Judith James, the longtime producing partner of Richard Dreyfuss who worked with the Oscar winner on films including Mr. Holland’s Opus, Quiz Show and Mad Dog Time, has died. She was 86.
James died Friday at her home in Santa Barbara after a bout with cancer, according to her son, Jackson James.
James and Dreyfuss worked together for 35 years, and their partnership also included the telefilms Funny, You Don’t Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville and the Prisoner of Honor, which aired in 1987 and 1991, respectively, and The Lightkeepers (2009). They were co-writers on You Don’t Look 200 as well.
“From the minute I met Judy James at the Mark Taper Forum, I knew I had found someone who had the same passion for storytelling that I did,” Dreyfuss said in a statement. “In all the years we were producing partners, we were of like mind, not gender, and we always found...
James died Friday at her home in Santa Barbara after a bout with cancer, according to her son, Jackson James.
James and Dreyfuss worked together for 35 years, and their partnership also included the telefilms Funny, You Don’t Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville and the Prisoner of Honor, which aired in 1987 and 1991, respectively, and The Lightkeepers (2009). They were co-writers on You Don’t Look 200 as well.
“From the minute I met Judy James at the Mark Taper Forum, I knew I had found someone who had the same passion for storytelling that I did,” Dreyfuss said in a statement. “In all the years we were producing partners, we were of like mind, not gender, and we always found...
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- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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- by Michael Miller, @write_miller
- PEOPLE.com
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- PEOPLE.com
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- BroadwayWorld.com
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- BroadwayWorld.com
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- BroadwayWorld.com
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- ShadowAndAct
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