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Meredith Kopit Levien (born 1970/1971), CEO of The New York Times Company [156] Harvey Kurtzman (1924–1993), Mad [157][158] Bruce Levenson, (1949–) co-founder of the United Communications Group (UCG), former co-owner of NBA's Atlanta Hawks [159] Jay Levin, founder of LA Weekly [160] Ross Levinsohn, former publisher of the Los Angeles Times ...
Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film and television production and distribution company and the namesake subsidiary of Paramount Global. It is the sixth-oldest film studio in the world, the second-oldest film studio in the United States (behind Universal Pictures), and the ...
Mohamad Fakih CM is a Lebanese-Canadian businessperson, and philanthropist. Founder of the Middle Eastern restaurant chain, Paramount Fine Foods, Fakih also conducts charitable work and community service through the Fakih Foundation. In 2022 he was awarded the Order of Canada. [1][2]
Shari Ellin Redstone (born April 14, 1954) is an American businesswoman and media executive. [5] She is the non-executive chairwoman of Paramount Global (formerly known as ViacomCBS) and chairwoman, president and CEO of National Amusements, and a former vice chair of CBS Corporation [6] and Viacom. [7] Through National Amusements, Redstone and ...
Adolph Zukor. Adolph Zukor (/ ˈzuːkər /; Hungarian: Czukor Adolf; January 7, 1873 – June 10, 1976) [1] was a Hungarian-American film producer best known as one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures. [2] He produced one of America's first feature-length films, The Prisoner of Zenda, in 1913. [3][4]
Adolph Zuckor, one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures, was a Jew from Hungary. Another Jew from Hungary, William Fox, founded Fox Film Corporation. Louis B. Mayer, born in Russia, although he was never quite sure where, co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with another Jew, this one with parents from Austria, Marcus Loew.
Balaban died, aged 83, on March 7, 1971, with funeral services held at Westchester Jewish Center, Mamaroneck, New York. [5] Balaban continued as president of Paramount Pictures until 1964. [11] He then became chairman until the 1966 takeover by Gulf and Western. The Balaban and Katz trademark is the property of the Balaban and Katz Historical ...
Paramount Pictures: Released through Paramount label DW Studios, co-production with Cold Spring Pictures and The Montecito Picture Company: $25 million $149.2 million Footloose [36] October 14, 2011 co-production with MTV Films, Dylan Sellers Productions, Zadan/Meron Productions and Weston Pictures $24 million $63.5 million The Vow [37 ...