Sherry Lansing
During almost 30 years in the motion picture business, Sherry Lansing was involved in the production, marketing, and distribution of more than 200 films, including Academy Award winners Forrest Gump (1994), Braveheart (1995), and Titanic (1997). Throughout her film career, Lansing earned a reputation as a trailblazer, a visionary leader, and a creative filmmaker. By 1980, she was appointed President of 20th Century Fox. Later, as an independent producer – in partnership with Stanley Jaffe, they formed Jaffe/Lansing Productions – and were responsible for such successful films as Fatal Attraction, The Accused, School Ties, Indecent Proposal, and Black Rain. In 1992, she was named Chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures and began an unprecedented tenure that lasted more than 12 years (1992 – 2005), during which the studio enjoyed enormous creative and financial success.
When Lansing decided to leave Hollywood, she consulted with former President Jimmy Carter before forming The Sherry Lansing Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research, health, public education, and encore career opportunities.
This is not the first time Lansing has come to Chapman University. Back in 2005 she was honored along with her husband, William Friedkin, with Chapman’s Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Award at the University’s annual gala fundraiser now known as Chapman Celebrates (previously known as American Celebration). Additionally, as a longtime friend of Chapman Professor Harry Ufland, Lansing has been his guest at Ufland’s hugely popular “Success in Media” class.
Stephen Galloway
Stephen Galloway is an Emmy Award-winning journalist who serves as the executive features editor for The Hollywood Reporter. Among his honors, he was named 2013 journalist of the year at the National Entertainment Journalism Awards. He is the author of the biography Leading Lady: Sherry Lansing and the Making of a Hollywood Groundbreaker, out April 25, 2017.
The event will take place on Wednesday, November 29, at 7 p.m. in the Folino Theater at Chapman’s Marion Knott Studios. It is free and open to the public. Seating is on a first-come-first-served basis. Ms. Lansing and Mr. Galloway will remain to take photos and sign copies for attendees who brought copies of Leading Lady. Books will not be available for sale at the event.
Here is a link to a two minute video on Sherry Lansing:
https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/EiNZH
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