Carolyn Pfeiffer is an American film producer.Carolyn Pfeiffer was
born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Madison, North Carolina. After
attending Guilford College she moved to Europe and began a career in
motion pictures. She first worked in Rome as Claudia Cardinale's
assistant on films including Federico Fellini's 8 ½, Luchino
Visconti's The Leopard and Blake Edwards’ The Pink Panther. She then
moved to Paris and worked as an associate producer for Alain Delon's
production company. Within a year she joined Omar Sharif as his
executive assistant and worked on many of his films including Doctor
Zhivago. Four years later Pfeiffer moved to London and started her own
public relations company. Her numerous clients included Robert
Redford, Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, François Truffaut, Robert
Altman, The Beatles’ company, Apple Corps. Ltd. and Paul McCartney
and Wings.Moving to Los Angeles, Pfeiffer formed Alive Films with Shep
Gordon. They produced Roadie starring Meat Loaf and Return Engagement,
a feature documentary on the Timothy Leary/G. Gordon Liddy debates
(both directed by Alan Rudolph) before joining Chris Blackwell to form
Island Alive, a groundbreaking independent production/distribution
company. Films produced and/or released during Pfeiffer's presidency
include Choose Me, El Norte, Koyaanisqatsi, Stop Making Sense,
Insignificance, The Hit, A Private Function and Kiss of the Spider
Woman, for which William Hurt won the Best Actor Award at the 1985
Cannes Film Festival and as well as being nominated for an Academy
Award for Best Actor.Back as Co-Chair of Alive Films and continuing
her long partnership with Gordon, Pfeiffer produced a series of films
for the company: Alan Rudolph's Trouble in Mind and The Moderns,
Gregory Nava's A Time of Destiny, Lindsay Anderson's The Whales of
August, Mary Lambert's Grand Isle and Sam Shepard's Far North and
Silent Tongue.
born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Madison, North Carolina. After
attending Guilford College she moved to Europe and began a career in
motion pictures. She first worked in Rome as Claudia Cardinale's
assistant on films including Federico Fellini's 8 ½, Luchino
Visconti's The Leopard and Blake Edwards’ The Pink Panther. She then
moved to Paris and worked as an associate producer for Alain Delon's
production company. Within a year she joined Omar Sharif as his
executive assistant and worked on many of his films including Doctor
Zhivago. Four years later Pfeiffer moved to London and started her own
public relations company. Her numerous clients included Robert
Redford, Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, François Truffaut, Robert
Altman, The Beatles’ company, Apple Corps. Ltd. and Paul McCartney
and Wings.Moving to Los Angeles, Pfeiffer formed Alive Films with Shep
Gordon. They produced Roadie starring Meat Loaf and Return Engagement,
a feature documentary on the Timothy Leary/G. Gordon Liddy debates
(both directed by Alan Rudolph) before joining Chris Blackwell to form
Island Alive, a groundbreaking independent production/distribution
company. Films produced and/or released during Pfeiffer's presidency
include Choose Me, El Norte, Koyaanisqatsi, Stop Making Sense,
Insignificance, The Hit, A Private Function and Kiss of the Spider
Woman, for which William Hurt won the Best Actor Award at the 1985
Cannes Film Festival and as well as being nominated for an Academy
Award for Best Actor.Back as Co-Chair of Alive Films and continuing
her long partnership with Gordon, Pfeiffer produced a series of films
for the company: Alan Rudolph's Trouble in Mind and The Moderns,
Gregory Nava's A Time of Destiny, Lindsay Anderson's The Whales of
August, Mary Lambert's Grand Isle and Sam Shepard's Far North and
Silent Tongue.
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