Peter Guber

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AKA: Howard Peter Guber
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 03/01/1942
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

biography

Peter Guber was recruited directly from college by Columbia Pictures in 1968 and began a successful career as an independent producer in 1976. His first feature was the waterlogged adventure "The Deep" (1977), but he soon had greater critical success with "Midnight Express" (1978). In 1982 he joined with Jon Peters to form the Guber-Peters Company, one of Hollywood's most effective producing teams of the 1980s with blockbusters such as "Flashdance" (1983) and "Batman" (1989). Guber and Peters were appointed joint heads of Columbia after the Sony corporation's costly purchase of the studio in Continued

Credits

Executive Producer
2005
Producer
2005
Executive Producer
2003
Executive Producer
1993
Executive Producer
1992
Producer
1989
Producer
1989
Executive Producer
1988
Executive Producer
1985
Executive Producer
1985
Executive Producer
1985
Executive Producer
1983
Executive Producer
1983
Executive Producer
1982
Executive Producer
1981
Producer
Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
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milestones

Year
Milestone
1968 
Recruited as executive assistant by Columbia Pictures while still at NYU
 
Worked seven years at Columbia in various production executive positions; last three years as studio chief
1976 
Formed Peter Guber's Filmworks; merged with Casablanca Records to become Casablanca Record and Filmworks' co-owner and chairman of the board
1977 
Produced first feature, "The Deep"
1978 
Executive produced first feature, "Midnight Express"
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