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Ronald L. Schwary is a Actor, Associate Producer and Assistant Director American born on 23 may 1944

Ronald L. Schwary

Ronald L. Schwary
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Birth name Ronald Louis Schwary
Nationality USA
Birth 23 may 1944 (79 years)

Ronald Louis Schwary est un producteur de cinéma et de télévision américain né le 23 mai 1944 à The Dalles (Oregon). Il a aussi réalisé divers épisodes de séries télévisées et été assistant réalisateur sur plusieurs films.

Biography

Schwary commence sa carrière dans l'industrie du cinéma comme assistant réalisateur pour diverses productions cinématographiques et télévisuelles dans les années 1970. À partir de 1976, il devient producteur associé. En 1980, il produit Des gens comme les autres de Robert Redford, son premier film indépendant qui reçoit l'année suivante l'Oscar du meilleur film.

Dans les années 2000, il est aussi producteur délégué de séries télévisées, notamment de Médium.

Best films

Tootsie (1982)
(Producer)
Scent of a Woman (1992)
(Executive Producer)
Ordinary People (1980)
(Production Manager)
Sabrina (1995)
(Production Manager)
California Suite (1978)
(Associate Producer)
Absence of Malice (1981)
(Production Manager)

Usually with

Dave Grusin
Dave Grusin
(4 films)
Elaine May
Elaine May
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ronald L. Schwary (18 films)

Display filmography as list

Actor

Sabrina
Sabrina (1995)
, 2h7
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear, Nancy Marchand, Fanny Ardant, Richard Crenna
Roles Sheik
Rating62% 3.1493153.1493153.1493153.1493153.149315
Sabrina Fairchild is the young daughter of the Larrabee family's chauffeur, Thomas, and has been in love with David Larrabee all her life. David is a playboy, constantly falling in love, yet he has never noticed Sabrina, much to her dismay.
*batteries not included, 1h46
Directed by Matthew Robbins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films
Actors Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae, Elizabeth Peña, Michael Carmine, Tom Aldredge
Roles Louie
Rating66% 3.3007053.3007053.3007053.3007053.300705
Frank and Faye Riley (Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy), an elderly couple who run an apartment building and café in the run-down East Village neighborhood, come under threat by a nearby property development. The development manager, Lacey sends a hoodlum named Carlos and his gang of thugs to bribe the couple and their tenants to move out. When the tenants resist, Carlos and his thugs punch through artist Mason Baylor's (Dennis Boutsikaris) door, intimidate pregnant single mother Marisa Esteval (Elizabeth Peña) and break retired boxer Harry Knoble's (Frank McRae) jar of tiles. After Frank Riley refuses to move, Carlos vandalizes the café.
Tootsie
Tootsie (1982)
, 1h57
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, L'usurpation d'identité, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Musical films, Escroquerie, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Charles Durning, Bill Murray, Dabney Coleman
Roles Phil Weintraub
Rating73% 3.698473.698473.698473.698473.69847
Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) is a respected but perfectionist actor. Nobody in New York wants to hire him anymore because he is difficult to work with. According to his long-suffering agent George Fields (Sydney Pollack), Michael's attention to detail and difficult reputation led a commercial he worked on to run significantly over-schedule, because the idea of a tomato sitting down was "illogical" to him. After many months without a job, Michael hears of an opening on the soap opera Southwest General from his friend and acting student Sandy Lester (Teri Garr), who tries out for the role of a hospital administrator Emily Kimberly but does not get it. In desperation, and as a result of his agent telling him that "no one will hire you", he dresses as a woman, auditions as "Dorothy Michaels" and wins the part. Michael takes the job as a way to raise $8,000 to produce a play, written by his roommate Jeff Slater (Bill Murray) and to star Sandy, titled Return to Love Canal. Michael plays his character as a feisty, feminist administrator, which surprises the other actors and crew who expected Emily to be (as written) another swooning female in the plot. His character quickly becomes a television sensation.
Casey's Shadow, 1h57
Directed by Martin Ritt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses
Actors Walter Matthau, Alexis Smith, Murray Hamilton, Robert Webber, Whit Bissell, Andrew Rubin
Rating61% 3.0508653.0508653.0508653.0508653.050865
Down on his luck Louisiana horse trainer Lloyd Bourdelle (Walter Matthau) dreams of winning the All American Futurity at Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico. Lloyd has three sons, Buddy, Randy and Casey. Buddy (Andrew Rubin) helps his father train horses, while Randy (Steve Burns) rides them in races. Lloyd takes Casey (Michael Hershewe) and Randy to a small bush track, to try to make some money by racing Casey's small pony, Gypsy. They find a match race with Mr Marsh (Robert Webber) and his daughter Kelly (Susan Myers), but play a trick on Marsh by tying a live chicken to Gypsy's saddle. Gypsy wins the race, but Marsh doesn't pay up, complaining that Lloyd cheated him by not having a rider on Gypsy. Lloyd laughs and remarks that the chicken is the best live jockey around. The races end and Lloyd takes Randy and Casey home.

