John Goldwyn- Biography

Also Credited As:

John Howard Goldwyn

About John Goldwyn

--he rose from the proverbial mail room at the Ladd Company which he joined in 1981 to vice president of the company's creative affairs department two years later. Goldwyn also served as executive producer of "Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment" (1985) before joining MGM/UA as senior production vice president that year where he rose to executive vice president of worldwide production in 1988; while at MGM he shepherded such hits as "Moonstruck" (1987) and "A Fish Called Wanda" (1988) as well as overseeing production on "Fatal Beauty" (1987) "Masquerade" (1988), and "Daddy's Dyin'...Who's Got the Will" (1990). Joining Paramount in 1990, Goldwyn was closely involved with the production of "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" (1991) and "Wayne's World" (1992). In December 1991, he was named president of production of Paramount's Motion Picture Group overseeing the development and production of Paramount's films. By 1997, he was promoted to the newly created post of president, motion pictures and signed to a five-year contract. Married to actress Colleen Camp and brother of actor Tony Goldwyn.

Partners

Wife

Colleen Camp. Born in 1953; filed for divorce in November 2001

Family

Brother

Francis Sidney Howard. Born c. 1954

Brother

Tony Goldwyn. Born May 20, 1960

Brother

Tony Goldwyn. Born May 20, 1960

Daughter

Emily Grace Goldwyn. Born April 7, 1989

Father

Samuel Goldwyn. Born Sep. 7, 1926; was chairman and CEO of Samuel Goldwyn Company

Grandfather

Samuel Goldwyn. Born Aug. 27, 1882 in Warsaw, Poland; died in 1974; legendary co-founder of Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company; his namesake company, The Goldwyn Company, merged with Metro Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Productions to form MGM; formed Samuel Goldwyn Productions in 1923 becoming the longest-running independent producer in Hollywood

Grandmother

Frances Howard. Born in 1903; died in 1976; became second wife of Samuel Goldwyn in 1925

Mother

Jennifer Howard. Married Goldwyn's father in 1950; her second marriage; daughter of writer Sidney Howard

Sister

Catherine Goldwyn. Born July 11, 1951

Step-Mother

Peggy Elliott. Married Samuel Goldwyn Jr in 1969

Education

Stanford University, Palo Alto , California

Career Milestones

2007

Co-produced the Todd Haynes directed, "I'm Not There," about the life of Bob Dylan

2006

Executive produced the Showtime series, "Dexter"

1997

Promoted to newly created position of president, motion pictures at Paramount and signed to a five-year contract

1991

Promoted to president of production, Paramount Motion Picture Group in December

1990

Moved to Paramount as executive vice president of production in November

1988

Became executive vice president of worldwide production, MGM/UA

1985

Joined MGM/UA as senior vice president of production

1983

Promoted to vice president of creative affairs, Ladd Company

1981

Became production assistant, then story editor, Ladd Company by December

1981

Entered industry working in the mail room at the Ladd Company in July