Movie mogul Guy McElwaine, 71
Posted: Thursday, April 10th, 2008 11:07 pmIn classic Hollywood fashion Guy McElwaine rose from the mail room at Paramount Pictures in the 1950s to become head of Columbia Pictures in the 1980s, overseeing such classics as Gandhi (1982) and Ghostbusters (1984).
During a varied career, he was Frank Sinatra’s publicist and Steven Spielberg’s agent and confidant, making the deals that secured artistic freedom and a fortune for the young director before his 30th birthday. He was a partner in the early days of International Creative Management (ICM), one of the biggest showbiz talent agencies in the world. …
Guy McElwaine, Hollywood executive, was born on June 29, 1936. He died of pancreatic cancer on April 2, 2008, aged 71 … Read full obituary
