Sherry Lansing
Chairman, Paramount Pictures, says in Variety (June 4, 1999):
“Jonathan gets involved in all aspects of production; he's also a lovely, lovely human being and impeccably honest. Paramount's doors are open to him. I get jealous when I hear he's doing movies somewhere else.”
Hollywood Film Festival Program
(August 2000) says:
“Jonathan Krane's career exemplifies innovation, extraordinary accomplishment, and tremendous ability. Over the past 20 years, Mr. Krane has achieved expertise, recognition and success as a motion picture producer of more than 40 feature films, as a manager of more than 150 actors and directors, many of whom he discovered and guided to stardom, as a writer, as a financier, as a teacher, among other areas of work in the entertainment industry.”
“Jonathan D. Krane is well known for accomplishing improbable, and extremely innovative achievements in the industry. Throughout his life, doing things others hadn't done, or thought of, has been Mr. Krane's main source of fun. The best way to get him to do anything, is to say it can't be done.”
Richard Lovett
President of Creative Artists Agency, in his Presentation of Jonathan Krane to CAA says:
“A financier in the mold of Irving Thalberg, Krane will fund films in new and creative ways. Not since David Selznick has an industry leader so completely understood the intricate process of production and distribution. Perhaps only Lew Wasserman could compare with Krane's skill in identifying and nurturing creative talent. This combination of talent, production and finance is the life's work of one of the industry's most thoughtful and talented Producer/Managers. Krane has gained stature as a scholar and lecturer on the economics and dynamics of the entertainment industry. Following his tenure at Blake Edwards, Krane founded Management Company Entertainment Group (“MCEG”) in 1981 and became the first Producer/Manager in the motion picture business. Industry sages regularly cite Krane as one of the top 10 producers and managers in Hollywood . No one in Hollywood today has Krane's combination of experience in business, production or management.”
John Goldwyn
President, Paramount Pictures says in Variety:
“Jonathan was always reasonable, saying, „You know what? Those are good ideas - good for the movie. Let me take care of it. When he came back, it was handled. He was always enthusiastic, always available.”
Amy Pascal
Columbia President says in Variety:
“I had a great experience on „Michael. Jonathan's very creative and he knows how to make movies."
Cassian Elwes
Head of William Morris Independents, says in Variety Magazine:
“Krane picks up a lot of slack in terms of what it takes to get movies done. He's really been through the process, from big ones to little ones. He's a great partner because he really gets it; we have a kind of shorthand.”
Daily Variety says:
“The only limit producer and manager Jonathan D. Krane has ever set for himself was the sky. While there have been a few air pockets along the way, he's nonetheless managed to grab large chunks of the heavens in his hands” (Variety, June 4, 1999) “„Look Who's Talking grosses $12.1 million in it's first weekend, drenching a record set for the highest grossing fall release in history.” (Variety, October 17, 1989).
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