Jerry Sherlock
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Jerry Sherlock is an educator and former film and theater producer. Sherlock founded the New York Film Academy
School of Film & Acting, in 1992. Sherlock currently resides in New York City and is the President of the New York Film Academy.
Starting his career as a roustabout in a carnival at the age of fourteen, Sherlock became a film and Broadway producer in the early 1980s. As an independent producer for film, stage, and television he developed projects for Disney, Warner Brothers, United Artists
, Paramount
, E.M.I. and others. His credits are Executive Producer
of the major motion picture, The Hunt for Red October
, for Paramount Pictures; the Producer of Lolita, a Broadway production; and Executive Producer of the television production, Amal and the Night Visitors, for CBS.
before receiving an honorable discharge. He started his career as a buyer for S. Klein
, On The Square (he would return to Union Square years later to house the New York Film Academy
in the Tammany Hall
building), before eventually leaving to establish his own design business in Tokyo and Hong Kong.
He returned to New York to join Amtec, a textile brokerage, which he eventually built up to become the largest company of its kind in the world.
Sherlock left textiles to establish his own film production company, within six-months of establishing his company he had produced his first film, Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen in 1981, starring Michelle Pfeiffer
(in one of her first major roles), Peter Ustinov
and Angie Dickinson
. Later in 1981 he would produce an Edward Albee
adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov
's novel Lolita on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre
. The play starred Donald Sutherland
as Humbert Humbert.
Sherlock went on to work as an independent producer for Disney, Paramount
, United Artists
and EMI
. He had purchased the rights to the Tom Clancy
novel Hunt for Red October which he would Executive Produce through Paramount
.
In 1991 he went back to China, consulting for their film industry and founded the New York Film Academy
upon returning to New York in 1992.
Jerry's son Jean Sherlock runs the Universal Studios
branch of the New York Film Academy
.
New York Film Academy
New York Film Academy - School of Film and Acting is a film school andacting school based in New York City, Universal City, California, USA and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. NYFA offers short-term film-making and acting courses, as well as one- and two-year conservatory and Master of Fine Arts...
School of Film & Acting, in 1992. Sherlock currently resides in New York City and is the President of the New York Film Academy.
Starting his career as a roustabout in a carnival at the age of fourteen, Sherlock became a film and Broadway producer in the early 1980s. As an independent producer for film, stage, and television he developed projects for Disney, Warner Brothers, United Artists
United Artists
United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....
, Paramount
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
, E.M.I. and others. His credits are Executive Producer
Executive producer
An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
of the major motion picture, The Hunt for Red October
The Hunt for Red October
The Hunt for Red October is a 1984 novel by Tom Clancy. The story follows the intertwined adventures of Soviet submarine captain Marko Aleksandrovich Ramius and CIA analyst Jack Ryan.The novel was originally published by the U.S...
, for Paramount Pictures; the Producer of Lolita, a Broadway production; and Executive Producer of the television production, Amal and the Night Visitors, for CBS.
Early life and background
Sherlock dropped out of school at the age of fourteen to join the carnival. From the circus he joined the United States Air ForceUnited States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
before receiving an honorable discharge. He started his career as a buyer for S. Klein
S. Klein
S. Klein On The Square, or simply, S. Klein, was a popular priced department store chain based in New York City that is now defunct. The flagship stores were located along Union Square in Manhattan; this location would combine with the 1920s idiomatic catch phrase "on the square" to provide the...
, On The Square (he would return to Union Square years later to house the New York Film Academy
New York Film Academy
New York Film Academy - School of Film and Acting is a film school andacting school based in New York City, Universal City, California, USA and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. NYFA offers short-term film-making and acting courses, as well as one- and two-year conservatory and Master of Fine Arts...
in the Tammany Hall
Tammany Hall
Tammany Hall, also known as the Society of St. Tammany, the Sons of St. Tammany, or the Columbian Order, was a New York political organization founded in 1786 and incorporated on May 12, 1789 as the Tammany Society...
building), before eventually leaving to establish his own design business in Tokyo and Hong Kong.
