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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 relocated to London at the end of the 1960s to work as an independent producer. There, he established a film venture with Jay Kanter and Jerry Gershwin. Ladd made nine films during his sojourn there, including The Walking Stick, A Severed Head, Villain, The Nightcomers, and X Y & Zee.
Mar 2, 2022 · Oscar-winning producer and influential motion picture executive Alan Ladd Jr., who ushered in the “Star Wars” era of motion pictures, died Wednesday. He was 84.
Mar 2, 2022 · He formed The Ladd Co., based at Warner Bros., along with Fox associates Jay Kanter and Gareth Wigan.
In 1979, Ladd Jr. formed his own production company, The Ladd Company, with Jay Kanter and Gareth Wigan, and they were prominently involved in many successful and acclaimed films throughout the first half of the 1980s, including Kagemusha, Body Heat, Blade Runner, Night Shift, The Right Stuff, Once Upon a Time in America, Police Academy, and ...
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...
Mar 3, 2022 · Warner Bros. then offered to set up and help fund the Ladd Co., to which he brought his faithful cadre of executives. Jay Kanter (also a former agent), Gareth Wigan and Ashley Boone.
