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James Jacks
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James "Jim" Jacks (December 29, 1947 – January 20, 2014 was an American film producer of several blockbuster films, and was also known for cultivating visionary independent film a…
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James "Jim" Jacks (December 29, 1947 – January 20, 2014 was an American film producer of several blockbuster films, and was also known for cultivating visionary independent film auteurs, having produced the first Hollywood films of Richard Linklater, Joel and Ethan Coen (the Coen Brothers), and Kevin Smith. 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. The shrimp parmigiana at the Los Angeles restaurant Dan Tana's is named for him. Jacks died on January 20, 2014, of a heart attack at his Los Angeles home at the age of 66. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Jacks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2018
Scorpion King: Book of Souls
Movie Executive Producer
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2015
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
Movie Executive Producer
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2012
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
Movie Executive Producer
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2008
The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior
Movie Producer
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2008
Unraveling the Legacy of the Mummy
Movie Self
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2008
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Movie Producer
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2005
Erection of an Epic - The Making of Mallrats
Movie Self
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2005
Making Dazed
Movie Self
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2003
Intolerable Cruelty
Movie Executive Producer
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2003
The Hunted
Movie Producer
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2002
Dark Blue
Movie Producer
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2002
The Scorpion King
Movie Producer
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2002
The Rock - Just Bring It!
Movie James Jacks
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2001
Rat Race
Movie Executive Producer
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2001
The Mummy Returns
Movie Producer
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2001
Down to Earth
Movie Producer
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2001
Attila
TV show Executive Producer
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2001
Attila
Movie Executive Producer
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2000
The Gift
Movie Producer
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1999
Building a Better Mummy
Movie Self
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1999
The Mummy
Movie Producer
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1998
A Simple Plan
Movie Producer
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1997
The Jackal
Movie Producer
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1996
Michael
Movie Producer
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1996
Don't Look Back
Movie Executive Producer
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1995
Mallrats
Movie Producer
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1995
Village of the Damned
Movie Co-Executive Producer
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1993
Tombstone
Movie Producer
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1993
Dazed and Confused
Movie Producer
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1993
Heart and Souls
Movie Executive Producer
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1993
Hard Target
Movie Producer
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1987
Raising Arizona
Movie Executive Producer
