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Hawk Koch

Production

Born December 14, 1945 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Also known as Howard W. Koch Jr. · Howard Winchel Koch Jr.

Biography

Howard Winchel Koch Jr. (born December 14, 1945), also known as Hawk Koch, is an American film producer. Throughout his career, he was involved in the production of over 50 major films, including Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Way We Were (1973), Chinatown (1974), Heaven Can Wait (1978), Wayne's World (1992) and its 1993 sequel, Primal Fear (1996), Fracture (2007), and Source Code (2011). Koch is currently a director for AMC Entertainment, the Motion Picture and Television Fund, and the National Film Preservation Foundation, and he previously served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Producers Guild of America. Koch is a former road manager for The Supremes and The Dave Clark Five musical groups. In 2019, he published his memoir, Magic Time: My Life in Hollywood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hawk Koch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography37 titles

Chinatown

1974Assistant Director

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

2007as Self

Rosemary's Baby

1968Dialogue Coach

Primal Fear

1996Executive Producer

The Long Walk Home

1990Producer

Source Code

2011Executive Producer

Fracture

2007Executive Producer

Frequency

2000Producer

The Parallax View

1974First Assistant Director

The Beautician and the Beast

1997Producer

Wayne's World

1992Executive Producer

Fools' Parade

1971Assistant Director

Heaven Can Wait

1978Assistant Director, Executive Producer

Losing Isaiah

1995Producer

Faye

2024as Self

Hostage

2005Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

2008as Self

The Pope of Greenwich Village

1984Producer

Gorky Park

1983Producer

The Drowning Pool

1975Assistant Director, Associate Producer

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

1969as El Taco Employee (voice) (uncredited)

Untraceable

2008Producer

Keeping the Faith

2000Producer

Wayne's World 2

1993Executive Producer

The Frisco Kid

1979Executive Producer

Very Good Girls

2013Executive Producer

Christmas in Conway

2013Executive Producer

Collateral Damage

2002Executive Producer

Blood and Chocolate

2007Producer

Sliver

1993Executive Producer

The Keep

1983Producer

Virtuosity

1995Executive Producer

Necessary Roughness

1991Executive Producer

Honky Tonk Freeway

1981Producer

The Temp

1993Executive Producer

Rooftops

1989Producer

Good Men

2024as Self