Oscar winning producer Robert Chartoff, who shared an Academy Award win with his producing partner Irwin Winkler for 1976’s Rocky, has died aged 81. Chartoff, who was battling pancreatic cancer, died on Wednesday.
He had been partnered with Winkler for many years, and was behind such films such as They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, The Gambler, True Confessions and Point Blank. The duo would win an Oscar for their work on Rocky, and were also Oscar-nominated for Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull and The Right Stuff, directed by Philip Kaufman.
More recently, Chartoff had worked on Ender’s Game, Sylvester Stallone’s upcoming film Scarpa, and the latest entry into the Rocky franchise Creed, which stars Michael B. Jordan (Fantastic Four) as the son of famous fighter Apollo Creed who is trained by Rocky, and is due for release in 2016.
Chartoff-Winkler produced all of the Rocky films, with the first earning 10 Oscar nominations, and were executive producers on 2006’s Rocky Balboa.
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Originally published June 11, 2015. Updated April 13, 2018.
