Charles Gordon(1947-2020)
- Producer
- Writer
- Actor
Charles Gordon was a film and television producer that was born and the family went to Mississippi. He moved to Los Angeles when he started his entertainment career.
He worked as a talent agent, and then he was intern for brother Lawrence Gordon. He worked for screenwriting and television producing credits at Lawrence Gordon Productions, such as The Renegades (1983), Just Our Luck (1983) and Our Family Honor (1985), while two other series concepts at Largo Productions went unsold.
He then worked as an independent producer via Tri-Star Pictures for Extra Sangsues (1986), before starting up The Gordon Company with his brother Lawrence Gordon at 20th Century Fox. There, the duo produced Piège de cristal (1988) and 58 Minutes pour vivre (1990), and earned him a joint Oscar nomination with his brother for Jusqu'au bout du rêve (1989).
In 1989, the Gordons founded Largo Entertainment, in partnership with JVC. There he produced Le proprio (1991) and Obsession fatale (1992). When the Gordons left Largo Entertainment, he started Daybreak Productions at Universal Pictures. The first project Daybreak produced was Waterworld (1995), on behalf of Lawrence Gordon, which served as executive producer.
Daybreak Productions then subsequently produced Trojan War (1997) for Warner Bros. and the critically-acclaimed successful feature film Ciel d'octobre (1999) for Universal Pictures. He then produced Girl Next Door (2004) for Regency Enterprises and Hitman (2007) for 20th Century Fox, as well as reboot Hitman: Agent 47 (2015).
He was subsequently died on October 31, 2020 in Los Angeles and he was 73 years old.
He worked as a talent agent, and then he was intern for brother Lawrence Gordon. He worked for screenwriting and television producing credits at Lawrence Gordon Productions, such as The Renegades (1983), Just Our Luck (1983) and Our Family Honor (1985), while two other series concepts at Largo Productions went unsold.
He then worked as an independent producer via Tri-Star Pictures for Extra Sangsues (1986), before starting up The Gordon Company with his brother Lawrence Gordon at 20th Century Fox. There, the duo produced Piège de cristal (1988) and 58 Minutes pour vivre (1990), and earned him a joint Oscar nomination with his brother for Jusqu'au bout du rêve (1989).
In 1989, the Gordons founded Largo Entertainment, in partnership with JVC. There he produced Le proprio (1991) and Obsession fatale (1992). When the Gordons left Largo Entertainment, he started Daybreak Productions at Universal Pictures. The first project Daybreak produced was Waterworld (1995), on behalf of Lawrence Gordon, which served as executive producer.
Daybreak Productions then subsequently produced Trojan War (1997) for Warner Bros. and the critically-acclaimed successful feature film Ciel d'octobre (1999) for Universal Pictures. He then produced Girl Next Door (2004) for Regency Enterprises and Hitman (2007) for 20th Century Fox, as well as reboot Hitman: Agent 47 (2015).
He was subsequently died on October 31, 2020 in Los Angeles and he was 73 years old.
