Julian Schlossberg (born January 26, 1942) is an American

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and

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. He has been a college lecturer and television host regarding films, as well.

Early life and education

Schlossberg was born in

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. Following a tour of duty in the United States Army, Schlossberg attended college at

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, graduating with honors.

Career

In 1964 he began his career in television at ABC as an assistant account representative in station clearance. After 10 months, he was promoted to head the department. In 1966 Schlossberg left ABC to become an account executive at Walter Reade Organization in the Television Division. He moved to the Theater division in 1969 as an assistant vice president. He later became the vice president and head film buyer. In 1974, while working as an executive, Schlossberg began hosting '' Movie Talk'', a four-hour nationally syndicated radio program aired in New York first on WMCA and subsequently on WOR. Over the next nine years, he interviewed hundreds of stars (many of whom rarely did interviews) such as

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and

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. He also hosted ''Movie Talk'' on television, which aired in New York and Philadelphia on Wometco Home Theatre. From 1976 to 1977 Schlossberg served as the vice president of World Wide Acquisition at

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. He was vice president of production in 1977, but in 1978, Schlossberg left Paramount.

Castle Hill Productions/Westchester Films/Shout! Factory

In 1978, Schlossberg established Castle Hill Productions, a film production and distribution company. They distributed over 500 first run and classic movies to theaters,

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, home video, TV syndication and other motion picture outlets worldwide. It became one of the largest independent film distribution companies in the world. Some of the features distributed by Castle Hill are three

Elia Kazan Elias Kazantzoglou (, ; September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003), known as Elia Kazan ( ), was a Greek-American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by ''The New York Times'' as "one of the most honored and inf ...

features: ''Face in the Crowd'', ''Baby Doll'' and ''America America'';

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' collection including ''Woman Under the Influence'' and ''Faces''; Orson Welles' ''Othello'',

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's ''What's Up Tiger Lily?'',

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's ''

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'',

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's ''

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'', The Marx Brothers' ''A Night in Casablanca'', ''Hell's Angels on Wheels'' and ''Rebel Rousers'' both starring Jack Nicholson, ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' starring Al Pacino, ''Death of a Salesman'' starring Dustin Hoffman, ''Seize the Day'' starring Robin Williams, presented with Martin Scorsese, Fellini's ''Intervista'', two Academy Award nominees - ''A Great Day in Harlem'' and ''

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: The Line King'', and

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winners ''Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'' and ''Get Out Your Handkerchiefs''. Many titles in this library were originally

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(UA) releases whose ownership had been passed on to their respective producers (and in some cases, their estates), and later acquired by Stanley Caidin, who in turn established the Caidin Film Company to manage this portion of the UA library. Schlossberg established himself as a producer's representative for prominent figures such as Elia Kazan, Dustin Hoffman, John Cassavetes, and

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and

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. In 2006 Schlossberg sold Castle Hill Productions and started two new production and film distribution companies, Jumer Productions Inc. and Westchester Films Inc. Their libraries are managed in part by

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. Then, in 2014, Schlossberg sold the Westchester company and its library to

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, though he will remain with the new owners as an adviser.

Record producer

Schlossberg also embarked on a career as a record executive when he and partner Danny Goldberg founded Gold Castle Records. The company went on to record artists such as Peter, Paul & Mary,

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, The Washington Squares, and

Judy Collins Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter and musician with a career spanning nearly seven decades. An Academy Awards, Academy Award-nominated documentary director and a Grammy Awards, Grammy Award-winning rec ...

Lecturer

Schlossberg has lectured about film at

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UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the C ...

The School of Visual Arts The School of Visual Arts New York City (SVA NYC) is a private for-profit art school in New York City. It was founded in 1947 and is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. History This school was started by Sil ...

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Judith Crist Judith Crist (; Klein; May 22, 1922 – August 7, 2012) was an American film critic and academic. She appeared regularly on the '' Today'' show from 1964 to 1973 Martin, Douglas (August 8, 2012)"Judith Crist, Zinging and Influential Film ...

's Seminar,

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and in the

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. In 1971 he created and was the key speaker for The Business of Motion Pictures, a course which he ran for five years. Guest speakers included

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, Elia Kazan and many others.

Current projects

Schlossberg has created and is currently producing ''Witnesses to the 20th Century'', a fourteen-hour series that examines the major historical events of the twentieth century from some of the prominent people who lived during it. He is also producing "100 Voices For 100 Years", 100 one-hour interviews with some of the most recognizable people from the 20th century. Along with Meyer Ackerman he owns the motion picture rights to the musical ''Carnival'' based on the motion picture '' Lili''.

Credits

Features

*''Widow's Peak'' (Executive Producer) starring

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Joan Plowright Joan Ann Olivier, Baroness Olivier (; 28 October 1929 – 16 January 2025), commonly known as Dame Joan Plowright, was an English actress whose career spanned over six decades. She received several accolades including two Golden Globe Awards, an ...

and Natasha Richardson - New Line feature *''In the Spirit'' (Producer) starring

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Marlo Thomas Margaret Julia "Marlo" Thomas (born November 21, 1937) is an American actress, producer, author, and social activist. She is best known for starring on the sitcom ''That Girl'' (1966–1971) and her Children's television series, children's franc ...

Melanie Griffith Melanie Richards Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an American actress. Born in Manhattan to actress Tippi Hedren, she was raised mainly in Los Angeles, where she graduated from the Hollywood Professional School at age 16. In 1975, 17-year-old ...

and

Olympia Dukakis Olympia Dukakis (June 20, 1931 – May 1, 2021) was an American actress. She performed in more than 130 stage productions, in some 60 films, and in approximately 50 television series. Best known as a screen actress, she started her career in the ...

