Herb Jaffe

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Herb Jaffe (May 20, 1921 – December 7, 1991) was an independent film producer in the United States.

Biography[]

He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and began his career as a literary agent,^[1] working for the likes of: Paddy Chayefsky^[1] – Marty (1955), The Hospital (1971) and Network (1976), Reginald Rose^[1] – Twelve Angry Men (1954), Joseph Heller^[1] – Catch-22 (1961), Something Happened (1974) and Philip Roth^[1] – Goodbye, Columbus (1959), Portnoy's Complaint (1969), American Pastoral (1997), The Human Stain (2001). He then took a position at United Artists,^[2] eventually becoming head of worldwide production for the studio.^[1]

He became an independent producer in 1973.^[2] He produced The Wind and the Lion (1975), starring Sean Connery and eleven other films. Some of his other films include: Who'll Stop the Rain with Nick Nolte, Jinxed! with Bette Midler, The Demon Seed with Julie Christie, Time After Time and Fright Night Part 2 with Julie Carmen. He also executive produced four films including Those Lips, Those Eyes and Motel Hell.

He died of cancer in Beverly Hills, California.^[1]

His son, Steven-Charles Jaffe is also a producer. His credits include Demon Seed, Time After Time and . His other sons include DJ Jaffe and Robert Jaffe, who is an actor, writer and producer.

Filmography[]

• The Wind and the Lion (1975) (producer)
• Demon Seed (1977) (producer)
• Who'll Stop the Rain (1978) (producer)
• Time After Time (1979) (producer)
• Motel Hell (1980) (executive producer)
• Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980) (executive producer)
• Jinxed! (1982) (producer)
• The Lords of Discipline (1983) (producer)
• Little Treasure (1985) (producer)
• Fright Night (1985) (producer)
• Three for the Road (1987) (producer)
• Maid to Order (1987) (producer)
• Dudes (1987) (producer)
• Nightflyers (1987) (executive producer)
• Remote Control (1988) (executive producer)
• Fright Night Part 2 (1988) (producer)

References[]

External links[]

• Herb Jaffe at IMDb