchine, dancer/choreographer/ballet producer 1903 Birthday Michael Kalatozov, Russian producer, When the Cranes Fly 1903 Birthday Sol C Siegel, U.S., producer, High Society, Gentlemen prefer blondes 1902 Birthday Cheryl Crawford, producer, Touch of Venus, Brigadoon 1902 Birthday Leland Hayward, U.S. producer, Spirit of St. Louis 1902 Birthday David O Selznick, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, producer, 'Gone With the Wind' 1902 Birthday David O. Selznick, American Producer 1901 Birthday Sam Spiegel, producer, On the Waterfront, Bridge over River Kwai 1901 Birthday Joseph Pasternak, film producer, Anchors Aweigh, Date With Judy 1901 Birthday Harold Clurman, producer/director, Deadline at Dawn 1901 Birthday Michael Todd, producer, Around the World in 80 Days 1900 Birthday Mervyn LeRoy, movie producer, Devil at 4 O'Clock 1900 Birthday Jed Harris, producer/director, Billy Rose Show, Operation Mad Ball 1899 Birthday Hal Wallis, movie producer, Maltese Falcon, Barefoot in the Park 1899 Birthday Billy Rose, theatrical producer, Diamond Horse Show 1899 Birthday George Cukor, producer/director, Adam's Rib, Philadelphia Story 1899 Birthday Irving Thalberg, U.S. producer, MGM 1896 Birthday Howard Hawks, Goshen, Indiana, director/producer, Rio Bravo, Scarface 1896 Birthday Michael Balcon, Birmingham England, producer/father of Jill Balcon 1895 Birthday Ken Maynard, born in Texas, cowboy/actor/producer, Bigfoot 1894 Birthday Arthur Freed, American Producer 1894 Birthday Walter Wanger, Feuchtwanger, U.S. producer, Stagecoach 1893 Birthday Leroy B Shield, U.S. pianist/producer/composer, Laurel and Hardy 1893 Birthday Alexander Korda, British movie producer, 3rd man 1893 Birthday Guthrie McClintic, born in Seattle, Washington Broadway producer/dir, Winterset 1892 Birthday Hal Roach, early film director/producer, 1 Million BC 1890 Birthday Douglas MacLean, Philadelphia, silent film comedian/producer, Going Up 1889 Birthday Wesley Ruggles, actor/producer/director, Keystone Kops 1888 Birthday Marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher 1887 Birthday George Abbott, born in Forestville, New York, producer, Damn Yankees, Pajama Game 1884 Birthday Albert Warner, U.S. producer, Warner Bros 1883 Birthday Tom Walls, Kingsthorpe England, actor/producer, Undercover 1882 Birthday Samuel Goldwyn, movie producer, MGM 1881 Birthday Cecil B. DeMille, American Producer 1877 Birthday Harley Granville-Barker, London, dramatist/producer/critic 1875 Birthday D. W. Griffith, movie producer/director, Birth of a Nation 1873 Birthday Lee Shubert, producer, theatres in New York and LA named after him 1873 Birthday Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive, Paramount 1869 Birthday Florenz Ziegfeld, producer, Ziegfield Follies 1819 Birthday Henry Tate, English sugar producer Tate Gallery 1779 Birthday Jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer 1717 Birthday David Garrick, actor/producer/writer, Aboan-Oroonoko
