Freddie Fields | Hollywood giant, 84
Freddie Fields, 84, the Hollywood agent, producer, and studio executive who helped make stars of Mel Gibson and Richard Gere with films such as The Year of Living Dangerously and American Gigolo, has died. Mr. Fields died Tuesday of lung cancer at his Beverly Hills home, said publicist Warren Cowan, a longtime friend. During a long, colorful career as one of Hollywood's biggest behind-the-scenes players, Mr. Fields founded the international talent agency Creative Management Associates and served as president of two major film studios, MGM and United Artists. He produced such films as Glory , which won Denzel Washington his first Oscar, and American Gigolo , which helped turn Gere into a box-office star. - AP
Freddie Fields, 84, the Hollywood agent, producer, and studio executive who helped make stars of Mel Gibson and Richard Gere with films such as
The Year of Living Dangerously
and
American Gigolo,
has died.
Mr. Fields died Tuesday of lung cancer at his Beverly Hills home, said publicist Warren Cowan, a longtime friend.
During a long, colorful career as one of Hollywood's biggest behind-the-scenes players, Mr. Fields founded the international talent agency Creative Management Associates and served as president of two major film studios, MGM and United Artists.
He produced such films as
Glory
, which won Denzel Washington his first Oscar, and
American Gigolo
, which helped turn Gere into a box-office star.
- AP