Person Details

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Aliases: Howard W. Koch Jr. , Howard Winchel Koch Jr.

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 42

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

Hawk Koch is a veteran movie producer and the former President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Producers Guild. At the Academy,Hawk spearheaded the call for diversity,launched the first ever general membership meeting, sharpening the focus on member engagement. While President, AMPAS green light the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, started digital voting, gave Casting Directors and Costume Designers their own branches, and now give Animation Producers an Oscar along with the winning Animation Director. At the Producers Guild he and his Co-Presiden Mark Gordon secured the p.g.a. Mark at all the studios and independents. Restoring the value of the producer credit to all real working Producers. Hawk has been intimately involved in making over 65 major motion pictures, among them Chinatown,Waynes World,Heaven Can Wait,The Way We Were,Marathon Man, Primal Fear, Source Code,Peggy Sue Got Married, and Rosemary's Baby. His Colleagues and collaborators include many of the greatest filmmakers of all time, including Sydney Pollack, Alan Pakula, Warren Beatty, Francis Coppola, John Schlesinger, and Roman Polanski. Hawk serves on the boards of The Motion Picture and Television Fund, AMC Theaters, and Cast and Crew.

Most Famous Work

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7

Source Code

(2011) Executive Producer
Primal Fear
Average
8

Primal Fear

(1996) Executive Producer
Sliver
Average
6

Sliver

(1993) Executive Producer
Rosemary's Baby
Average
8

Rosemary's Baby

(1968) Dialogue Coach
Fracture
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7

Fracture

(2007) Executive Producer
Collateral Damage
Average
6

Collateral Damage

(2002) Executive Producer
Hostage
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6

Hostage

(2005) Unit Production Manager
Virtuosity
Average
5

Virtuosity

(1995) Executive Producer

Acting

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2013 Executive Producer
Executive Producer
2011 Executive Producer
2010 Producer
2008 Producer
2007 Executive Producer
Producer
2005 Executive Producer
Unit Production Manager
2004 Producer
2002 Executive Producer
2000 Producer
Producer
1997 Producer
1996 Executive Producer
1995 Executive Producer
Producer
1993 Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
1992 Executive Producer
1991 Executive Producer
1990 Producer
1989 Producer
1984 Producer
1983 Producer
Producer
Producer
1981 Producer
1979 Executive Producer
1978 Executive Producer
1975 Associate Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1978 Assistant Director
1975 Assistant Director
1974 First Assistant Director
1971 Assistant Director
Assistant Director
1970 Assistant Director
Assistant Director
1969 Second Assistant Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
1968 Dialogue Coach
Year Role Movie/Tv

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