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Edward R. Pressman
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Producer, Executive Producer Born: New York City, NY Biography:A graduate of both Stanford and the London School of Economics, "Edward R. Pressman" entered films as a partner of director "Paul Williams" (not "Paul Williams" the musician, though Pressman did produce the 1974 Williams vehicle "Phantom of the Paradise"). The first Pressman/Williams collaboration was "Out of It", an up-close-and-personal look at what it's like to be a high school misfit. Made in 1967, "Out of It" lay on the shelf until it was released in 1969 to capitalize on the latter-day popularity of the film's co-star, Jon Voigt. Evidently more concerned with telling a good story than with box-office returns, Pressman has handled many a chancy, long-shot project, usually with salutary results. Among his riskier projects (at least in a financial sense) are "Sisters" (1973), directed by Brian DePalma; "Badlands" (1973), directed by Terence Malick and starring "Martin Sheen" and "Sissy Spacek"; and... Full Biography
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