MELNICK, Daniel 1932–

PERSONAL

Born April 21, 1932, in New York, NY; children: Peter. Education: Attended New York University, 1952–54.

Addresses: Office— TriStar Building, 10202 Washington Blvd., #211, Culver City, CA 90232–3119.

Career: Producer. CBS–TV, staff producer, 1954; Circle in the Square, New York City, producer of Children's Theatre; ABC Television Network; vice president of programming; Talent Associates, partner; Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, vice president of production, then senior vice president and worldwide head of production, 1972–76; Columbia Pictures, head of worldwide production, 1977–78, then president, 1978; independent producer, c. 2003; IndieProductions Company, founder.

Awards, Honors: Emmy Award, 1966, for The Ages of Man; Emmy Award, 1967, for Death of a Salesman.

CREDITS

Film Producer:

Straw Dogs, Cinerama, 1971.

The Sunshine Boys, United Artists, 1975.

The Wind and the Lion, United Artists, 1975.

Network, United Artists, 1976.

That's Entertainment, Part II (also known as That's Entertainment, Part 2 ), United Artists, 1976.

The Goodbye Girl, Warner Bros., 1977.

Midnight Express, Columbia, 1978.

The China Syndrome, Columbia, 1979.

Ice Castles, Columbia, 1979.

California Suite, Columbia, 1978.

And Justice for All (also known as ... And Justice for All ), Columbia, 1979.

Chapter Two, Columbia, 1979.

Kramer vs. Kramer, Columbia, 1979.

First Family, Warner Bros., 1980.

Making Love, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1982.

(With Michael Rachmil) Quicksilver, Columbia, 1986.

(With Rachmil) Roxanne, Columbia, 1987.

(With Rachmil) Punchline, Columbia, 1987.

Mountains of the Moon, TriStar, 1990.

Air America, TriStar, 1990.

Total Recall, TriStar, 1990.

(With Rachmil) L.A. Story, TriStar, 1991.

The Quick and the Dead, TriStar, 1995.

Film Executive Producer:

Original Cast Album–Company, 1970.

That's Entertainment!, United Artists, 1975.

All That Jazz, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1979.

Foolin' Around, Sony Pictures Releasing, 1979.

Altered States, Warner Bros., 1980.

Footloose, Paramount, 1984.

Unfaithfully Yours, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1984.

Universal Soldier: The Return (also known as Universal Soldier II and Universal Soldier IV ), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1999.

Blue Streak, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1999.

Here Comes the Sun, 2004.

Film Appearances:

(Uncredited) Himself, Just One More Time, 1974.

(Uncredited) Himself, The Lion Roars Again, 1975.

Interviewee, The Celluloid Closet (documentary; also known as Celluloid Closet and Gefangen in der Traumfabrik ), Sony Pictures Classics, 1995.

Television Executive Producer; Series:

East Side/West Side, CBS, 1963–1964.

Get Smart, NBC and CBS, 1965–1969.

Run Buddy Run, 1966.

He & She, 1967.

N.Y.P.D., ABC, 1967–1969.

Television Work; Movies:

Producer, Noon Wine, 1966.

Executive producer, Get Smart, Again!, 1989.

Television Work; Pilots:

Executive producer, Chain Letter, ABC, 1989.

Television Work; Specials:

Producer, The Ages of Man, 1965.

Producer, Death of a Salesman, 1966.

Producer of archival footage, One Hundred Years of the Hollywood Western (also known as 100 Years of the Hollywood Western ), NBC, 1994.

Television Work; Other:

Worked as producer, ABC Stage 67; executive producer, The Hero.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (also known as Sam Peckinpah: A Retrospective ), 1992.

Himself, The Perfect Pitch (also known as Brilliant But Cancelled: The Perfect Pitch ), Trio, 2002.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Appeared in "Get Smart," Inside TV Land, TV Land.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

McClintock, David, Indecent Exposure: A True Story of Hollywood & Wall Street, 1982.