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Bert Schneider

Highest Rated: 98% The Last Picture Show (1971)

Lowest Rated: 62% Drive, He Said (1971)

Birthday: May 5, 1933

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Having emerged during Hollywood's new wave of the late 1960s and early 1970s, iconoclastic producer Bert Schneider was responsible for shepherding some of his time's most heralded classics. After partnering with director Bob Rafelson to create the pop culture phenomenon, "The Monkees" (NBC, 1966-68), Schneider entered the film business with The Monkees' disappointing feature debut, "Head" (1968), which marked the beginning of his fruitful collaboration with Jack Nicholson. With his next film, "Easy Rider" (1969), he helped usher in the New Hollywood era with the counterculture classic that was one of the biggest hits of the year while turning Nicholson into a major star. Schneider worked with the actor again on the Academy Award-nominated drama, "Five Easy Pieces" (1970), before producing Peter Bogdanovich's masterpiece "The Last Picture Show" (1971). After bankrolling Nicholson's rather disappointing directing debut, "Drive, He Said" (1972), Schneider won an Oscar for his Vietnam War documentary, "Hearts and Minds" (1974). He went on to produce several additional movies before working on Terrence Malick's exceptional "Days of Heaven" (1978). Schneider left Hollywood after "Broken English" (1981) to focus on battling political causes and his drug addiction, leaving behind a short, but lasting legacy as one of New Hollywood's great producers.

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Highest-Rated Movies

98% 89% The Last Picture Show
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94% 89% Days of Heaven
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91% 90% Hearts and Minds
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89% 84% Five Easy Pieces
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84% 82% Easy Rider Watchlist
71% 71% Head
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62% 21% Drive, He Said
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23% A Safe Place
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The Gentleman Tramp
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Broken English
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Filmography

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Broken English 1981 Producer Days of Heaven 94% 89% 1978 Producer The Gentleman Tramp 1975 Producer Hearts and Minds 91% 90% 1974 Producer Drive, He Said 62% 21% 1971 Executive Producer A Safe Place 23% 1971 Executive Producer The Last Picture Show 98% 89% 1971 Executive Producer Five Easy Pieces 89% 84% 1970 Executive Producer Easy Rider 84% 82% 1969 Executive Producer Head 71% 71% 1968 Executive Producer
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