Jonathan D. Krane (May 1, 1952 – August 1, 2016)[1] was an American screenwriter,[2] film producer, talent manager, and studio head.[3] He's most known in Hollywood for his decade and a half partnership with John Travolta, whom he managed from 1987 until 2002. Together, they made some of Travolta's biggest films including Look Who's Talking (1989), Phenomenon (1996), Michael (1996), Face/Off (1997), Primary Colors (1998), General's Daughter (1999), Domestic Disturbance (2001), Swordfish (2001) and Basic (2003).[4]

Krane was born in Hollywood, CA, on May 1, 1952. He graduated from Hollywood Hills High School at the age of 15,[3] and received his bachelor's degree in liberal arts at St. John's College.[5][6] After finishing his undergraduate work, he lived for one year in England, France, and Greece, independently studying civil liberties in European criminal justice systems before returning to the states to study law at Yale Law School. He was awarded his Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1976.

He began his legal career as an associate at Los Angeles law firm of Irell & Manella, specializing in international motion picture taxation and entertainment law. This specialty would expose him to the world of entertainment and set him up for his future career as a talent manager and film producer.

He married actress Sally Kellerman[7] on May 11, 1980, in a private ceremony at Jennifer Jones' Malibu home.[8] In 1989, they adopted newborn twins, Jack and Hannah.[9] The family resided part-time in Jupiter, Florida from 1991 to 2008.[10][11]

A chance meeting with Blake Edwards at an industry party would change the course of his career. Edwards was reportedly tired of working with the studio system and Krane pitched him his idea for a "new type of film studio." After further discussions, they partnered together to form Blake Edwards Entertainment, where Krane would serve as CEO. Krane would develop and produce the projects so Edwards could focus on writing and directing.

Their first project was the hit film Trail of the Pink Panther, which they followed up with Curse of the Pink Panther the next year. All told, they made seven films together before Jonathan left to expand his own company called Management Company Entertainment (MCE), which he had formed in 1983.[5] The separation was not amicable, with Blake later saying he "was furious with Krane and no longer spoke to him because Krane had made all his contacts through Edwards and then left."[12]

Krane took MCEG public in 1987 as "Management Co. Entertainment Group", which made him the youngest CEO of a publicly traded company at the time.

Filmography

Year Title Role
1982Trail of the Pink Pantherexecutive producer
1983Curse of the Pink Pantherexecutive producer
The Man Who Loved Womenexecutive producer
1984Micki & Maudeexecutive producer
1986A Fine Messexecutive producer
That's Life!producer
1987Blind Dateexecutive producer
1988You Can't Hurry Loveproducer
The Chocolate Warproducer
Slipping into Darknessproducer
1989The Expertsexecutive producer
Getting It Rightproducer
Catch Me If You Canproducer
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.producer
Look Who's Talkingproducer
Limit Upproducer
1990Without You I'm Nothingproducer
Fatal Charmexecutive producer
producer
Look Who's Talking Tooproducer
1991Chains of Goldproducer
Cold Heavenproducer
Convictsproducer
1992Boris and Natasha: The Movieproducer
Breaking the Rulesproducer
1993Look Who's Talking Nowproducer
1994Love Is a Gunproducer
1995The Point of Betrayalproducer
1996Phenomenonexecutive producer
Michaelproducer
1997Face/Offexecutive producer
Movies Killexecutive producer
The Lay of the Landproducer
Mad Cityexecutive producer
1998Primary Colorsexecutive producer
1999The General's Daughterexecutive producer
2000Battlefield Earthproducer
Lucky Numbersproducer
Bar Hoppingproducer
2001Swordfishproducer
Domestic Disturbanceproducer
2003Basicproducer
2007The Prince and the Pauper: The Movieexecutive producer
2010Father of Inventionproducer

References

  1. ↑ "Jonathan D. Krane Biography (1952-)". Film Reference. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
  2. ↑ Father of Invention, retrieved 2019-11-27
  3. 1 2 "The 'Talking' at MCEG Is Now About What's Next". Los Angeles Times. 1990-02-07. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  4. ↑ "The Krane Company previous releases". thekranecompany.com. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Jonathan Krane CV" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Alumni Memoriam 2016".
  7. ↑ "Jonathan D. Krane, Producer of the 'Look Who's Talking' Films, Dies at 65". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "The Free Lance-Star - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  9. ↑ Kellerman, Sally (2013). Read My Lips: Stories of a Hollywood Life. Weinstein Books. ISBN 978-1-60286-167-1.
  10. ↑ "Sally Kellerman, hubby move to Jupiter". The Palm Beach Post. July 3, 1991.
  11. ↑ "It's a wrap for Jupiter film buff's plans". The Palm Beach Post. February 22, 2008.
  12. ↑ Friedman, Roger (2015-03-25). "Travolta and Longtime Manager Part Ways". Fox News. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
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