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- Birth nameJohn David Eberts
- Jake Eberts was born on July 10, 1941 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was a producer and actor, known for Open Range (2003), Le Nom de la rose (1986) and Miss Daisy et son chauffeur (1989). He was married to Fiona. He died on September 6, 2012 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- SpouseFiona(? - September 6, 2012) (his death, 3 children)
- He moved to Paris in 1991.
- In 1992 he became an Officer of the OC.
- He majored in chemical engineering in college, but found he wasn't very good at it. He earned an MBA from Harvard, and worked on Wall Street for three years before joining an investment house in London. In 1974, he was approached to arrange the financing for an animated feature about a group of rabbits. La folle escapade (1978) became a box-office and critical success, and he became hooked on the movie business.
- He founded Goldcrest Films in the 1970s, and served as executive producer of several award-winning movies.
- As head of National Geographic Feature Films, he helped make the documentary La marche de l'empereur (2005) an international box-office hit.
- People wouldn't think of someone with a chemical engineering background to end up in the movie world, but life can take you down these wonderful paths.
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