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The Ladd Company was an American film production company founded by Alan Ladd Jr., Jay Kanter, and Gareth Wigan in 1979. In 1979, the three founders were executives with 20th Century Fox; Ladd was the president. They announced their intention to leave the company when their contracts expired in December 1980 and form a new production company to be financed by Warner Bros. (Ladd had reportedly ...
The Ladd Company was an American film production company that co-produced Blade Runner with Run Run Shaw and Tandem Productions. The company essentially became defunct in 1985, but was revived for four films in the mid-1990s and two in the mid-2000s.
Ladd was, prior to the studio's founding, the president of 20th Century Fox, and Kanter and Wigan were executives. As the alleged results of quarreling between Ladd and the studio higher-ups, the trio announced their intents to leave Fox when their contracts expired and form a production company to be financed by Warner Bros.
Background: The Ladd Company was formed in 1979 by Alan Ladd Jr., Jay Kanter, and Gareth Wigan. Ladd was, prior to the studio's founding, the president of 20th Century Fox, and Kanter and Wigan were executives. As the alleged results of quarreling between Ladd and the studio higher-ups, the trio announced their intents to leave Fox when their contracts expired and form a production company to ...
Ladd Co/The. The Ladd Co was founded in 1979. The company's line of business includes the production of theatrical and nontheatrical motion pictures and video tapes. Justice Department to Charge ...
Alan Ladd Jr.. Additional Crew: Braveheart. Alan Ladd Jr. was one of the film industry's most respected executives. He started in the movies as an agent in 1963. In 1969, Ladd moved to London to produce, making nine films. He returned to the States in '73 to become Head of Creative Affairs at Fox. Within three very successful years Mr. Ladd was President of Twentieth Century Fox. Star Wars ...
The Ladd Company distributed Chariots of Fire, which won the 1981 Academy Award for Best Picture. [3] Among the films it produced were the Space Race epic The Right Stuff , the space western Outland , Ridley Scott 's science-fiction cult film Blade Runner , neo-noir film Body Heat , and the first two Police Academy movies.
