John Calley
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1951
Served as director of nighttime programming at NBC
1957
Joined Henry Jaffe Enterprises as a production executive and TV producer handling musical entertainment
1958
Moved to Ted Bates Advertising Agency; appointed vice president in charge of radio and television programming
1960
Served as executive vice president at Filmways, Inc; while there he produced "The Cincinnati Kid" (1965), "Ice Station Zebra" (1968) and "Catch-22" (1970)
1969
Joined Warner Bros.
1969
Promoted to executive vice president in charge of production at Warner Bros.
1975
Named president of Warner Bros.
1980
Retired from the film industry and moved to a home he owned on Fishers Island in Long Island Sound
1989
Returned to the film industry as an independent producer in partnership with Mike Nichols
1989
Executive-produced historical drama "Fat Man and Little Boy," starring Paul Newman
1993
Appointed president of United Artists
1996
Named president and COO of Sony Pictures Entertainment (October)
1998
Added title of CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment (May)
2003
Stepped down from his postion at Sony Pictures to focus more on producing films
2004
Produced Mike Nichols' film adaptation of "Closer"; film was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Picture (Drama)
2006
Produced a film version of Dan Brown's 2003 novel "The Da Vinci Code," starring Tom Hanks
2009
Produced the "The Da Vinci Code" sequel "Angels & Demons"
2009
Received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the inaugural Governors Awards ceremony
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