Producer

Random Hearts, 2h13
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Harrison Ford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Charles Dutton, Bonnie Hunt, Dennis Haysbert, Sydney Pollack
Roles Executive Producer
Rating53% 2.65162.65162.65162.65162.6516
The film adaptation loosely follows the story of the novel, but many of the characters have been changed. Edward Davis is now Sergeant William 'Dutch' Van Den Broeck, a Washington, D.C. police officer. Vivien Simpson is now Kay Chandler, a wealthy Republican Congresswoman with a teenage daughter. They meet when their spouses, Peyton and Cullen, are killed in a plane crash and realize that their partners were having an affair. The story evolves around the relationship between the two surviving spouses, as the tragedy envelopes their lives, and affects his career as a police officer and her campaign for re-election to Congress.
Meet Joe Black, 2h52
Directed by Martin Brest
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about angels
Actors Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia Gay Harden, Jeffrey Tambor
Roles Executive Producer
Rating72% 3.601073.601073.601073.601073.60107
Billionaire media mogul William "Bill" Parrish is considering a merger between his company and another media giant, while also about to celebrate his 65th birthday with an elaborate party being planned by his eldest daughter Allison. He begins to hear mysterious voices, which he tries with increasing difficulty to ignore. His youngest daughter Susan, an internal medicine resident, is involved with one of Bill's board members, Drew. She is considering marriage, but her father can tell she's not passionately in love. When she asks for the short version of his impassioned speech, he simply says, "Stay open.
The Mirror Has Two Faces, 2h6
Directed by Barbra Streisand
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Jeff Bridges, Lauren Bacall, George Segal, Mimi Rogers, Pierce Brosnan, Brenda Vaccaro
Roles Co-Executive Producer
Rating66% 3.300383.300383.300383.300383.30038
Rose Morgan (Streisand), a shy, plain, middle-aged English literature professor at Columbia University, shares a home with her vain, overbearing mother Hannah (Bacall). Her attractive sister Claire (Rogers) starts making preparations for her third wedding to Alex (Brosnan), who used to date Rose, so she begins to feel her loveless life is empty.
Sabrina
Sabrina (1995)
, 2h7
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear, Nancy Marchand, Fanny Ardant, Richard Crenna
Roles Production Manager
Rating62% 3.1493153.1493153.1493153.1493153.149315
Sabrina Fairchild is the young daughter of the Larrabee family's chauffeur, Thomas, and has been in love with David Larrabee all her life. David is a playboy, constantly falling in love, yet he has never noticed Sabrina, much to her dismay.
Cops & Robbersons, 1h33
Directed by Michael Ritchie
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Chevy Chase, Jack Palance, Dianne Wiest, Robert Davi, Jason James Richter, Fay Masterson
Roles Producer
Rating52% 2.600442.600442.600442.600442.60044
When police discover that a mob hitman has moved in next door to the Robbersons, they want to find out what he is up to. So they set up a stakeout in the Robbersons' home. Hard-nosed, tough-as-nails Jake Stone (Jack Palance) and his young partner Tony Moore (David Barry Gray) are assigned to the stakeout, but now it's a question of whether Jake can last long enough to capture the bad guys. The Robbersons want to help and by doing so, they drive Jake crazy.
Scent of a Woman, 2h37
Directed by Martin Brest
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bradley Whitford
Roles Executive Producer
Rating79% 3.998883.998883.998883.998883.99888
Charlie Simms is a student at an exclusive New England prep school. Unlike most of his peers, Charlie was not born to a wealthy family. To pay for a flight home to Oregon for Christmas, Charlie accepts a temporary job over Thanksgiving weekend looking after retired Army Ranger Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, whom Charlie discovers to be a cantankerous, blind alcoholic.
