Howard W. Koch, Jr. Biography (1945-)

Full name, Howard Winchel Koch, Jr.; born December 14, 1945, in Los Angeles,CA; son of Howard Winchel (a director, producer, and actor) and Ruth (maidenname, Pincus) Koch; married; children: William (an actor; billed as Billy Koch), Emily, Robert.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Producer, studio executive
Birth Details: December 14, 1945; Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Executive Producer
The Other Side of Midnight, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977
Heaven Can Wait, Paramount, 1978
The Frisco Kid (also known as No Knife), Warner Bros., 1979
Dragonslayer, Paramount, 1981
Necessary Roughness, Paramount, 1991
Wayne's World, Paramount, 1992
Sliver (also known as Sliver--Gier der Augen), Paramount, 1993
The Temp, Paramount, 1993
Wayne's World 2, Paramount, 1993
Virtuosity, Paramount, 1995
Primal Fear, Paramount, 1996
Collateral Damage, Warner Bros., 2001
Producer
Beyond Reason, 1977
Airplane! (also known as Flying High), Paramount, 1980
(With Gene Kirkwood) The Idolmaker, United Artists, 1980
(With Dan Boyd) Honky Tonk Freeway, Universal, 1981
Some Kind of Hero, Paramount, 1981
Airplane II: The Sequel (also known as Flying High II), Paramount, 1982

(With Kirkwood) Gorky Park, Orion, 1983
The Keep, Paramount, 1983
(With Kirkwood) A Night in Heaven, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
The Pope of Greenwich Village, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists,1984
Rooftops, New Visions, 1989
(With Dave Bell) The Long Walk Home, Miramax, 1991
(With Ted Field and Robert W. Cort) Collision Course, HBO Home Video, 1992
Losing Isaiah, Paramount, 1995
(As Hawk Koch; with Fran Drescher, Todd Graff, and Peter Marc Jacobson) The Beautician and the Beast, Paramount, 1997
(As Hawk Koch) Frequency, New Line Cinema, 2000
(As Hawk Koch) Keeping the Faith, Buena Vista, 2000
Assistant Director
The April Fools, National General, 1969
The Baby Maker, National General, 1970
Getting Straight, Columbia, 1970
Fools' Parade (also known as Dynamite Man from Glory Jail),Columbia, 1971
Going Home, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971
The Hired Hand, Universal, 1971
Something Big, National General, 1971
Bad Company, Paramount, 1972
Up the Sandbox, National General, 1972
(As Howard Koch, Jr.) The Way We Were, Columbia, 1973
Chinatown, Paramount, 1974
The Parallax View, Paramount, 1974
Marathon Man, Paramount, 1976
Heaven Can Wait, Paramount, 1978
Second Assistant Director
This Property Is Condemned, Paramount, 1966
Pendulum, Columbia, 1969
Associate Producer
(And first assistant director) The Drowning Pool, Warner Bros., 1975
Once Is Not Enough (also known as Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough), Paramount, 1975

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