Gerald R. Molen
American film producer
Gerald Robert "Jerry " Molen (born January 6, 1935) is an American film producer. In 2019, Movicorp announced[ 1] Molen will be producing Sweet By and By ,[ 2] southern gothic romantic thriller; and in 2021, Molen began initial preparations[ 3] for the mini-series. Molen is now semi-retired and spends his time traveling between his native Montana and Las Vegas, Nevada .[ 4]
Life and career
Molen was born in Great Falls, Montana , the son of Edith Lorraine (née Meyer) and Gerald Richard Molen.[ 5] He grew up in North Hollywood, California , after moving from Montana , with a number of younger brothers and sisters. His mother ran a diner, "The Blue Onion", which was located across from one of the major studios. Molen has appeared in supporting roles or cameos in several of the films he has produced, including Rain Man , Days of Thunder , and Jurassic Park .
Molen produced 2016: Obama's America , a documentary critical of American President Barack Obama , during the 2012 presidential campaign .[ 6] [ 7] He also produced a later follow-up, Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party , a 2016 documentary that was heavily panned, winning four of the five Golden Raspberry Awards for which it was nominated, including Worst Picture , the first documentary to do so.
In 2016, with a second consecutive year of an all-white Oscar nominee list brought accusations of discrimination in Hollywood and the threat of an Oscar boycott , Molen argued that racism in the film industry was not a matter of concern. "There is no racism except for those who create an issue,” he said. “That is the worst kind. Using such an ugly way of complaining.”[ 8]
Molen is an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is a conservative.[ 9] [ 10]
Filmography
References
^ Molen Joins 'Sweet By and By' as Exec Producer Newswire.com, Mar 1, 2019
^ 'Sweet By and By' Limited series Movicorp.com,
^ 'Sweet By and By' TV Mini series Archived October 1, 2021, at the Wayback Machine IMDB.com,
^ Rivera, Jeff (June 6, 2010). "Talking with Oscar Winning Producer, Gerald R. Molen (LISTEN)" . Huffington Post. Retrieved August 7, 2011 .
^ "Gerald R. Molen Biography (1935–)" . FilmReference.com. Retrieved September 4, 2011 .
^ [1] Washington Post
^ [2] [dead link ] Anti-Obama Doc
^ Oscar boycott call drives wedge in Hollywood Fox News, Jan 23, 2016
^ Church News , September 6, 2003.[full citation needed ]
^ In liberal Hollywood, a conservative minority faces backlash in the age of Trump LA Times, March 11, 2017
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Awards for Gerald R. Molen
1951–1975 1976–2000
Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler (1976)
Charles H. Joffe (1977)
Michael Cimino , Michael Deeley , John Peverall and Barry Spikings (1978)
Stanley R. Jaffe (1979)
Ronald L. Schwary (1980)
David Puttnam (1981)
Richard Attenborough (1982)
James L. Brooks (1983)
Saul Zaentz (1984)
Sydney Pollack (1985)
Arnold Kopelson (1986)
Jeremy Thomas (1987)
Mark Johnson (1988)
Lili Fini Zanuck and Richard D. Zanuck (1989)
Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson (1990)
Ron Bozman , Edward Saxon and Kenneth Utt (1991)
Clint Eastwood (1992)
Branko Lustig , Gerald R. Molen and Steven Spielberg (1993)
Wendy Finerman , Steve Starkey and Steve Tisch (1994)
Bruce Davey , Mel Gibson and Alan Ladd Jr. (1995)
Saul Zaentz (1996)
James Cameron and Jon Landau (1997)
Donna Gigliotti , Marc Norman , David Parfitt , Harvey Weinstein and Edward Zwick (1998)
Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks (1999)
David Franzoni , Branko Lustig and Douglas Wick (2000)
2001–present
Brian Grazer and Ron Howard (2001)
Martin Richards (2002)
Peter Jackson , Barrie M. Osborne and Fran Walsh (2003)
Clint Eastwood , Tom Rosenberg and Albert S. Ruddy (2004)
Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman (2005)
