James Jacks

James Jacks
James Jacks
Born	December 29, 1947; United States
Died	January 20, 2014 (aged 66); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
Alma mater	Carnegie Mellon University (BS); Cornell University (MBA)
Occupation	Film producer

James "Jim" Jacks (December 29, 1947 – January 20, 2014[1]) was an American film producer of several blockbuster films.

Born December 29, 1947, Jacks grew up in a military family. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and from Cornell University with an MBA. He was working as a Wall Street financial analyst when he decided to be a screenwriter. Unsuccessful, he became head of production at Circle Films in the early- to mid-1980s and then senior vice-president of production at Universal Studios from the late-1980s into the early-1990s. In 1992, he became an independent producer with Alphaville Films, which he co-founded with Sean Daniel. He left Alphaville Films in 2004.[2]

Jacks died on January 20, 2014 of a heart attack at his Los Angeles home at the age of 66.[3]

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Notes
1987	Raising Arizona	executive producer
1993	Dazed and Confused	producer
	Heart and Souls	executive producer
	Hard Target	producer
	Tombstone	producer
1995	Village of the Damned	co-executive producer
1995	Mallrats	producer
1996	Don't Look Back	executive producer
1996	Michael	producer
1997	The Jackal	producer
1998	A Simple Plan	producer
1999	The Mummy	producer
2000	The Gift	producer
2001	Down to Earth	producer
	The Mummy Returns	producer
	Rat Race	executive producer
2002	The Scorpion King	producer
2002	Dark Blue	producer
2003	The Hunted	producer
2003	Intolerable Cruelty	executive producer
2008	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	producer
2008	The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior	producer
2012	The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption	executive producer

Television

Year	Title	Notes
2001	Attila	executive producer

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References

"James R. Jacks Obituary". Los Angeles Times. January 30, 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2018 – via Legacy.com.
Thompson, Anne (January 21, 2014). "RIP 'Mummy' and 'Raising Arizona' Producer James Jacks, Who Died of a Heart Attack Monday". Indiewire.com. Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
McNary, Dave (January 20, 2014). "'The Mummy,' 'Dazed and Confused' Producer James Jacks Dies in Los Angeles". Variety.com. Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved 5 September 2018.

External links

James Jacks on IMDb
Jim Jacks at the TCM Movie Database
Rest in Peace, Mr. Mallrats... by Kevin Smith
James Jacks at Find a Grave

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[1] "James R. Jacks Obituary". Los Angeles Times. January 30, 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2018 – via Legacy.com.

[2] Thompson, Anne (January 21, 2014). "RIP 'Mummy' and 'Raising Arizona' Producer James Jacks, Who Died of a Heart Attack Monday". Indiewire.com. Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved 5 September 2018.

[3] McNary, Dave (January 20, 2014). "'The Mummy,' 'Dazed and Confused' Producer James Jacks Dies in Los Angeles". Variety.com. Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved 5 September 2018.