Jake Eberts
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Biography
A former Wall Street investor, the Montreal-born Jake Eberts began his career in features in the early 1970s arranging financing. After relocating to London, England, where he eventually rose to managing director of Oppenheimer & Co., Ltd., he founded Goldcrest Films, a successful independent production company involved with such high-profile films as Richard Attenborough's Oscar-winning "Gandhi" (1982), Bill Forsyth's "Local Hero" (1983) and Roland Joffe's "The Killing Fields" (1984). Eberts served as president and CEO of Goldcrest until 1983 when he joined Embassy Pictures. In 1985, he founded Allied Filmmakers and the following year made his debut as executive producer with Jean-Jacques Annaud's "The Name of the Rose" (1986). Among the other features this risk-taking maverick produced or executive produced are John Boorman's Academy Award-nominated memoir of WWII London "Hope and Glory" (1987), the back-to-back Oscar winners "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989) and "Dances With Wolves" (1990), Robert Redford's "A River Runs Through It" (1992) and the delightful children's film "James and the Giant Peach" (1995). He returned to films with Native American themes as producer or executive producer of "The Education of Little Tree" (1997) and Attenborough's "Grey Owl" (1999). Eberts also served as an executive producer on the first feature from Aardman Animation, "Chicken Run" (2000), co-directed by Peter Lord and three-time Oscar-winner Nick Park. The maverick passed away on Sept. 6, 2012 in Montreal.
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1979
Invested his own money in "Zulu Dawn" (1979), took almost a decade to extract himself from $750,000 debt
1984
Joined Hollywood film company Embassy Communications International as an executive
1985
Founded and became chief executive of Allied Filmmakers, an affiliate of Pathe
1987
Served as executive producer of the Oscar-nominated "Hope and Glory"
1989
Was one of the executive producers of the Academy Award-winning "Driving Miss Daisy," directed by Bruce Beresford
1990
Executive produced Oscar-winning "Dances With Wolves," directed by and starring Kevin Costner
1991
Reteamed with Beresford for "Black Robe"
1991
Moved to Paris (date approximate)
1992
Served as executive producer of "A River Runs Through It," directed by Robert Redford
1992
Produced "City of Joy," directed by Roland Joffe
1994
Was executive producer of "No Escape"
1996
Executive produced "James and the Giant Peach"
1997
Returned to Native American themes as executive producer of "The Education of Little Tree"
1999
Served as one of the producers of Richard Attenborough's "Grey Owl"
2000
Executive produced "Chicken Run," the first animated feature produced through Aardman Animation; directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park
2000
Re-teamed with director Robert Redford as producer of "The Legend of Bagger Vance"
2007
Executive produced musical documentary "The Choir"
2009
Collaborated with Disney to executive produce nature documentary "Oceans"
2010
Executive produced adventure drama "The Way Back," written and directed by Peter Weir
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