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Gordon Carroll Biography

Birth Name:Charles Gordon Carroll

Birth Place:Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Profession Producer, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

  • Studied politics at Princeton University and graduated summa cum laude
  • Join the Army to fight in the Korean War, spending three years in the service
  • Worked for the New York-based advertisement firm Foote, Cone and Belding
  • His introduction to producing came as an executive producer for the 1965 film "How to Murder Your Wife․"
  • Best known for producing the "Alien" series of films
  • Co-founded the company Brandywine Productions with producers David Giler and Walter Hill

Awards

  • 1998Golden Satellite Award-Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media: nominated