The Resume

(December 13, 1934-July 13, 2012)
Born in Los Angeles, California
Son of Hollywood mogul Darryl F. Zanuck
Produced or co-produced the films 'Compulsion' (1959), 'The Sugarland Express' (1974), 'Jaws' (1975), 'The Eiger Sanction' (1975), 'Jaws 2' (1978), 'Neighbors' (1981), 'The Verdict' (1982), 'Cocoon' (1985), 'Driving Miss Daisy' (1989), 'Rush' (1991), 'Mulholland Falls' (1996), 'Deep Impact' (1998), 'Planet of the Apes' (2001), 'Road to Perdition' (2002), 'Big Fish' (2003), 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' (2005), 'Sweeney Todd' (2007), 'Alice in Wonderland' (2010) and 'Dark Shadows' (2012)
Co-produced the 72nd Academy Awards ceremony (2000)

Why he might be annoying:

Growing up, his ballgames were attended by studio execs bussed in by his dad to cheer him on.
His dad hired him as head of production for 20th Century Fox (1963).
After he greenlit a series of big-budget bombs, such as 'Dr. Doolittle' (1967), 'Star!' (1968) and 'Hello, Dolly!' (1969), he was fired by his dad.
He divorced actress Linda Harrison.
He married two different women named Lili.

Why he might not be annoying:

He said the main lesson he picked up working for his father was, 'We learned that a movie depended on four words: story, story, story and story.'
Although he got his big break from his father, he had a lot of success on his own.
He and Darryl were the first father and son to produce winners of the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Stephen Spielberg described him as 'a director's producer. He always feels his job is to protect the director.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Academy Awards: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (Ranked: 1991)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 43]
• I Attended Stanford
• I Died in 2012 (Ranked: 77)
• I Died on Friday the 13th (Ranked: 2012)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[U-Z]
• I Married in 1978
• Jaws [Series]
• Look at Me, I'm Accepting My Award
• Look at Me, I'm Accepting My Oscar
• Myra Breckinridge [1970]
• People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People [1975]
• Planet of the Apes [Series]
• Profiles 33001-33250 (Ranked: 33153)
• Sons of Celebrities
• Steven Spielberg Films
• Tim Burton's Recasts
• Valley of the Dolls [1967]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 82 Votes: 69.51% Annoying