Joe Pasternak

Birth Name:

Joe Pasternak

Birth Place:

Simleu Silvaniei, Romania

Profession

Producer, Production manager, Assistant director, Actor

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

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