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Arnold Kopelson
Born	(1935-02-14)February 14, 1935 New York City, U.S.
Died	October 8, 2018(2018-10-08) (aged 83) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film producer
Spouses	Joy Stern ​ ​ (m. 1959; died 1975)​ Anne Feinberg ​ (m. 1976)​
Children	3
Awards	Best Picture 1986,Platoon

Arnold Kopelson (February 14, 1935 – October 8, 2018) was an Americanfilm producer. Among his credits arePlatoon,Seven,Outbreak,The Fugitive,Eraser andThe Devil's Advocate.

Kopelson was born inBrooklyn,New York. After earning a Doctorate in Jurisprudence fromNew York Law School, Kopelson practiced entertainment and banking law, specializing in motion picture financing, and for many years acted as counsel to numerous banks and financial institutions serving the motion picture industry.

Kopelson later formed Inter-Ocean Film Sales, Ltd. with Anne Feinberg, who would become his wife, to represent independent motion picture producers in licensing their films throughout the world and also to finance motion picture production. The Kopelsons produced films together.

Kopelson produced 29 motion pictures. He was honored with anAcademy Award for Best Picture, aGolden Globe Award, and an Independent Spirit Award, all for his production ofPlatoon. He received a Best Picture Academy Award nomination for his production ofThe Fugitive. Kopelson's films have been collectively responsible for 17 Academy Award nominations and over $3 billion in worldwide receipts.

Kopelson was named Producer of the Year by The National Association of Theatre Owners, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement in Filmmaking Award fromCinema Expo International, received the Motion Picture Showmanship Award from the Publicist Guild of America, and was inducted into Variety's Show Biz Expo Hall of Fame. He has also received other awards for his productions ofOutbreak,Seven, andThe Devil's Advocate and was further honored by the Deauville Film Festival with its highest award for his significant contribution to the entertainment industry. In 1987, he sued film producerHemdale Film Corporation for handling of takes onPlatoon, claiming that he had received $25 million from grosses of $250 million that the film had generated to date.^[1]

WithParamount Pictures, Kopelson producedTwisted, starringSamuel L. Jackson,Andy García andAshley Judd, which was directed byPhilip Kaufman; and with20th Century Fox,Don't Say a Word, starringMichael Douglas, andJoe Somebody, starringTim Allen.

Kopelson also producedA Perfect Murder, also starring Michael Douglas andGwyneth Paltrow,U.S. Marshals, starringTommy Lee Jones, and theCosta Gavras-directed film,Mad City, starringDustin Hoffman andJohn Travolta.

His other films includedEraser, starringArnold Schwarzenegger;Falling Down, starring Michael Douglas andRobert Duvall;Out for Justice, starringSteven Seagal;Triumph of the Spirit, starringWillem Dafoe; andMurder at 1600, starringWesley Snipes andDiane Lane.

For many years, Kopelson served on the Executive Committee of the Producers Branch of theAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and was a member of the Board of Mentors of the Peter Stark Motion Picture Producing Program at the University of Southern California. In 2001, Kopelson Entertainment has a first look deal with Paramount Pictures.^[2]

Kopelson lectured on filmmaking atHarvard Business School,American Film Institute,Tisch School of the Arts atNew York University, New York Law School, theWriters Guild of America, the Independent Feature Project West, The Kagan Seminar,University of Southern California, and University of California at Los Angeles, among other places, and also wrote several articles about motion picture financing. In 1998, Kopelson received the New York Law School Distinguished Alumnus Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Kopelson was a member of the Board of Directors ofCBS Corporation from March 2007 until September 9, 2018.^[3] NASDAQ reported that Kopelson was removed as a director in an out of court legal settlement between CBS, National Amusements and the Redstone Family, who were in litigation in the Delaware Chancery Court over control of CBS.^[4] His removal was reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 9, 2018.^[5]

Kopelson married twice. In 1959 he married Joy (née Stern). They had a daughter, Stephanie Lisa Kopelson Goldman, and two sons, Peter Laurence Kopelson and Evan Jared Kopelson.^[6] His first wife died of cancer in 1975,^[7] and in 1976, he married his business partner and former secretary, Anne Feinberg.^[7]

Kopelson died at his home inBeverly Hills on October 8, 2018, at 83.^[8][9]

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

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