Jules Buck

Jules Buck (30 July 1917, St Louis, Missouri – 19 July Paris, France 2001) was an American producer of films. He was cameraman for John Huston's war documentaries and began producing as assistant to Mark Hellinger. In 1952 he moved to Paris, then London, where he created, in association with Peter O'Toole, the company Keep Films, which produced movies such as "Lord Jim" (1963), "Becket" (1963), and "What's New Pussycat?" (1965). His daughter is the journalist Joan Juliet Buck.

Partial filmography

*"The Killers" (1946), assistant producer
*"Brute Force" (1947), associate producer
*"The Naked City" (1948), associate producer
*"We Were Strangers" (1949), associate producer
*"Fixed Bayonets!" (1951), producer
*"Love Nest" (1951), producer
*"Treasure of the Golden Condor" (1953), producer
*"O.S.S." (1957-58), TV series producer
*"The Day They Robbed the Bank of England" (1960), producer
*"Lord Jim" (1965), associate producer
*"Great Catherine" (1968)
*"Under Milk Wood" (1972), executive producer
*"The Ruling Class" (1972), producer
*"The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday" (1976), producer

References

*Agee, James, "Agee on Film"
*Ambler, Eric, "Here Lies"
*Hitchcock, Alfred, "Halliwell's Filmgoers Companion"
*Katz, Ephraim, "The Film Encyclopedia"

External links

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