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Jake Eberts

Production

Born July 10, 1941 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Died September 6, 2012

Also known as John David Eberts

Biography

Jake Eberts (July 10, 1941 – September 6, 2012) was a Canadian film producer, executive and financier. He was known for risk-taking and producing a consistently high caliber of movies including such Academy Award-winning titles as Chariots of Fire (1981, uncredited), Gandhi (1982), Dances with Wolves (1990), and the direct-to video Hero of the Rails (1996) and the successful animated feature Chicken Run (2000). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jake Eberts, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Officer of the Order of Canada

Filmography31 titles

Dances with Wolves

1990Executive Producer

The Little Prince

2015In Memory Of

Oceans

2008Executive Producer

The Name of the Rose

1986Executive Producer

The Illusionist

2010Executive Producer

Open Range

2003Producer

Snow in August

2001Producer

Driving Miss Daisy

1989Co-Executive Producer

Wings of Life

2011Executive Producer

Two Brothers

2004Producer

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993Executive Producer

The Way Back

2010Executive Producer

A River Runs Through It

1992Executive Producer

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

1988Executive Producer

Hope and Glory

1987Executive Producer

Chicken Run

2000Executive Producer

Renaissance

2006Executive Producer

The Legend of Bagger Vance

2000Producer

The Education of Little Tree

1997Producer

James and the Giant Peach

1996Executive Producer

City of Joy

1992Producer

Black Robe

1991Executive Producer

The Nutcracker Prince

1990Executive Producer

Last Exit to Brooklyn

1989Associate Producer

Whatever Lola wants

2007Producer

No Escape

1994Executive Producer

A Walk in the Woods

2015Executive Producer, In Memory Of

America's Heart & Soul

2004Executive Producer

Grey Owl

1999Producer

The Magic Roundabout

2005Executive Producer

Doogal

2006Executive Producer