With his longtime partner Jack Rollins, Charles H Joffe founded a management-production office that had a client list including Ted Bessell, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Tom Poston and David Letterman. But Joffe and Rollins found their biggest success in collaboration with writer- director-actor Woody Allen. Beginning with Allen's 1966 play "Don't Drink the Water" which they co-produced (with famed impresario David Merrick) on Broadway and Allen's feature directorial effort "Take the Money and Run" (1969), Joffe and Rollins have served as producers or executive producers on every Allen film.
Joffe has also occasionally produced or executive produced other comedies including 1979's "The House of God" (which never received a full theatrical release) and Steve Gordon's screwball comedy "Arthur" (1981). He also served as an executive producer on Martin Ritt's McCarthy-era drama "The Front" (1976), that featured Woody Allen in a dramatic role.
- Born:
July 16, 1929 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Died:
July 11, 2008.
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Job Titles:
Executive, Producer, Manager
Family
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Daughter: Nicole Joffe.
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Daughter: Suzanne Joffe.
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Father: Sid Joffe.
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Mother: Esther Joffe.
Significant Others
Education
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Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, BS
Milestones
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1966 Made debut as a producer (with David Merrick and Rollins) with the stage production of Woody Allen s Don t Drink the Water
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1969 Produced first feature, Take the Money and Run , also first feature collaboration with Allen
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1969 TV debut, co-produced The Woody Allen Special
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1971 First feature as executive producer, Bananas
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1979 First non-Allen feature, The House of God
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1980 TV series debut as executive producer, Good Time Harry
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1981 Served as executive producer on first TV-movie, The Acorn People
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1992 Appeared as himself in Michael Beltrami s Our Hollywood Education
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1999 Executive produced Allen s award winning Sweet and Lowdown
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2004 Appeared in the documentary Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
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2005 Once again collaborated with Allen for Match Point as the executive producer; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Picture
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Collaborated with Allen for the award winning Bullets Over Broadway (1994) and Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
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Partner with Jack Rollins in Rollins & Joffe, Inc., a talent management agency