Biography
Alan Walbridge Ladd Jr. was an American film industry executive and producer. He was president of 20th Century Fox from 1976 to 1979, during which he approved the production of Star Wars, on his confidence in George Lucas, which proved well-founded. He later established The Ladd Company and headed MGM/UA. Ladd won an Academy Award for Best Picture in 1996 for producing Braveheart.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1996
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Filmography26 titles
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Braveheart
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Gone Baby Gone
To Live and Die in L.A.
The Real History of Science Fiction
The Walking Stick
An Unfinished Life
The Man in the Iron Mask
Police Academy
The Boys from Brazil
High Anxiety
Death Warrant
Wizards
Villain
The Brady Bunch Movie
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Fear Is the Key
A Very Brady Sequel
Vice Versa
The Nightcomers
It's Always About the Story: Conversations with Alan Ladd, Jr.
The Last Mogul
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
The Phantom