Jack Rapke

{{Infobox person | name = Jack Rapke | birth_date = | birth_place = United States | occupation = Film producer | spouse = Laurie Ann Perlman (divorced) Sandra Zundell Scheinberg ( divorced) | children = 2 (with Perlman) }}

'''Jack Rapke''' is an American film producer who has produced such films as the 2000 Robert Zemeckis film ''Cast Away''.<ref name='CastAway'>{{cite news | first=Emmanuel | last=Levy | title=Cast Away | date=December 8, 2000 | url =https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117796913.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 | work =Variety | accessdate = February 27, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="castaway">{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/277769/Jack-Rapke|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121234316/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/277769/Jack-Rapke|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-21|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|date=2009|title=Jack Rapke}}</ref>

==Biography== Rapke was born to a Jewish family and raised in Miami.<ref name=Levin>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=01uhAgAAQBAJ&q=jack|first=Laurie Ann|last=Levin|title=God, the Universe, and Where I Fit In|pages=245|publisher=HCI|date=October 1, 2009|isbn=9780757314407}}</ref> Rapke graduated from Nova High School in Davie, Florida in 1968 and New York University Film School in 1974.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jack Rapke: Making Award-Winning Films |url=https://artspeak.fiu.edu/interviews/jack-rapke/ |language=en-US}}</ref>

Rapke started his career from the mailroom of the William Morris Agency in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-11-01 |title=Secrets of Hollywood Agency Mailrooms |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/secrets-hollywood-agency-mailrooms-256122/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> He then worked as a talent agent at the William Morris Agency and after four years started working at Creative Artists Agency.<ref name=Levin />

Rapke served seven years as co-chairman of CAA’s motion picture department,<ref name="variety">{{Cite web|date=1997-04-08 |title=CAA’S MAD SCRAMBLE |url=https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/caa-s-mad-scramble-1117434862/ |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> where he handled filmmakers that included Robert Zemeckis, Chris Columbus, Jerry Bruckheimer, Ridley Scott, Michael Mann, Harold Ramis, Michael Bay, Terry Gilliam, Bob Gale, Bo Goldman, Steve Kloves, Howard Franklin, Scott Frank, Robert Mark Kamen, John Hughes, Joel Schumacher, Marty Brest, and Imagine Entertainment partners Ron Howard and Brian Grazer.<ref name="variety" />

Rapke left CAA in 1998 to form ImageMovers with Zemeckis.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-08-08 |title=Robert Zemeckis and Jack Rapke Ink Overall Deal at Fox TV Studios |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/robert-zemeckis-jack-rapke-fox-tv-studios-359217/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Cast Away'', directed by Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks was the company’s first feature film.<ref name="castaway" />

Rapke is currently producing ''Here'' to be directed by Robert Zemeckis.<ref>{{cite news |title=Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Here’ With Tom Hanks and Robin Wright Lands November Release |url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/robert-zemeckis-tom-hanks-robin-215207459.html |work=uk.movies.yahoo.com |date=29 March 2024}}</ref>

He was married to Laurie Ann Perlman,<ref>[https://variety.com/2003/scene/markets-festivals/levin-heads-for-divorce-1117878600/ Variety: "Levin heads for divorce" by Jill Goldsmith] January 12, 2003</ref> who was also Jewish;<ref name=Levin /> they had two children before divorcing.<ref name=Levin /> She remarried with Gerald M. Levin.<ref name=Levin /><ref>[http://observer.com/2003/06/hot-flash-trophy-wife-models-are-pass-rudy-to-jack-welch-remarrying-geezers-get-middleaged-babes-with-power-dowries/ The Observer: "Hot Flash! Trophy Wife Models Are Passé: Rudy to Jack Welch, Remarrying Geezers Get Middle-Aged Babes With Power Dowries" by By Alexandra Wolfe and Anna Jane Grossman] June 2, 2003</ref> He married Sandra Scheinberg Rapke in 1991. The two divorced in 2012.

==Filmography== He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

===Film=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Credit |- |rowspan=2| 2000 || ''What Lies Beneath'' || |- | ''Cast Away'' || |- | 2003 || ''Matchstick Men'' || |- | 2004 || ''The Polar Express'' || Executive producer |- | 2005 || ''The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio'' || |- |rowspan=2| 2006 || ''Last Holiday'' || |- | ''Monster House'' || |- | 2007 || ''Beowulf'' || |- | 2009 || ''A Christmas Carol'' || |- |rowspan=2| 2011 || ''Mars Needs Moms'' || |- | ''Real Steel'' || Executive producer |- | 2012 || ''Flight'' || |- | 2015 || ''The Walk'' || |- | 2016 || ''Allied'' || Executive producer |- | 2018 || ''Welcome to Marwen'' || |- | 2020 || ''The Witches'' || |- | 2021 || ''Finch'' || |- | 2022 || ''Pinocchio'' || Executive producer |- | 2024 | ''Here'' | |- | TBA || ''Barracuda'' || |}

;Thanks

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role |- | 1997 || ''8 Heads in a Duffel Bag'' || The producers and director wish to thank |}

===Television=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Credit ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- | 2011−13 || ''The Borgias'' || Executive producer || |- |rowspan=2| 2018 || ''Elemental: Hydrogen vs. Hindenburg'' || Executive producer || |- | ''Medal of Honor'' || Executive producer || Documentary |- | 2018−2023 || ''Manifest'' || Executive producer || |- | 2019–2020 || ''Project Blue Book'' || Executive producer || |- | 2019 || ''What/If'' || Executive producer || |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0710759}}

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