What is Eric Pleskow?
[[File:Eric Pleskow Viennale 2012 opening.jpg|right|200px]] '''Eric Pleskow''' (April 24, 1924 – October 1, 2019) was an Austrian-born American movie producer. He was President of the [[movie studio]]s [[United Artists]] and [[Orion Pictures]]. He was born in [[Vienna]]. Under his presidency at United Artists, the company won the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]] three years in a row: ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (movie)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'' (1975), ''[[Rocky]]'' (1976) and ''[[Annie Hall]]'' (1977). In 1978, Pleskow left United Artists and built up [[Orion Pictures]], which he ran until 1992. Their greatest successes under his management were ''[[Amadeus (movie)|Amadeus]]'', ''[[Dances with Wolves]]'' and ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]''. From 1998 until his death, he was the President of the [[Vienna International Film Festival]]. Pleskow died on October 1, 2019 in [[Westport, Connecticut]] at the age of 95.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/eric-pleskow-dead-president-united-artists-orion-pictures-was-95-1244603|first=Mark|last=Barnes|title=Eric Pleskow, Former President of United Artists and Orion Pictures, Dies at 95|publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=October 1, 2019|date=October 1, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0687203}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pleskow, Eric}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:Austrian movie producers]] [[Category:American movie producers]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Los Angeles]] [[Category:People from Vienna]]