John Goldwyn

About John Goldwyn

--he rose from the proverbial mail room at the Ladd Company which he joined in 1981 to vice president of the company's creative affairs department two years later. Goldwyn also served as executive producer of "Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment" (1985) before joining MGM/UA as senior production vice president that year where he rose to executive vice president of worldwide production in 1988; while at MGM he shepherded such hits as "Moonstruck" (1987) and "A Fish Called Wanda" (1988) as well as overseeing production on "Fatal Beauty" (1987) "Masquerade" (1988), and "Daddy's Dyin'...Who's Got the Will" (1990). Joining Paramount in 1990, Goldwyn was closely involved with the production of "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" (1991) and "Wayne's World" (1992). In December 1991, he was named president of production of Paramount's Motion Picture Group overseeing the development and production of Paramount's films. By 1997, he was promoted to the newly created post of president, motion pictures and signed to a five-year contract. Married to actress Colleen Camp and brother of actor Tony Goldwyn.

Partners

Wife

Colleen Camp. Born in 1953; filed for divorce in November 2001

Education

Stanford University, Palo Alto , California

Career Milestones

1981

Became production assistant, then story editor, Ladd Company by December

1981

Entered industry working in the mail room at the Ladd Company in July

1983

Promoted to vice president of creative affairs, Ladd Company

1985

Joined MGM/UA as senior vice president of production

1988

Became executive vice president of worldwide production, MGM/UA

1990

Moved to Paramount as executive vice president of production in November

1991

Promoted to president of production, Paramount Motion Picture Group in December

1997

Promoted to newly created position of president, motion pictures at Paramount and signed to a five-year contract

2006

Executive produced the Showtime series, "Dexter"

2007

Co-produced the Todd Haynes directed, "I'm Not There," about the life of Bob Dylan