- Warner Brothers *''No Nukes'' (Co-Producer/Co-Director) rock documentary starring

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Carly Simon Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1943) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Billboard Hot 100, top 40 U.S. hits include "Anticipation (song), Anticipatio ...

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and

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- Warner Brothers *'' Bad Girls'' (Producer) - Trimark Pictures *''Ten from

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'' (Co-Creator) starring

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and

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- Continental Films *

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' ''Othello'' (Presenter)

Television

*'' Mike Nichols: American Masters'' (Producer) - PBS ''American Masters''. Directed by

- Nominated for an Emmy. *''Nichols & May: Take Two'' (Producer) about the comedy team of

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and

- PBS ''

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'' *''The Lives of

Lillian Hellman Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was an American playwright, Prose, prose writer, Memoir, memoirist, and screenwriter known for her success on Broadway as well as her communist views and political activism. She was black ...

'' (Producer) - PBS ''American Masters'' *''

: A Director's Journey'' (Producer) nominated for an Emmy Award - AMC *''

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's Shakespeare's Women'' (Producer) - Bravo *''Sex and Justice: The Highlights of the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas Hearings'' (Producer/Co-Director) written and hosted by

Gloria Steinem Gloria Marie Steinem ( ; born March 25, 1934) is an American journalist and social movement, social-political activist who emerged as a nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ...

*''Going Hollywood: The War Years'' (Producer/Director) starring Van Johnson - Warner Brothers *''Going Hollywood: The '30s'' (Producer/Director) starring Robert Preston – AMC *''Hollywood Ghost Stories'' (Producer) starring

John Carradine John Carradine ( ; born Richmond Reed Carradine; February 5, 1906 – November 27, 1988) was an American actor, considered one of the greatest character actors in American cinema. He was a member of Cecil B. DeMille's stock company and later J ...

- HBO *''Hollywood Uncensored'' (Producer) starring

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr. (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor, producer, and decorated naval officer of World War II. He is best-known for starring in such films as '' The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1937), '' Gunga Din'' (1939) ...

and

Peter Fonda Peter Henry Fonda (February 23, 1940 – August 16, 2019) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He was a two-time Academy Award nominee, both for acting and screenwriting, and a two-time Golden Globe Award winner for his a ...

- HBO *''

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's Golden Age of Comedy'' (Producer) - HBO *''All the Best'', Steve Allen (Producer) – HBO *''Slapstick Too'' (Producer) starring

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– Castle Hill Productions

Theater

*''Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical'' (Producer) written by Woody Allen, directed by Susan Stroman *''Relatively Speaking'' (Producer) three one acts written by Woody Allen, Ethan Coen and Elaine May, directed by John Turturro *''Sly Fox'' (Producer) starring Richard Dreyfuss, Eric Stoltz, Bronson Pinchot, written by Larry Gelbart, directed by Arthur Penn *''Fortune's Fool'' (Producer) starring Alan Bates and Frank Langella, directed by Arthur Penn *''Adult Entertainment'' (Producer) starring Danny Aiello, written by Elaine May, directed by Stanley Donen *''The Unexpected Man'' (Producer) starring Alan Bates and Eileen Atkins, directed by Matthew Warchus *''After the Night and the Music'' (Producer) written by Elaine May directed by Daniel Sullivan *''Madame Melville'' (Producer) starring Macaulay Culkin and Joely Richardson *''Taller than a Dwarf'' (Producer) starring Matthew Broderick and Parker Posey *''The Beauty Queen of Leenane'' (Producer) *''If Love were All'' (Producer) starring Twiggy and Harry Groener *''Tommy Tune: White Tie and Tails'' (Producer) starring Tommy Tune *''Power Plays'' (Producer) starring and written by Alan Arkin and Elaine May *''Death Defying Acts'' (Producer) three one-act plays by Woody Allen, Elaine May and David Mamet, starring Linda Lavin, directed by Michael Blakemore *''Vita and Virginia'' (Producer) starring Vanessa Redgrave and Eileen Atkins *''

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Remembered'' (Producer) starring Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson, directed by Gene Saks *''Below the Belt'' (Producer) starring Judd Hirsch and Robert Sean Leonard *''Jodie's Body'' (Producer) starring Aviva Jane Carlin *''Moscow Stations'' (Producer) starring Tom Courtenay *''The Passion of Frida Kahlo'' (Producer) starring Priscilla Lopez *''Cakewalk'' (Producer) starring Linda Lavin *''Word of Mouth'' (Producer) starring James Lecesne, directed by Eve Ensler *''It had to be You'' (Producer) starring and written by Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna *''Moving Right Along'' (Producer) starring Marlo Thomas and Mark Rydell *''Our Lady of Sligo'' (Presenter) starring Sinéad Cusack *''The Right Kind of People'' (Producer) written by Charles Grodin *''Triptych'' (Producer) starring Ally Sheedy and Margaret Colin *''Street of Dreams'' (Co-Produced with Mike Nichols) starring James Naughton *''Terms of Endearment ''(Producer) starring Molly Ringwald. *''My Life on A Diet '' (Producer) starring Renee Taylor.

Awards

Plays produced by Schlossberg have won many awards including six

Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ce ...

s, two

Obie Award The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given since 1956 by ''The Village Voice'' newspaper to theater artists and groups involved in off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. Starting just after th ...

s, seven

Drama Desk Award The Drama Desk Awards are among the most esteemed honors in New York theater, recognizing outstanding achievements across Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions within the same categories. The awards are considered a signific ...

s and five

Outer Critics Circle Award The Outer Critics Circle Awards are presented annually for theatrical achievements both on Broadway and Off-Broadway. They are presented by the Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of New York theater writers for out-of-town news ...

References

External links

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