Herb Jaffe

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Herbert Jaffe

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Born

May 20, 1921

Died

December 07, 1991

Cause of Death

Cancer

Biography

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Former press agent who joined MCA's fledgling TV division as a talent agent, before forming his own literary agency. After representing television writers Paddy Chayefsky and Reginald Rose as well as novelists Joseph Heller and Philip Roth during the 1950s and 60s, Jaffe sold his agency to join United Artists in 1965 as a production vice president. There he became head of worldwide produ...

Filmography

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FRIGHT NIGHT PART 2 (1989)

Trading Hearts (1988)

Remote Control (1988)

Executive Producer

Pass the Ammo (1988)

Maid to Order (1987)

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Who'll Stop The Rain (1978) -- Original Trailer

Demon Seed -- (Movie Clip) Brainwashed Into Wanting

Family & Companions

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Nel Jaffe

Wife

Biography

Former press agent who joined MCA's fledgling TV division as a talent agent, before forming his own literary agency. After representing television writers Paddy Chayefsky and Reginald Rose as well as novelists Joseph Heller and Philip Roth during the 1950s and 60s, Jaffe sold his agency to join United Artists in 1965 as a production vice president. There he became head of worldwide production, leaving in 1973 to enter independent production. Under his tenure, UA released "Midnight Cowboy" (1969) and "Last Tango in Paris" (1973). As an independent producer Jaffe's first feature was John Milius' romantic adventure "The Wind and the Lion" (1975), he subsequently produced "Demon Seed" (1977), "Who'll Stop the Rain" (1978), "Jinxed" (1982) and "Fright Night" (1985) and its 1988 sequel. Jaffe also produced "Time After Time" (1979) on which his son Stephen-Charles Jaffe served as associate producer, and served as executive producer on "Those Lips, Those Eyes" (1980), which his son produced.

Filmography

Producer (Feature Film)

FRIGHT NIGHT PART 2 (1989)

Trading Hearts (1988)

Remote Control (1988)

Executive Producer

Pass the Ammo (1988)

Maid to Order (1987)

Three for the Road (1987)

Nightflyers (1987)

Executive Producer

Little Treasure (1985)

Fright Night (1985)

The Lords of Discipline (1983)

Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980)

Executive Producer

Motel Hell (1980)

Executive Producer

Time After Time (1979)

Who'll Stop The Rain? (1978)

Demon Seed (1977)

Life Events

1949

First industry job as a press agent with Friedberg & Katz in New York promoting the Italian film, "The Bicycle Thief" (date approximate)

1951

Joined MCA as a talent agent in the personal appearance and TV division (date approximate)

1957

Formed Herb Jaffe Associates; represented Paddy Chayefsky, Reginald Rose, Philip Roth, Joseph Heller and Margaret Bourke-White

1965

Sold Herb Jaffe Associates to Ashley-Steiner-Famous Artists Inc.

1965

Joined Ray Stark at Seven Arts as vice president (date approximate)

1965

Named vice president of production, United Artists

1966

Became vice president, west coast operations

1970

Promoted to vice president, worldwide production, United Artists

1973

Entered independent motion picture production

Videos

Demon Seed -- (Movie Clip) Brainwashed Into Wanting Susan (Julie Christie), in her automated home, establishing herself as psychologist and humanist, handling volatile patient Amy (Dana Laurita), in Demon Seed, 1977.

Demon Seed -- (Movie Clip) Try To Behave Rationally Susan (Julie Christie) makes the dramatic discovery that big Proteus 4 (voice of Robert Vaughn) has taken over little computer Alfred, which runs her home, in Demon Seed, 1977, directed by Donald Cammell.

Time After Time (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Tourist Type Thing? H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell), chasing the friend who stole his time machine just as he was revealed to be Jack The Ripper, has pursued him from 1893 London to modern-day San Francisco, where, guessing he would exchange cash, he meets Amy (Mary Steenburgen), in Time After Time, 1979.

Time After Time (1979) -- (Movie Clip) My Friends All Call Me Jack Writer-director Nicholas Meyer’s opens his first feature, in London some years after the recognized dates of the “Jack The Ripper” murders, an unseen David Warner (as Dr. John Stevenson) engages a streetwalker (Karin Mary Shea) in Time After Time, 1979, starring Malcolm McDowell.

Wind And The Lion, The (1975) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Send The Atlantic Squadron Brian Keith as Teddy Roosevelt has the bully down, John Huston as Secretary Of State John Hay reads from a dispatch, then counsels the president about the kidnapping of Americans in Morocco, writer-director John Milius taking substantial liberties with history, in The Wind And The Lion, 1975.

Time After Time (1979) -- (Movie Clip) One Small Step For Man H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell), who learned his close friend was Jack The Ripper, and who sent back his un-tested time machine after he escaped in it, is en route to 1979, director Nicholas Meyer offering a spacey montage, before the hero arrives in San Francisco, in Time After Time, 1979.

Time After Time (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Two Years Per Minute In the opening scene we didn’t quite see a guy named John, also Jack, murdering a London streetwalker, in the second we meet H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) revealing to his friends, especially Dr. John Stevenson (David Warner), his time machine, in Nicholas Meyer’s Time After Time, 1979.

Those Lips, Those Eyes -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Harry Crystal Opening sequence from Michael Pressman's Those Lips, Those Eyes, 1980, features Frank Langella as small-time musical star Harry Crystal in make-up and on stage performin "In Old New York."

Demon Seed -- (Movie Clip) Proteus 4 Researcher Alex (Fritz Weaver) is narrating the history of the battleship-sized computer Proteus 4, then returning to his extra modern home, opening Demon Seed, 1977, from a novel by Dean R. Koontz.

Who'll Stop The Rain (1978) -- Original Trailer Promoting the high-brow thriller, directed by Karel Reisz

Wind and the Lion, The -- (Original Trailer) An Arab chieftain triggers an international incident when he kidnaps an American widow in The Wind and the Lion (1975) starring Sean Connery & Candice Bergen.

Family

Stephen-Charles Jaffe

Son

Producer.

Robert Jaffe

Son

Companions

Nel Jaffe

Wife

Bibliography

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