Gerald R. Molen
Molen in 2014
Born	Gerald Robert Molen (1935-01-06)January 6, 1935 (age 91) Great Falls, Montana, U.S.
Occupation	Film producer
Notable work	Jurassic Park Schindler's List
Political party	Republican
Awards	Academy Award for Best Picture

Gerald Robert "Jerry" Molen (born January 6, 1935) is an American film producer. He is best known for producing films forSteven Spielberg andAmblin Entertainment, includingHook (1991),Jurassic Park (1993), andThe Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997). Molen won theAcademy Award for Best Picture for producingSchindler's List (1993), which is widely consideredone of the greatest films ever made.

Molen was born inGreat Falls, Montana, the son of Edith Lorraine (née Meyer) and Gerald Richard Molen.^[1] He grew up inNorth Hollywood, California, after moving fromMontana, with a number of younger brothers and sisters. His mother ran a diner, "The Blue Onion", which was located across from one of the major studios.

Molen has appeared in supporting roles orcameos in several of the films he has produced, includingRain Man (1988) andDays of Thunder (1990). He co-producedJurassic Park (1993), in which he playedDr. Harding.^[2]

Molen produced2016: Obama's America, a documentary critical of American PresidentBarack Obama, during the2012 presidential campaign.^[3][4] He also produced a later follow-up,Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party, a 2016 documentary that was heavily panned, winning four of the fiveGolden Raspberry Awards for which it was nominated, includingWorst Picture, the first documentary to do so.

In 2016, in response toaccusations of discrimination in Hollywood and the threat of an Academy Awards boycott, Molen argued that racism in the film industry was not a matter of concern. "There is no racism except for those who create an issue,” he said. “That is the worst kind. Using such an ugly way of complaining.”^[5]

In 2019, Movicorp announced that Molen would be producing theSouthern Gothicromantic thriller limited seriesSweet By and By,^[6][7] which he began preparations for in 2021.^[8]

Molen is an active member ofthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and aconservative.^[9][10] He is now semi-retired, splitting his time between his native Montana andLas Vegas,Nevada.^[11]

• Tootsie (1982) (unit production manager)
• A Soldier's Story (1984) (unit production manager)
• The Color Purple (1985) (unit production manager)
• *batteries not included (1987) (associate producer)
• Rain Man (1988) (co-producer, actor)
• Days of Thunder (1990) (executive producer, actor)
• Hook (1991) (producer)
• Jurassic Park (1993) (producer, actor)
• Schindler's List (1993) (producer)
• The Flintstones (1994) (executive producer)
• The Little Rascals (1994) (producer)
• Casper (1995) (executive producer)
• The Trigger Effect (1996) (executive producer)
• Twister (1996) (executive producer)
• Amistad (1997) (actor)
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) (producer)
• The Other Side of Heaven (2001) (producer, actor)
• Catch Me If You Can (2002) (actor)
• Minority Report (2002) (producer)
• The Legend of Johnny Lingo (2003) (producer)
• Beyond the Blackboard (2011) (executive producer)
• 2016: Obama's America (2012) (producer)
• America: Imagine the World Without Her (2014) (producer)
• The Abolitionists (2016) (producer)
• Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party (2016) (producer)
• The Meg (2018) (executive producer)
• Death of a Nation (2018) (producer)
• The Movies That Made Us (2021) (1 episode; participant)

• Gerald R. Molen atIMDb

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• American Latter Day Saints
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