Charles H. Joffe

Executive, Producer

About

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Birth Place

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Born

July 16, 1929

Died

July 11, 2008

Cause of Death

Lung Disease

Biography

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With his longtime partner Jack Rollins, Charles H Joffe founded a management-production office that had a client list including Ted Bessell, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Tom Poston and David Letterman. But Joffe and Rollins found their biggest success in collaboration with writer- director-actor Woody Allen. Beginning with Allen's 1966 play "Don't Drink the Water" which they co-produce...

Filmography

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Our Hollywood Education (1992)

Whatever Works (2009)

Co-Executive Producer

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Co-Executive Producer

Cassandra's Dream (2007)

Co-Executive Producer

Co-Executive Producer

Match Point (2005)

Co-Executive Producer

Photos & Videos

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Bananas (1971) -- (Movie Clip) I Love Leprosy

Bananas (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Dinner With The President

Family & Companions

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Carol Shapiro

Wife

Biography

With his longtime partner Jack Rollins, Charles H Joffe founded a management-production office that had a client list including Ted Bessell, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Tom Poston and David Letterman. But Joffe and Rollins found their biggest success in collaboration with writer- director-actor Woody Allen. Beginning with Allen's 1966 play "Don't Drink the Water" which they co-produced (with famed impresario David Merrick) on Broadway and Allen's feature directorial effort "Take the Money and Run" (1969), Joffe and Rollins have served as producers or executive producers on every Allen film.

Joffe has also occasionally produced or executive produced other comedies including 1979's "The House of God" (which never received a full theatrical release) and Steve Gordon's screwball comedy "Arthur" (1981). He also served as an executive producer on Martin Ritt's McCarthy-era drama "The Front" (1976), that featured Woody Allen in a dramatic role.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Our Hollywood Education (1992)

Producer (Feature Film)

Whatever Works (2009)

Co-Executive Producer

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Co-Executive Producer

Cassandra's Dream (2007)

Co-Executive Producer

Co-Executive Producer

Match Point (2005)

Co-Executive Producer

Melinda and Melinda (2004)

Co-Executive Producer

Anything Else (2003)

Co-Executive Producer

Hollywood Ending (2002)

Co-Executive Producer

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)

Co-Executive Producer

Small Time Crooks (2000)

Co-Executive Producer

Sweet and Lowdown (1999)

Co-Executive Producer

Celebrity (1998)

Co-Executive Producer

Deconstructing Harry (1997)

Co-Executive Producer

Everyone Says I Love You (1996)

Co-Executive Producer

Triplecross (1995)

Executive Producer

Mighty Aphrodite (1995)

Co-Executive Producer

Bullets Over Broadway (1994)

Co-Executive Producer

Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)

Executive Producer

Mastergate (1992)

Executive Producer

Husbands and Wives (1992)

Executive Producer

Shadows And Fog (1991)

Executive Producer

Crimes And Misdemeanors (1989)

Executive Producer

New York Stories (1989)

Executive Producer

Another Woman (1988)

Executive Producer

Radio Days (1987)

Executive Producer

September (1987)

Executive Producer

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)

Executive Producer

The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)

Executive Producer

Broadway Danny Rose (1984)

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

The Acorn People (1981)

Executive Producer

Stardust Memories (1980)

Executive Producer

The House Of God (1979)

Manhattan (1979)

Interiors (1978)

Annie Hall (1977)

The Front (1976)

Executive Producer

Love and Death (1975)

Executive Producer

"Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex"* but Were Afraid to Ask (1972)

Executive Producer

Take the Money and Run (1969)

Don't Drink the Water (1969)

Production Companies (Feature Film)

Don't Drink the Water (1969)

Producer (Special)

Rick Reynolds: Only the Truth Is Funny (1993)

Executive Producer

The Woody Allen Special (1969)

Misc. Crew (Special)

But... Seriously (1994)

Life Events

1966

Made debut as a producer (with David Merrick and Rollins) with the stage production of Woody Allen's "Don't Drink the Water"

1969

Produced first feature, "Take the Money and Run", also first feature collaboration with Allen

1969

TV debut, co-produced "The Woody Allen Special"

1971

First feature as executive producer, "Bananas"

1979

First non-Allen feature, "The House of God"

1980

TV series debut as executive producer, "Good Time Harry"

1981

Served as executive producer on first TV-movie, "The Acorn People"

1992

Appeared as himself in Michael Beltrami's "Our Hollywood Education"

1999

Executive produced Allen's award winning "Sweet and Lowdown"

2004

Appeared in the documentary "Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession"

2005

Once again collaborated with Allen for "Match Point" as the executive producer; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Picture

Videos

Bananas (1971) -- (Movie Clip) I Love Leprosy Bumbling New York nobody Fielding Mellish (writer-director Woody Allen) thinks he's finally getting somewhere with his political-activist yoga-nut college-student girlfriend Nancy (Louise Lasser, Allen's wife at the time), but meeting in Central Park, she has bad news, a famous bit from Bananas, 1971.

Bananas (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Dinner With The President Arrived in San Marcos where he's traveled to win back his girlfriend with his political commitment, professional product tester Fielding Mellish (director and co-writer Woody Allen) is unaware that the dictator Vargas (Carlos Montalban) and his crew (Rene Enriquez, Jack Axelrod) plan to frame him, in Bananas, 1971.

Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) -- (Movie Clip) I Prefer To Atrophy After an opening establishing the outside of Madison Square Garden, writer-director Woody Allen finds himself as Larry and Diane Keaton as wife Carol, heading home where they meet apartment neighbors Paul and Lillian House (Jerry Adler, Lynn Cohen) and are obligated to socialize, in Manhattan Murder Mystery, 1993, also starring Alan Alda.

Front, The (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Communist Sympathizer TV writer Miller (Michael Murphy) explaining how he's been blacklisted to friend Howard (Woody Allen), a cashier and small-time bookie, early in The Front, 1976, by blacklisted screenwriter Walter Bernstein and director Martin Ritt.

Front, The (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Make It A Firing Squad Howard (Woody Allen) enjoying the fruits of his work "fronting" for blacklisted writers, has a meeting with Delaney (Lloyd Gough) foiled, then arrives at the studio where Florence (Andrea Marcovicci) and Sussman (Herschel Bernardi) have an emergency, in The Front. 1977.

Front, The (1976) -- (Movie Clip) First Class Script His first visit to the TV studio, Howard (Woody Allen), posing as a writer in place of his blacklisted friend, meets Florence (Andrea Marcovicci), Sussman (Herschel Bernardi), actor Parks (William Bogert) and comic Hecky (Zero Mostel), in Martin Ritt's The Front, 1976.

Front, The (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Sincerity Is The Key We meet Remak Ramsay as Hennessy, the ex-FBI man whose job is to clear network employees suspected of having Communist connections, as comic Hecky (the long-blacklisted Zero Mostel) has his initial interview, in The Front, 1976, from Walter Bernstein’s original screenplay.

Sleeper (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Frozen In 1973 Early scene, doctors (Bartlett Robinson, Don Keefer, Mary Gregory) unwrapping newly discovered 20th century man Miles Monroe (writer-director Woody Allen), 200 years later, in Sleeper, 1973.

Sleeper (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Pope's Wife Gives Birth Luna (Diane Keaton), still secretly plotting to turn-in 20th century fugitive Miles (writer-director Woody Allen) to the 22nd century authorities for kidnapping her, plays along with his escape, in Sleeper, 1973.

Hannah And Her Sisters (1986) -- (Movie Clip) It's The Wrong Question Troubled Lee (Barbara Hershey) comes home to her artist lover Frederick (Max Von Sydow) who has stinging observations, before a blow out, in writer-director Woody Allen's Hannah And Her Sisters, 1986.

Another Woman (1988) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Not A Ghost Rejoining narration by Marion (Gena Rowlands), in her sub-let writing space, hearing again the voice of Mia Farrow talking to the neighbor analyst, then her own recollections featuring ex-lover Gene Hackman, Ian Holm her husband to-be, and Betty Buckley his ex, in Woody Allen's Another Woman, 1988.

Bananas (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Wide World Of Sports The audacious opening, from the screenplay by director Woody Allen and Mickey Rose, broadcasters Don Dunphy and Howard Cosell largely improvising their commentary, Carlos Montalbàn as General Vargas, from Bananas, 1971.

Manhattan (1979) -- Original Trailer Borrowing the opening from the feature, the original trailer for Woody Allen’s critically acclaimed Manhattan, 1979, starring Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Meryl Streep and Mariel Hemingway.

Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex - (Original Trailer) Woody Allen's 1972 comic adaptation of the popular sex manual.

Bananas - (Original Trailer) In Bananas (1971), his second starring comedy, Woody Allen plays an American who becomes a Central American dictator.

Manhattan Murder Mystery - (Original Trailer) A middle-aged couple (Woody Allen, Diane Keaton) suspects foul play when their neighbor''s wife suddenly drops dead in Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993).

Shadows and Fog - (Original Trailer) Woody Allen adapted his one-act play into this all-star tribute to German Expressionism, Shadows And Fog (1992).

Radio Days - (Original Trailer) A young boy's coming of age is mirrored by his favorite radio shows and the lives of their stars in Woody Allen's Radio Days (1987).

Crimes and Misdemeanors - (Original Trailer) In parallel stories, a wealthy doctor deals with a demanding mistress while a filmmaker shoots a documentary about a corrupt TV producer in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), directed by Woody Allen.

Zelig - (Original Trailer) A fictional documentary traces the strange life of a man (Woody Allen) who could adapt himself to any group he encountered.

Take the Money and Run - (Original Trailer) Woody Allen's first movie written by, directed by and starring himself is the mockumentary Take the Money and Run (1969).

Manhattan -- (Original Trailer) Woody Allen stars in and directs this gorgeous black-and-white valentine to New York City, Manhattan (1979) co-starring Diane Keaton.

Love and Death - (Original Trailer) A devout coward (Woody Allen) vows to assassinate Napoleon in the name of love in Love and Death (1975).

Sleeper - (Original Trailer) After awaking from cryogenic suspension, a 1970's man gets mixed up with a future revolution in Sleeper, starring director Woody Allen, interviewed here, and Diane Keaton.

Family

Sid Joffe

Father

Esther Joffe

Mother

Suzanne Joffe

Daughter

Nicole Joffe

Daughter

Companions

Carol Shapiro

Wife

Bibliography

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