He returned to New York to join Amtec, a textile brokerage, which he eventually built up to become the largest company of its kind in the world.
Sherlock left textiles to establish his own film production company, within six-months of establishing his company he had produced his first film, Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen in 1981, starring Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Marie Pfeiffer is an American actress. She made her film debut in 1980 in The Hollywood Knights, but first garnered mainstream attention with her performance in Brian De Palma's Scarface . Pfeiffer has won numerous awards for her work...
(in one of her first major roles), Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov
Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE was an English actor, writer and dramatist. He was also renowned as a filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, author, screenwriter, comedian, humourist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter...
and Angie Dickinson
Angie Dickinson
Angie Dickinson is an American actress. She has appeared in more than fifty films, including Rio Bravo, Ocean's Eleven, Dressed to Kill and Pay It Forward, and starred on television as Sergeant Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson on the 1970s crime series Police Woman.-Early life:Dickinson, the second of...
. Later in 1981 he would produce an Edward Albee
Edward Albee
Edward Franklin Albee III is an American playwright who is best known for The Zoo Story , The Sandbox , Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , and a rewrite of the screenplay for the unsuccessful musical version of Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's . His works are considered well-crafted, often...
adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a multilingual Russian novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist...
's novel Lolita on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
The Brooks Atkinson Theatre is a Broadway theater located at 256 West 47th Street in Manhattan.Designed by architect Herbert J. Krapp, it was constructed as the Mansfield Theatre by the Chanin brothers in 1926. After 1933, the theatre fell into relative disuse until 1945, when Michael Myerberg...
. The play starred Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland
Donald McNichol Sutherland, OC is a Canadian actor with a film career spanning nearly 50 years. Some of Sutherland's more notable movie roles included offbeat warriors in such war movies as The Dirty Dozen, , MASH , and Kelly's Heroes , as well as in such popular films as Klute, Invasion of the...
as Humbert Humbert.
Sherlock went on to work as an independent producer for Disney, Paramount
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
, United Artists
United Artists
United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....
and EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
. He had purchased the rights to the Tom Clancy
Tom Clancy
Thomas Leo "Tom" Clancy, Jr. is an American author, best known for his technically detailed espionage, military science, and techno thriller storylines set during and in the aftermath of the Cold War, along with video games on which he did not work, but which bear his name for licensing and...
novel Hunt for Red October which he would Executive Produce through Paramount
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
.
In 1991 he went back to China, consulting for their film industry and founded the New York Film Academy
New York Film Academy
New York Film Academy - School of Film and Acting is a film school andacting school based in New York City, Universal City, California, USA and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. NYFA offers short-term film-making and acting courses, as well as one- and two-year conservatory and Master of Fine Arts...
upon returning to New York in 1992.
Jerry's son Jean Sherlock runs the Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
branch of the New York Film Academy
New York Film Academy
New York Film Academy - School of Film and Acting is a film school andacting school based in New York City, Universal City, California, USA and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. NYFA offers short-term film-making and acting courses, as well as one- and two-year conservatory and Master of Fine Arts...
.
Film
- Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
- The Hunt for Red OctoberThe Hunt for Red October (film)The Hunt for Red October is a 1990 thriller film based on the novel of the same name by Tom Clancy. It was directed by John McTiernan and stars Sean Connery as Captain Marko Ramius and Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan...
(1990)
Theater
- Lolita (1981, Broadway) - written by Edward AlbeeEdward AlbeeEdward Franklin Albee III is an American playwright who is best known for The Zoo Story , The Sandbox , Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , and a rewrite of the screenplay for the unsuccessful musical version of Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's . His works are considered well-crafted, often...
, novel by Vladimir NabokovVladimir NabokovVladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a multilingual Russian novelist and short story writer. Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist...
, starring Donald SutherlandDonald SutherlandDonald McNichol Sutherland, OC is a Canadian actor with a film career spanning nearly 50 years. Some of Sutherland's more notable movie roles included offbeat warriors in such war movies as The Dirty Dozen, , MASH , and Kelly's Heroes , as well as in such popular films as Klute, Invasion of the...
, 12 performances.