Mace Neufeld Biography

Fast Facts

• In 2003 he was presented with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, to recognize his contributions to motion picture
• Starting as an amateur teenaged photographer, his first photo taken was a veteran returning from serving in World War II called "Sammy's Home," which won an award from The New York World Telegram-Sun
• Quote: "[on "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit"] "I think the greatest contribution I made to this film was to keep persisting with Paramount and working, every day, in pre-production, being on the set ․․․ and doing what I'm doing right now: talking to people about the films․ I think the producer's job is to find the material, get it financed and then help to sell it․""
• He found an audience after the success of his film "The Omen" and its following sequels
• Produced the film "The Sum of all Fears," which his son, Glenn Neufeld, was the visual effects producer
• Gave up his management company to become a producer, stating that he felt that being both a manager and producer would be a conflict