Hawk Koch | |
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 Koch in 2014 | |
| Born | Howard Winchel Koch Jr. December 14, 1945 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film producer |
| Spouses | Rita Litter
(m. 1967, divorced)Marcia (div. 1983)Molly Jordan Koch (m. 1998) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Ruth (Pincus) Koch Howard Winchel Koch Sr. |
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Howard Winchel Koch Jr. (born December 14, 1945), also known as Hawk Koch, is an American film producer.[1] Throughout his career, he was involved in the production of over 50 major films, including Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Way We Were (1973), Chinatown (1974), Heaven Can Wait (1978), Wayne's World (1992) and its 1993 sequel, Primal Fear (1996), Fracture (2007), and Source Code (2011). Koch is currently a director for AMC Entertainment, the Motion Picture and Television Fund, and the National Film Preservation Foundation, and he previously served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences[2] and the Producers Guild of America.[3]
Koch is a former road manager for the musical groups The Supremes and The Dave Clark Five. In 2019, he published his memoir, Magic Time: My Life in Hollywood.[4][5]
- ^ "Hawk Kock". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2016. Archived from the original on February 3, 2016.
- ^ "Academy Elects Hawk Koch as Its New President". The Hollywood Reporter. July 31, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
- ^ "Hawk Koch Resumes Duties as PGA President Alongside Mark Gordon". The Hollywood Reporter. August 5, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
autobiographywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Hammond, Pete (November 14, 2019). "Hawk Koch On His New Memoir 'Magic Time': Stories From A Life In The Movie Business And Escaping The Shadow Of His Father's Hollywood Legacy". Deadline. Retrieved January 31, 2020.