Oscar-winning producer of such films as “Driving Miss Daisy,” “Jaws,” and Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland,” Richard D. Zanuck died Friday at age 77 of a heart attack in Los Angeles, his publicists said.
In 1991, Zanuck was awarded the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, also given to his longtime associate David Brown. Given only 36 times in Oscars history, the award recognized Zanuck as “a creative producer whose body of work reflects a consistently high quality of motion picture production,” according to his representatives.
Zanuck’s most recent production was “Dark Shadows,” released by Warner Bros. in May,marking his sixth collaboration with director Tim Burton.
Zanuck is survived by his wife, sons Harrison and Dean, and nine grandchildren.
