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Tom Pollock

Highest Rated: 90% Up in the Air (2009)

Lowest Rated: 0% Killing Me Softly (2002)

Birthday: Apr 10, 1943

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

Having begun in the movie business by managing the affairs of the American Film Institute's marketing branch, Pollock set up the law firm of Pollock, Bloom and Dekom in 1971. The young lawyers included producer-director George Lucas and writer-director Matthew Robbins among their clients. Pollock was soon serving as chairman of Filmex Inc. as well. His executive experience and high-powered contacts eventually led to Pollock's being appointed the chairman of MCA/Universal's motion picture group and an executive vice president of MCA Inc. During his tenure with MCA, Pollock had a hand in greenlighting and overseeing such popular and distinguished projects as the "Back to the Future" trilogy, "Field of Dreams" (1989), "Henry and June" (1990), "Cape Fear" (1991), "Sneakers" (1992), "Scent of a Woman" (1992), "Jurassic Park" (1993) and "Schindler's List" (1993). In July 1995, he was appointed vice chairman of MCA Inc. Less than a year later, in March 1996, Pollock announced his resignation. He was subsequently elected as the ninth chairman of the American Film Institute which was formalized in October 1996. Tom Pollock died on August 2, 2020 at the age of 77.

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Highest-Rated Movies

90% 79% Up in the Air Watchlist 82% 74% I Love You, Man Watchlist 74% 49% Ghostbusters Watchlist 69% 77% Disturbia Watchlist 68% 57% Godmothered Watchlist
60% 86% Old School
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60% 65% Draft Day Watchlist
59% 60% Hitchcock
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57% 78% Trailer Park Boys: The Movie
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57% 65% Road Trip Watchlist

Filmography

Movies TV Shows
Godmothered 68% 57% 2020 Executive Producer Father Figures 17% 26% 2017 Executive Producer Baywatch 18% 56% 2017 Executive Producer Ghostbusters 74% 49% 2016 Executive Producer Draft Day 60% 65% 2014 Executive Producer Hitchcock 59% 60% 2012 Producer No Strings Attached 47% 51% 2011 Executive Producer Chloe 52% 39% 2009 Producer Up in the Air 90% 79% 2009 Executive Producer Post Grad 9% 27% 2009 Executive Producer I Love You, Man 82% 74% 2009 Executive Producer The Uninvited 31% 49% 2009 Executive Producer Hotel for Dogs 46% 55% 2009 Executive Producer Disturbia 69% 77% 2007 Executive Producer Trailer Park Boys: The Movie 57% 78% 2006 Executive Producer Eurotrip 46% 75% 2004 Executive Producer Old School 60% 86% 2003 Executive Producer Killing Me Softly 0% 40% 2002 Executive Producer Evolution 44% 48% 2001 Executive Producer Road Trip 57% 65% 2000 Executive Producer
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