Ron Bozman is an American film producer who won an Academy Award for Best Picture in 1991 for the film The Silence of the Lambs.
Early life and education Bozman was born in Dallas, Texas. He grew up in Garland, Texas, graduating from Garland High School in 1965. He graduated from Rice University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology in 1969.
Career Bozman broke into the film business in 1974 when he was a production manager for the film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a low-budget horror movie that developed a cult following.
He was a first assistant director on a string of successful movies through the 1980s, including The Muppets Take Manhattan, Something Wild and Married to the Mob. He then went on to be a full producer on Waiting for the Light (1990) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
In 1991, Bozman won the Academy Award for Best Picture as one of the producers of Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs—one of only three films to win all the major categories in that competition (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Actress).
Two years later, Bozman was an executive producer on Philadelphia, another film directed by Demme, which won two Academy Awards.
Bozman also produced The Ref, Eddie, Beloved, For Love of the Game, Changing Lanes, The Human Stain, The Stepford Wives, Failure to Launch, Perfect Stranger, and Confessions of a Shopaholic.
Filmography Year Film Role 1974 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Production manager 1984 The Muppets Take Manhattan First assistant director 1986 Something Wild First assistant director 1988 Married to the Mob First assistant director 1990 Waiting for the Light Producer 1991 The Silence of the Lambs Producer 1993 Philadelphia Executive producer 1994 The Ref Producer 1996 Eddie Producer 1998 Beloved Producer 1999 For Love of the Game Producer 2002 Changing Lanes Producer 2003 The Human Stain Producer 2004 The Stepford Wives Producer 2006 Failure to Launch Producer 2007 Perfect Stranger Producer 2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic Producer
Personal life Bozman lives in New York City, with his wife Kyle McCarthy and his son Regan.
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