Graham King (2006)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen and Scott Rudin (2007)
Christian Colson (2008)
Kathryn Bigelow , Mark Boal , Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro (2009)
Iain Canning , Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin (2010)
Thomas Langmann (2011)
Ben Affleck , George Clooney and Grant Heslov (2012)
Dede Gardner , Anthony Katagas , Jeremy Kleiner , Steve McQueen and Brad Pitt (2013)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu , John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole (2014)
Blye Pagon Faust , Steve Golin , Nicole Rocklin and Michael Sugar (2015)
Dede Gardner , Jeremy Kleiner and Adele Romanski (2016)
J. Miles Dale and Guillermo del Toro (2017)
Jim Burke , Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly , Nick Vallelonga and Charles B. Wessler (2018)
Bong Joon-ho and Kwak Sin-ae (2019)
Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand , Peter Spears and Chloé Zhao (2020)
Fabrice Gianfermi, Philippe Rousselet , Patrick Wachsberger (2021)
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang (2022)
Emma Thomas , Charles Roven , and Christopher Nolan (2023)
1990s
Goodfellas – Martin Scorsese , Robert Chartoff , and Irwin Winkler (1990)
The Commitments – Alan Parker , Lynda Myles , and Roger Randall-Cutler (1991)
Howards End – James Ivory and Ismail Merchant (1992)
Schindler's List – Steven Spielberg , Branko Lustig , and Gerald R. Molen (1993)
Four Weddings and a Funeral – Mike Newell and Duncan Kenworthy (1994)
Sense and Sensibility – Ang Lee and Lindsay Doran (1995)
The English Patient – Anthony Minghella and Saul Zaentz (1996)
The Full Monty – Peter Cattaneo and Uberto Pasolini (1997)
Shakespeare in Love – Donna Gigliotti , Marc Norman , David Parfitt , Harvey Weinstein , and Edward Zwick (1998)
American Beauty – Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks (1999)
2000s
Gladiator – David Franzoni , Branko Lustig , and Douglas Wick (2000)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Peter Jackson , Barrie M. Osborne , Tim Sanders , and Fran Walsh (2001)
The Pianist – Robert Benmussa, Roman Polanski , and Alain Sarde (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Peter Jackson , Barrie M. Osborne , and Fran Walsh (2003)
The Aviator – Sandy Climan , Charles Evans Jr. , Graham King , and Michael Mann (2004)
Brokeback Mountain – Diana Ossana and James Schamus (2005)
The Queen – Andy Harries , Christine Langan , and Tracey Seaward (2006)
Atonement – Tim Bevan , Eric Fellner , and Paul Webster (2007)
Slumdog Millionaire – Christian Colson (2008)
The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow , Mark Boal , Nicolas Chartier , and Greg Shapiro (2009)
2010s
The King's Speech – Iain Canning , Emile Sherman , and Gareth Unwin (2010)
The Artist – Thomas Langmann (2011)
Argo – Ben Affleck , George Clooney , and Grant Heslov (2012)
12 Years a Slave – Dede Gardner , Anthony Katagas , Jeremy Kleiner , Steve McQueen , and Brad Pitt (2013)
Boyhood – Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland (2014)
The Revenant – Steve Golin , Alejandro G. Iñárritu , Arnon Milchan , Mary Parent , and Keith Redmon (2015)
La La Land – Fred Berger , Jordan Horowitz , and Marc Platt (2016)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Graham Broadbent , Peter Czernin , and Martin McDonagh (2017)
Roma – Nicolás Celis , Alfonso Cuarón , and Gabriela Rodríguez (2018)
1917 – Pippa Harris , Callum McDougall, Sam Mendes , and Jayne-Ann Tenggren (2019)
2020s
Nomadland – Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand , Peter Spears , and Chloé Zhao (2020)
The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion , Iain Canning , Roger Frappier , Tanya Seghatchian , and Emile Sherman (2021)
All Quiet on the Western Front – Malte Grunert (2022)
Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan , Charles Roven , and Emma Thomas (2023)
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