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Jay Kanter
A former MCA agent for twenty years, Jay Kanter entered film production when that agency was dissolved. After producing the films "Villain" and "The Nightcomers" (both 1971), "X Y and Z" and "Fear Is the Key" (both 1972) with Elliott Kastner and Alan Ladd Jr., he joined the latter in 1975 at 20th Century-Fox. He subsequently worked with Ladd as a production executive at The Ladd Co., MGM/UA and Pathe before his appointment in 1991 to the number two spot as chief operating officer of MGM-Pathe under his longtime colleague. In 1994, Kanter resigned and set up his own independent production company. Jay Kanter died on August 6, 2024 in Beverly Hills, CA at the age of 97.
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It's Always About the Story: Conversations With Alan Ladd, Jr. | Self | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet |
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Fear Is the Key | Producer | - | 1972 |
| 29% |
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X, Y & Zee | Producer | - | 1972 |
| 67% |
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Villain | Producer | - | 1971 |