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Jack Rapke

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Jack Rapke
Born
United States
OccupationFilm producer
SpouseLaurie Ann Perlman (divorced) Sandra Zundell Scheinberg ( divorced)
Children2 (with Perlman)

Jack Rapke is an American film producer who has produced such films as the 2000 Robert Zemeckis film Cast Away.[1][2]

Biography

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Rapke was born to a Jewish family and raised in Miami.[3] Rapke graduated from Nova High School in Davie, Florida in 1968 and New York University Film School in 1974.[4]

Rapke started his career from the mailroom of the William Morris Agency in 1975.[5] He then worked as a talent agent at the William Morris Agency and after four years started working at Creative Artists Agency.[3]

Rapke served seven years as co-chairman of CAA’s motion picture department,[6] where he handled filmmakers that included Robert Zemeckis, Chris Columbus, Jerry Bruckheimer, Ridley Scott, Michael Mann, Harold Ramis, Michael Bay, Terry Gilliam, Bob Gale, Bo Goldman, Steve Kloves, Howard Franklin, Scott Frank, Robert Mark Kamen, John Hughes, Joel Schumacher, Marty Brest, and Imagine Entertainment partners Ron Howard and Brian Grazer.[6]

Rapke left CAA in 1998 to form ImageMovers with Zemeckis.[7] Cast Away, directed by Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks was the company’s first feature film.[2]

Rapke is currently producing Here to be directed by Robert Zemeckis.[8]

He was married to Laurie Ann Perlman,[9] who was also Jewish;[3] they had two children before divorcing.[3] She remarried with Gerald M. Levin.[3][10] He married Sandra Scheinberg Rapke in 1991 - (divorced 2012 )

Filmography

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He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

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Year Film Credit
2000 What Lies Beneath
Cast Away
2003 Matchstick Men
2004 The Polar Express Executive producer
2005 The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
2006 Last Holiday
Monster House
2007 Beowulf
2009 A Christmas Carol
2011 Mars Needs Moms
Real Steel Executive producer
2012 Flight
2015 The Walk
2016 Allied Executive producer
2018 Welcome to Marwen
2020 The Witches
2021 Finch
2022 Pinocchio Executive producer
2024 Here Producer
Thanks
Year Film Role
1997 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag The producers and director wish to thank

Television

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Year Title Credit Notes
2011−13 The Borgias Executive producer
2018 Elemental: Hydrogen vs. Hindenburg Executive producer
Medal of Honor Executive producer Documentary
2018−2023 Manifest Executive producer
2019–2020 Project Blue Book Executive producer
2019 What/If Executive producer

References

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  1. ^ Levy, Emmanuel (December 8, 2000). "Cast Away". Variety. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Jack Rapke". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2009. Archived from the original on January 21, 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d e Levin, Laurie Ann (October 1, 2009). God, the Universe, and Where I Fit In. HCI. p. 245. ISBN 9780757314407.
  4. ^ "Jack Rapke: Making Award-Winning Films".
  5. ^ "Secrets of Hollywood Agency Mailrooms". The Hollywood Reporter. November 1, 2011.
  6. ^ a b "CAA'S MAD SCRAMBLE". Variety. April 8, 1997.
  7. ^ "Robert Zemeckis and Jack Rapke Ink Overall Deal at Fox TV Studios". The Hollywood Reporter. August 8, 2012.
  8. ^ "Robert Zemeckis' 'Here' With Tom Hanks and Robin Wright Lands November Release". uk.movies.yahoo.com. March 29, 2024.
  9. ^ Variety: "Levin heads for divorce" by Jill Goldsmith January 12, 2003
  10. ^ The Observer: "Hot Flash! Trophy Wife Models Are Passé: Rudy to Jack Welch, Remarrying Geezers Get Middle-Aged Babes With Power Dowries" by By Alexandra Wolfe and Anna Jane Grossman June 2, 2003
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