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From the original Shaft to Love at First Bite, from Camelot to Soapdish, from top-grossing films to television to the Internet, Joel Freeman has built a reputation that spans over half a century of entertainment history. He was born on June 12, 1922 in Irvington, New Jersey, USA.
- June 12, 1922
- January 21, 2018
Jan 26, 2018 · Joel Freeman, a veteran producer behind such films as <em>Shaft</em>, <em>The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter</em> and <em>Love at First Bite</em>, has died. He was 95 and passed away Sunday night...
The plot revolves around a private detective named John Shaft who is hired by a Harlem mobster to rescue his daughter from the Italian mobsters who kidnapped her. The film stars Richard Roundtree as Shaft, alongside Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John and Lawrence Pressman.
Joel Freeman. Producer. 12 June 1927 to 21 January 2018. An American producer who began his career as an MGM messenger, Freeman then became an assistant director after gaining experience in the Air Force’s First Motion Picture Unit during World War Two.
Producer: Shaft. From the original Shaft to Love at First Bite, from Camelot to Soapdish, from top-grossing films to television to the Internet, Joel Freeman has built a reputation that spans over half a century of entertainment history. He was born on June 12, 1922 in Irvington, New Jersey, USA.
- June 12, 1922
- January 21, 2018
Jan 25, 2018 · He was 95. Freeman died at his home in Sherman Oaks, Calif., after a long battle with lung cancer and Alzheimer’s. He received the 1971 NAACP Image Award for “Shaft” as producer of the year.
Joel T. Schumacher (/ ˈʃuːmɑːkər /; August 29, 1939 – June 22, 2020) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Raised in New York City by his mother, Schumacher graduated from Parsons School of Design and originally became a fashion designer.
