Jack Rapke is an American film producer who has produced such films as the 2000 Robert Zemeckis film Cast Away.
Biography Rapke was born to a Jewish family and raised in Miami. Rapke graduated from Nova High School in Davie, Florida in 1968 and New York University Film School in 1974.
Rapke started his career from the mailroom of the William Morris Agency in 1975. He then worked as a talent agent at the William Morris Agency and after four years started working at Creative Artists Agency.
Rapke served seven years as co-chairman of CAA’s motion picture department, where he handled filmmakers that included Robert Zemeckis, Chris Columbus, Jerry Bruckheimer, Ridley Scott, Michael Mann, Harold Ramis, Michael Bay, Terry Gilliam, Bob Gale, Bo Goldman, Steve Kloves, Howard Franklin, Scott Frank, Robert Mark Kamen, John Hughes, Joel Schumacher, Marty Brest, and Imagine Entertainment partners Ron Howard and Brian Grazer.
Rapke left CAA in 1998 to form ImageMovers with Zemeckis. Cast Away, directed by Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks was the company’s first feature film.
Rapke is currently producing Here to be directed by Robert Zemeckis.
He was married to Laurie Ann Perlman,Variety: "Levin heads for divorce" by Jill Goldsmith January 12, 2003 who was also Jewish; they had two children before divorcing. She remarried with Gerald M. Levin.The Observer: "Hot Flash! Trophy Wife Models Are Passé: Rudy to Jack Welch, Remarrying Geezers Get Middle-Aged Babes With Power Dowries" by By Alexandra Wolfe and Anna Jane Grossman June 2, 2003 He married Sandra Scheinberg Rapke in 1991. The two divorced in 2012.
Filmography He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Film Year Film Credit 2000 What Lies Beneath Cast Away 2003 Matchstick Men 2004 The Polar Express Executive producer 2005 The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio 2006 Last Holiday Monster House 2007 Beowulf 2009 A Christmas Carol 2011 Mars Needs Moms Real Steel Executive producer 2012 Flight 2015 The Walk 2016 Allied Executive producer 2018 Welcome to Marwen 2020 The Witches 2021 Finch 2022 Pinocchio Executive producer 2024 Here TBA Barracuda
Thanks
Year Film Role 1997 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag The producers and director wish to thank
Television Year Title Credit Notes 2011−13 The Borgias Executive producer 2018 Elemental: Hydrogen vs. Hindenburg Executive producer Medal of Honor Executive producer Documentary 2018−2023 Manifest Executive producer 2019–2020 Project Blue Book Executive producer 2019 What/If Executive producer
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