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Joe Pasternak Biography

Birth Name:Joe Pasternak

Birth Place:Simleu Silvaniei, Romania

Profession Producer, Production manager, Assistant director, Actor

Fast Facts

  • Received fourth place for the Top Producer award at the 1968 Golden Laurel Awards
  • Was nominated for the Top Producer Golden Laurel Award in 1961
  • Was the father of well-known disc jockey Emperor Rosko
  • Before becoming a film producer, he worked in a belt factory
  • Got his start in films by working as a busboy at Paramount's Long Island studio
  • Would frequently produce films that were musicals
  • In 1941, he became a member of the executive committee at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer