Ted Field

Frederick Woodruff "Ted" Field (born June 1, 1953[2]) is an American media mogul, entrepreneur and film producer.

Ted Field
Ted Field discussing filmmaking at New York Film Academy
Born
Frederick Woodruff Field

(1953-06-01) June 1, 1953
Alma materPomona College[1]
Known for
Spouse(s)Judy Field (first marriage), Barbara Field (second marriage), Susan Bari Bollman Field (third marriage)
Children8
Parent(s)Marshall Field IVKatherine Woodruff Field (later Fanning)

He founded Interscope Communications to develop and produce films in 1984, and produced his first hit, Revenge of the Nerds, the same year. Since that early success, he has gone on to become one of Hollywood's most successful entertainment executives with an exhaustive track record in film and music.

He is an heir of the Marshall Field family.[1]

Early life

Field was born on June 1, 1953 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, the son of Marshall Field IV, who owned the Chicago Sun-Times from 1956 to 1965, and Katherine Woodruff Fanning, who was later an editor of several newspapers.[3]

Field's parents divorced when he was young. Field's mother then married Larry Fanning, who became Field's stepfather. Field, his sisters, his mother and his stepfather moved to Anchorage, Alaska. Field's mother and Larry Fanning purchased the Anchorage Daily News from founder Norman C. Brown in 1967. Larry Fanning died in 1971: Kay Fanning continued to operate the paper until 1979 when she sold it to The McClatchy Company. She remained as publisher until 1983.

Field attended Pomona College in Claremont, California,[1] graduating in 1979.

Career

Field's Interscope Racing started off entering Danny Ongais in Formula 5000 in 1975, graduating to USAC racing and the Indianapolis 500 in Parnelli chassis. Field also funded Ongais to make occasional Formula One outings in a Penske during the 1978 season.

Field also backed the construction in 1980 of an Interscope chassis designed by Roman Slobodinskij for the Indianapolis 500. This was intended to take a turbocharged six-cylinder Porsche engine (similar to the one Ongais and Field were using in their Porsche 935) but a dispute with USAC over turbo boost meant the program was abandoned. The car was eventually fitted with a conventional Ford Cosworth DFX engine and entered in the 1981 500. Ongais led the race but crashed and was critically injured. In 1982 a recovered Ongias gave the car one last start at Indy but that too ended with an accident.

In 1984, Field founded Interscope Communications, which produced more than 50 major films. In 1984, Field was a leader of a group that bought movie camera manufacturer Panavision. In 1987, Panavision was sold to Lee International. In 1990, he co-founded Interscope Records. After leaving Interscope in January 2001, he formed ARTISTdirect Records with the backing of BMG. Ted Field is currently chairman and CEO of Radar Pictures.


Personal life

From 1984 to 1998, he owned a mansion formerly owned by Howard B. Keck located at 1244 Moraga Drive in the gated community of Moraga Estates in Bel Air, California. From 1986 through 1993, Field owned the Harold Lloyd Estate (also known as Green Acres) in Beverly Hills, California.[4][5] Field is a tournament chess player who sponsored the 1990 World Chess Championship in NYC between Gary Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. He is currently developing a movie about the current world chess champion Magnus Carlsen.

Filmography (producer)

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year Film Credit
1984Revenge of the Nerds
1985Turk 182
1987Critical Condition
Outrageous Fortune
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
Three Men and a Baby
1988The Seventh Sign
Cocktail
1989Bill & Ted's Excellent AdventureExecutive producer
Collision Course
RenegadesExecutive producer
An Innocent Man
1990The First PowerExecutive producer
Bird on a WireExecutive producer
ArachnophobiaCo-executive producer
Three Men and a Little Lady
1991Class Action
Bill & Ted's Bogus JourneyExecutive producer
ParadiseExecutive producer
1992The Hand That Rocks the CradleExecutive producer
The Cutting Edge
FernGully: The Last RainforestExecutive producer
Jersey GirlExecutive producer
The Gun in Betty Lou's HandbagExecutive producer
Out on a LimbExecutive producer
1994The Air Up There
Terminal VelocityExecutive producer
Imaginary CrimesExecutive producer
1995Roommates
Separate LivesExecutive producer
Operation Dumbo DropExecutive producer
The Tie That BindsExecutive producer
Two MuchExecutive producer
JumanjiExecutive producer
Mr. Holland's Opus
1996The ArrivalExecutive producer
BoysExecutive producer
KazaamExecutive producer
The AssociateExecutive producer
1997Gridlock'dExecutive producer
1998The Proposition
Very Bad ThingsExecutive producer
What Dreams May ComeExecutive producer
1999Runaway Bride
Teaching Mrs. TingleExecutive producer
2000Pitch BlackExecutive producer
2002TheyExecutive producer
2003How to DealExecutive producer
Le DivorceExecutive producer
The Texas Chainsaw MassacreExecutive producer
The Last SamuraiExecutive producer
2004The Chronicles of RiddickExecutive producer
2005The Amityville HorrorExecutive producer
Zathura: A Space AdventureExecutive producer
2006Waist DeepExecutive producer
2007The Heartbreak Kid
2008Swing VoteExecutive producer
2009HorsemenExecutive producer
All About SteveExecutive producer
The Invention of LyingExecutive producer
The BoxExecutive producer
Everybody's Fine
2010Twelve
2012Spring BreakersExecutive producer
2013Riddick
2014Acid GirlsExecutive producer
2016Kickboxer: Vengeance
2017Jumanji: Welcome to the JungleExecutive producer
2018Beirut
2019Jumanji: The Next LevelExecutive producer
Thanks
Year Film Role
1990The Man InsideSpecial thanks
2001Kissing Jessica Stein
2009Veronika Decides to DieThe production would like to thank

Television

Year Title Credit Notes
1986American GeishaExecutive producerTelevision film
1987The Real Adventures of Sherlock Jones and Proctor Watson
Murder OrdainedExecutive producerTelevision film
1989My Boyfriend's BackExecutive producerTelevision film
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas StoryExecutive producerTelevision film
1990The Secret Life of Archie's WifeExecutive producerTelevision film
1993Foreign AffairsExecutive producerTelevision film
1995Body LanguageExecutive producerTelevision film
1997Snow White: A Tale of TerrorExecutive producerTelevision film
2000Into Pitch BlackCo-executive producerTelevision special
2015Winter DragonExecutive producerTelevision pilot
2017Under the BedTelevision film
2018Lead
TBA
The Wheel of TimeCo-executive producer

See also

  • Madsen, Axel. The Marshall Fields: The Evolution of an American Business Dynasty. Wiley: 2002.

References

  1. Eller, Claudia (August 11, 1998). "Literary Producer Opens a New Chapter". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  2. Ted Field on 24 Heures en Piste
  3. Film Reference
  4. Ryon, Ruth (November 2, 1986) "Harold Lloyd Mansion for Sale Again?". Los Angeles Times.
  5. Los Angeles, August 1998, p. 38 Los Angeles (magazine)
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