{{Short description|American film producer (1937–2022)}} {{Infobox person | name = Gray Frederickson | image = Gray frederickson.png | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1937|7|21}} | birth_place = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|11|20|1937|7|21}} | death_place = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. | other_names = | partner = | years_active = 1963–2022 | occupation = Producer }}
'''Gray Frederickson''' (July 21, 1937 – November 20, 2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gray Frederickson, Academy Award-Winning Godfather Part II Producer, Dies at 85 |url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/gray-frederickson-academy-award-winning-godfather-part-ii-producer-dies-85-obituary/ |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=Movies |language=en}}</ref> was an American film producer.
==Frequent collaborators and history== Frederickson was a long-time producer for Francis Ford Coppola and worked out of a studio alongside Greg Mellott out of Oklahoma City.<ref name="newsok">{{cite web|url=http://newsok.com/video-interviews-francis-ford-coppola-successfully-tests-groundbreaking-live-cinema-experiment-distant-vision-at-oklahoma-city-community-college/article/5425917|title=Video & interviews: Francis Ford Coppola successfully tests groundbreaking 'Live Cinema' experiment 'Distant Vision' at Oklahoma City Community College | News OK|publisher=newsok.com|accessdate=2016-07-20}}</ref>
Robert De Niro claims that in 1974 he and Frederickson went up to the Gulf and Western Building in New York City to a private screening room to study Marlon Brando's movements. De Niro compared it to a science experiment which prepared him for his character in ''The Godfather Part II''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/19/entertainment/robert-de-niro-godfather-part-2/index.html|title = Robert de Niro explains his 'Godfather' experiment|website = CNN|date = 19 April 2017}}</ref> Frederickson and Coppola collaborated on ''Apocalypse Now'', ''One from the Heart'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemamanagementgroup.com/staff/gray-frederickson/|title=Gray Frederickson -|website=www.cinemamanagementgroup.com|date=January 1999 }}</ref> and ''The Outsiders''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sehinton.com/movies/outsiders.html|title=The Outsiders|website=www.sehinton.com|access-date=2017-06-15|archive-date=2022-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123030930/http://www.sehinton.com/movies/outsiders.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscar-winning-producer-godfather-part-670668|title=Oscar-Winning Producer of 'The Godfather Part II' Joins Dinesh D'Souza's Next Film|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=13 January 2014|publisher=}}</ref> According to ''Rolling Stone'', the first meeting between Frederickson, Coppola, and Al Ruddy was interrupted by a phone call from Brando.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/5-things-we-learned-from-tribecas-godfather-reunion-w479616|title = 5 Things We Learned from Tribeca's 'Godfather' Reunion|magazine = Rolling Stone|date = 30 April 2017}}</ref>
==Awards== Frederickson is best known for winning an Oscar as one of the co-producers of ''The Godfather Part II''<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/5-things-we-learned-from-tribecas-godfather-reunion-w479616|title=5 Things We Learned From Tribeca's 'Godfather' Reunion|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=30 April 2017|publisher=}}</ref> at the 47th Academy Awards.<ref name="occc">{{cite web|url=http://www.occc.edu/fvp/gray.html#sthash.sROfY5BV.dpuf|title=Gray Frederickson|publisher=occc.edu|accessdate=2016-07-20|archive-date=2014-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224161858/http://www.occc.edu/fvp/gray.html#sthash.sROfY5BV.dpuf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In addition he was also nominated for ''Apocalypse Now''. <ref name="afi">{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/100years/movies10.aspx|title=American Film Institute|publisher=afi.com|accessdate=2016-07-20}}</ref> Frederickson won an Emmy for ''Dream No Little Dream: The Life and Legacy of Robert S. Kerr'' (2007).<ref name="ldcelebrityinterviews">{{cite web|url=http://ldcelebrityinterviews.com/gray-frederickson.html|title=Gray Frederickson|publisher=ldcelebrityinterviews.com|accessdate=2016-07-20}}</ref>
==Later production== In the summer of 2015, Frederickson produced a new cinematic live theater art form called, 'Distant Vision' directed by Francis Ford Coppola.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pioneer.occc.edu/index.php/news/1-latest-news/4529-hollywood-legend-brings-vision-to-occc- |title=Hollywood legend brings vision to OCCC |access-date=2015-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725150923/http://pioneer.occc.edu/index.php/news/1-latest-news/4529-hollywood-legend-brings-vision-to-occc- |archive-date=2015-07-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Personal life== Frederickson was married to Karen and resided in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0292875/bio|title=Gray Frederickson - Biography - IMDb|publisher=imdb.com|accessdate=2016-07-20}}</ref> He died of prostate cancer on November 20, 2022, at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu.oklahoman.com/story/entertainment/2022/11/20/oscar-winning-oklahoma-filmmaker-gray-frederickson-dies/69665758007/|title=Oscar-winning Oklahoma filmmaker Gray Frederickson dies|publisher=The Oklahoman|first=Brandy |last=McDonnell|date=November 20, 2022|access-date=November 21, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/gray-frederickson-dead-godfather-apocalypse-now-1235438957/|title=Gray Frederickson, Oscar-Winning Producer on 'Godfather' Movies, 'Apocalypse Now,' Dies at 85|first=Pat|last=Saperstein|publisher=Variety|date=November 21, 2022|access-date=November 21, 2022}}</ref>
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