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Fred Schneier, who oversaw programming at Showtime, headed Viacom Pictures and produced films for his own banner, has died. He was 95.
Schneier died Sept. 15 at his home in Los Angeles, his daughter, Diane Schneier Perrin, announced.
In 1983, Schneier moved from New York to Los Angeles to support the launch of Showtime Networks Inc. as vp acquisitions. He would rise to executive vp programming, responsible for the cable network’s programming and production.
Under his stewardship, Showtime acquired major film packages, concluded more than 1 billion in licenses for films and introduced boxing and other high-profile events to its schedule.
In 1989, Viacom International launched Viacom Pictures with Schneier as president and CEO, and among the films the division produced under his watch were Paris Trout (1991), starring Dennis Hopper; Taking the Heat (1993), with Tony Goldwyn and Lynn Whitfield; and The Wrong Man (1993), starring Rosanna Arquette.
He launched his own banner,...
Fred Schneier, who oversaw programming at Showtime, headed Viacom Pictures and produced films for his own banner, has died. He was 95.
Schneier died Sept. 15 at his home in Los Angeles, his daughter, Diane Schneier Perrin, announced.
In 1983, Schneier moved from New York to Los Angeles to support the launch of Showtime Networks Inc. as vp acquisitions. He would rise to executive vp programming, responsible for the cable network’s programming and production.
Under his stewardship, Showtime acquired major film packages, concluded more than 1 billion in licenses for films and introduced boxing and other high-profile events to its schedule.
In 1989, Viacom International launched Viacom Pictures with Schneier as president and CEO, and among the films the division produced under his watch were Paris Trout (1991), starring Dennis Hopper; Taking the Heat (1993), with Tony Goldwyn and Lynn Whitfield; and The Wrong Man (1993), starring Rosanna Arquette.
He launched his own banner,...
- 10/7/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Frederick Schneier, an entertainment industry veteran of more than 45 years, died on Sept. 15 in his Los Angeles home. He was 95.
Schneier most prominently served as an executive at Viacom, where he helped to develop Showtime Networks in the 1980s and later became president and CEO of Viacom Pictures.
Schneier was born on May 31, 1927 in Brooklyn, N.Y. He served in the U.S. Army and eventually attended New York University to study business with an emphasis on marketing. He met his wife of 67 years, Joyce, shortly after he graduated from NYU and the couple married in 1955.
His career in film and television kicked off in 1958 when he and his mentor, Robert C. Manby, founded Showcorporation of America, an international distributor of film and television productions. Schneier then joined the American subsidiary of the London-based Hemdale Leisure Corporation in 1973 as its vice president and chief operating officer, where he helped produce film...
Schneier most prominently served as an executive at Viacom, where he helped to develop Showtime Networks in the 1980s and later became president and CEO of Viacom Pictures.
Schneier was born on May 31, 1927 in Brooklyn, N.Y. He served in the U.S. Army and eventually attended New York University to study business with an emphasis on marketing. He met his wife of 67 years, Joyce, shortly after he graduated from NYU and the couple married in 1955.
His career in film and television kicked off in 1958 when he and his mentor, Robert C. Manby, founded Showcorporation of America, an international distributor of film and television productions. Schneier then joined the American subsidiary of the London-based Hemdale Leisure Corporation in 1973 as its vice president and chief operating officer, where he helped produce film...
- 10/7/2022
- by EJ Panaligan
- Variety Film + TV
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