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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.
Ladd founded his own production company, The Ladd Company, with Kanter and Gareth Wigan. The company produced Chariots of Fire, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1982. Other productions included Outland (1981), Night Shift, Blade Runner (both 1982), The Right Stuff (1983), Police Academy (1984), and Gone Baby Gone (2007).
The Ladd Company is a production company based in Hollywood, California. Discover new TV shows and movies from The Ladd Company and where you can watch them.
Jun 3, 2024 · The Ladd Company saw success with hits like Blade Runner, but timing and financial burdens led to its downfall. Critical successes like The Right Stuff and Blade Runner failed to attract audiences, causing financial strain. Despite multiple setbacks, the company made a brief comeback with Alan Ladd Jr. leading MGM and later reviving ...
Mar 3, 2022 · Alan Ladd Jr., who as a producer and studio executive was a guiding hand behind scores of successful films, none bigger than “Star Wars,” which he championed when its young director, George ...
The Ladd Company was an American film production company founded by Alan Ladd Jr., Jay Kanter, and Gareth Wigan in 1979.
Mar 2, 2022 · Alan Ladd Jr., the Oscar-winning producer of Braveheart and longtime executive at both Fox and MGM, died on Wednesday, according to his family.
Sep 27, 2007 · Between his stint as production president at Fox and chairman of MGM, Alan Ladd Jr. ran a rather singular production company -- the Ladd Co. -- at Warner Bros.
Mar 2, 2022 · Ladd would quit the executive life in 1993, resurrecting The Ladd Company at Paramount Pictures. There, he rolled the dice on another action star-turned-filmmaker.
Mar 2, 2022 · That was the year that Ladd and the two senior production executives under him — Jay Kanter and Gareth Wigan — left Fox and formed the Ladd Co., an independent production company financed by...
