He was the first to guide an X-rated film to the top of the Oscar heap, introduced the Beatles to Hollywood with “Hard Day’s Night” and “Help!” and convinced a reluctant Ian Fleming that, yes, James Bond might fare pretty well as a cinematic character.
David Picker speaks at the 25th annual Producers Guild of America Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Jan. 19, 2014.
was a studio chief at United Artists, Columbia and Paramount in a prestigious run of box-office successes including “Last Tango in Paris” and “Ordinary People.”Despite the accolades and the Oscars, Picker was quick to remind admirers that his career would likely have turned out the same even if he’d rejected the movies he helped bring to the movie houses of America and greenlighted those he’d kicked to the curb.
Active until late in life, Picker died Saturday in New York City, his hometown. He was 87 and had been fighting colon cancer, wife Sandra Jetton Picker said.
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