Ted Field

"'Ted Field" was born Frederick W. Field in Chicago, Illinois. He is the heir to the Marshall Field fortune.

Ted Fields is a media mogul/entrepreneur, well known by motor racing enthusiasts for being the boss of Interscope Racing, a successful team that fielded cars in many different categories including Indy, CanAm, Sportscars and even F1. Danny Ongais was the main pilot of the team, Ted Field himself occasionally took the wheel in some occasions including at 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Interscope Racing started off entering Ongais in Formula 5000 in 1975, graduating to USAC racing and the Indianapolis 500 in Parnelli chassis. Fields also funded Ongais to make occasional Formula One outings in a Penske. Fields also backed the construction in 1980 of an Interscope chassis designed by Roman Slobodinskij for the Indianapolis 500. This was intended to take a turbocharged six-cylinder Porsche engine (similar to the one Ongais and Fields were using in their Porsche 935) but a dispute with USAC over turbo boost meant the programme was abandoned.

Fields then founded Interscope Communications in 1982, which produced more than 50 major films. Fields is Interscope Records and Interscope Films. In 1990, he co-founded Interscope Records. He is currently Chairman and CEO of Radar Pictures.

He is currently living in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography (Producer)

* "The Amityville Horror" (2005) (executive producer)
* "The Chronicles of Riddick" (2004) (executive producer)
* "The Last Samurai" (2003) (executive producer)
* "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (2003) (executive producer)
* "Le Divorce" (2003) (executive producer)
* "How to Deal" (2003) (executive producer)
* "They" (2002) (executive producer)
* "Pitch Black" (2000) (executive producer)
* "Teaching Mrs. Tingle" (1999) (executive producer)
* "Runaway Bride" (1999) (producer)
* "What Dreams May Come" (1998) (executive producer)
* "Very Bad Things" (1998) (executive producer)
* The Proposition (1998) (producer)
* "" (1997) (executive producer)
* "Gridlock'd" (1997) (executive producer)
* "The Associate" (1996) (executive producer)
* "Kazaam" (1996) (executive producer)
* "The Arrival" (1996) (executive producer)
* "Boys" (1996) (executive producer)
* "Jumanji" (1995) (executive producer)
* "Two Much" (1995) (executive producer)
* Separate Lives (1995) (executive producer)
* "The Tie That Binds" (1995) (executive producer)
* "Operation Dumbo Drop" (1995) (executive producer)
* "Roommates" (1995) (producer)
* "Mr. Holland's Opus" (1995) (producer)
* "Imaginary Crimes" (1994) (executive producer)
* "Terminal Velocity" (1994) (executive producer)
* Out on a Limb (1992) (executive producer)
* "The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag" (1992) (executive producer)
* Jersey Girl (1992) (executive producer)
* "" (1992) (executive producer)
* "The Cutting Edge" (1992) (producer)
* "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (1992) (executive producer)
* "Paradise" (1991) (executive producer)
* "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" (1991) (executive producer)
* Class Action (1991) (producer)
* "3 Men and a Little Lady" (1990) (producer)
* "Arachnophobia" (1990) (co-executive producer)
* "Bird on a Wire" (1990) (executive producer)
* "An Innocent Man" (1989) (producer)
* Renegades (1989) (executive producer)
* "Collision Course" (1989) (producer)
* "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989) (executive producer)
* "Cocktail" (1988) (producer)
* "The Seventh Sign" (1988) (producer)
* "Three Men and a Baby" (1987) (producer)
* "" (1987) (producer)
* "Outrageous Fortune" (1987) (producer)
* "Critical Condition" (1987) (producer)
* "Turk 182!" (1985) (producer)
* "Revenge of the Nerds" (1984) (producer)

External links

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* Filmbug: [http://www.filmbug.com/db/343877 Ted Field biography]

ee also

* Madsen, Axel. "The Marshall Fields: The Evolution of an American Business Dynasty". Wiley: 2002.