Meyer Gottlieb, co-founder of Samuel Goldwyn Movies, died Monday at his Los Angeles residence, TheWrap has discovered. He was 86.
“Meyer was a gentleman of the old-fashioned. I used to be lucky to work for him when he ran the Samuel Goldwyn Co., within the heyday of impartial movie. I discovered an unlimited quantity from him — most significantly, that it’s doable to make a life in Hollywood with out sacrificing integrity and honesty,” Tom Rothman, chairman and CEO of Sony Photos Movement Image Group, shared in an announcement to TheWrap.
A Polish Holocaust survivor who lived in Ukraine labor camps through the struggle earlier than relocating to Los Angeles with an incredible aunt and studying English, the trade veteran produced “Grasp and Commander: The Far Facet of the World” and “The Secret Lifetime of Walter Mitty,” amongst others.
Gottlieb labored as a senior supervisor at PricewaterhouseCoopers earlier than serving to Samuel Goldwyn Jr. begin Samuel Goldwyn Movies in June 1978. He was named president and COO in 1988.
The corporate produced the Peter Weir-directed “Grasp and Commander,” starring Russell Crowe as a Royal Navy captain through the Napoleonic Wars. The movie earned two Academy Awards.
Gottlieb’s different movie credit embrace formative indie standouts just like the 2013 “Secret Lifetime of Walter Mitty” remake starring Ben Stiller, “Mystic Pizza,” “The Preacher’s Spouse,” “Tremendous Measurement Me” and Noah Baumbach’s breakout function “The Squid and the Whale.”
Gottlieb is survived by his spouse Pattikay, daughters Deborah and Robin and grandchildren Sabrina and Eric.
The Hollywood Reporter first reported the information.
