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Laura Ellen Ziskin (March 3, 1950 – June 12, 2011) was an American film producer. She was the executive producer of Pretty Woman (1990) and producer of Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Spider-Man 3 (2007), and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012; posthumous credit).
Laura Ziskin was a prolific producer and writer who worked on Spider-Man, The Butler, Stand Up to Cancer and more. She died in 2011 from breast cancer and was married to Julian Barry and Alvin Sargent.
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Jun 13, 2011 · LOS ANGELES — Laura Ziskin, a prominent Hollywood producer who ventured into the largely male world of special-effects movies to become a shaping force behind the blockbuster “Spider-Man”...
- Aljean Harmetz
Jun 13, 2011 · Laura Ziskin, a trailblazer among femme film producers and a forceful advocate for health and environmental issues, died Sunday of breast cancer at her home in Santa Monica, Calif. She was 61.
Jun 15, 2011 · After battling cancer for seven years, Laura Ziskin, 61, died June 12 at her home in Santa Monica, surrounded by her family: husband and screenwriter Alvin Sargent, daughter and producer Julia...
- Stacey Wilson Hunt
Jun 12, 2011 · Hollywood pioneer Laura Ziskin, the producer of Pretty Woman and the Spider-Man films who was a driving force behind the Stand Up to Cancer research movement, died Sunday at her home in...
Jun 13, 2011 · Laura Ziskin, a veteran film producer who helped break Hollywood’s glass ceiling for women, has died. She was 61. Ziskin died Sunday of breast cancer at her home in Los Angeles, said a spokesman...