John Calley

Biography

John Nicholas Calley (July 8, 1930 – September 13, 2011) was an American film studio executive and producer. He was quite influential during his years at Warner Bros. (where he worked from 1968 to 1981) and "produced a film a month, on average, including commercial successes like The Exorcist and Superman." During his seven years at Sony Pictures Entertainment starting in 1996, five of which he was chairman and chief executive, he was credited with "reinvigorat[ing]" that major film studio.

Known For

One Night Stand

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

A Decade Under the Influence

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'

Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil

Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry

All Movies (18)

• The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry2008 · as Self
• The Business End: Violence in Cinema2008 · as Self
• The Evolution of Clint Eastwood2008 · as Self
• The Craft of Dirty Harry2008 · as Self
• Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 20012007 · as Self
• Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick2007 · as Self
• Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil2007 · as Self
• Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 20012007 · as Self
• You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman2006 · as Self
• This Is Gary McFarland2006 · as Self
• A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope2004 · as Self
• A Decade Under the Influence2003 · as Self
• Sharon Tate: Murdered Innocence2002 · as Self
• Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day'2001 · as Self
• The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey2001 · as Self
• The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson1999 · as Self
• One Night Stand1997 · as Charlie's Father
• All Eyes on Sharon Tate1966 · as Self