Havana
Havana (1990)
, 2h20
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Jeu, Seafaring films, Transport films, Poker, Political films
Actors Robert Redford, Lena Olin, Raúl Juliá, Alan Arkin, Tomás Milián, Daniel Davis
Roles Executive Producer
Rating60% 3.047533.047533.047533.047533.04753
The film is set on the eve of the Cuban Revolution's victory on January 1, 1959.
*batteries not included, 1h46
Directed by Matthew Robbins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films
Actors Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae, Elizabeth Peña, Michael Carmine, Tom Aldredge
Roles Producer
Rating66% 3.3007053.3007053.3007053.3007053.300705
Frank and Faye Riley (Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy), an elderly couple who run an apartment building and café in the run-down East Village neighborhood, come under threat by a nearby property development. The development manager, Lacey sends a hoodlum named Carlos and his gang of thugs to bribe the couple and their tenants to move out. When the tenants resist, Carlos and his thugs punch through artist Mason Baylor's (Dennis Boutsikaris) door, intimidate pregnant single mother Marisa Esteval (Elizabeth Peña) and break retired boxer Harry Knoble's (Frank McRae) jar of tiles. After Frank Riley refuses to move, Carlos vandalizes the café.
A Soldier's Story, 1h41
Directed by Norman Jewison
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Crime
Themes Films about racism, Political films
Actors Howard Rollins, Adolph Caesar, David Alan Grier, Larry Riley, Denzel Washington, David Harris
Roles Producer
Rating71% 3.595583.595583.595583.595583.59558
The time is 1944 during World War II. Vernon Waters (Adolph Caesar), the Army sergeant in charge of Company B, a platoon of black soldiers, is very drunk and staggering along a road along Fort Neal, a segregated Army base in Louisiana. Waters' last words amidst his raucous laughter were "They still hate you! They still hate you!" before he is shot to death with a .45 caliber pistol.
Let's Spend the Night Together
Directed by Hal Ashby
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood
Roles Producer
Rating64% 3.2440753.2440753.2440753.2440753.244075
Vingt-cinq chansons interprétées durant la vaste tournée américaine de 1981.
Tootsie
Tootsie (1982)
, 1h57
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, L'usurpation d'identité, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Musical films, Escroquerie, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Charles Durning, Bill Murray, Dabney Coleman
Roles Producer
Rating73% 3.698473.698473.698473.698473.69847
Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) is a respected but perfectionist actor. Nobody in New York wants to hire him anymore because he is difficult to work with. According to his long-suffering agent George Fields (Sydney Pollack), Michael's attention to detail and difficult reputation led a commercial he worked on to run significantly over-schedule, because the idea of a tomato sitting down was "illogical" to him. After many months without a job, Michael hears of an opening on the soap opera Southwest General from his friend and acting student Sandy Lester (Teri Garr), who tries out for the role of a hospital administrator Emily Kimberly but does not get it. In desperation, and as a result of his agent telling him that "no one will hire you", he dresses as a woman, auditions as "Dorothy Michaels" and wins the part. Michael takes the job as a way to raise $8,000 to produce a play, written by his roommate Jeff Slater (Bill Murray) and to star Sandy, titled Return to Love Canal. Michael plays his character as a feisty, feminist administrator, which surprises the other actors and crew who expected Emily to be (as written) another swooning female in the plot. His character quickly becomes a television sensation.