Jon Davison (film producer)

Jon Davison (born July 21, 1949) is an American film producer.

Career

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Davison worked at New World Pictures in the 1970s.

His producing credits include Airplane! (1980), RoboCop (1987), RoboCop 2 (1990), Starship Troopers (1997), and The 6th Day (2000).

Davison and animator Sally Cruikshank[1] were married March 17, 1984,[2] and have a daughter, Dinah.[3]

Archive

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The moving image collection of Joe Dante and Jon Davison is held at the Academy Film Archive. The joint collection includes feature films, pre-production elements, and theatrical trailer reels.[4]

Select filmography

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He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

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Year Film Credit Notes
1974 Big Bad Mama Associate producer
1976 Hollywood Boulevard
1977 Grand Theft Auto
1978 Piranha
1980 Airplane!
1982 White Dog
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie Associate producer
Uncredited
1984 Top Secret!
1987 RoboCop Executive producer
1990 RoboCop 2
1994 Trapped in Paradise
1997 Starship Troopers
2000 The 6th Day
2007 Searchers 2.0
As an actor
Year Film Role Notes Other notes
1987 RoboCop ED-209 Voice role
Uncredited
1997 Starship Troopers Buenos Aires Survivor
Uncredited
Miscellaneous crew
Year Film Role
1972 Night Call Nurses Assistant to director
Second unit director or assistant director
Year Film Role
1979 Rock 'n' Roll High School Second unit director
1981 The Howling
Production manager
Year Film Role
1977 Thunder and Lightning Post-production supervisor
Thanks
Year Film Role Notes
1962 Lawrence of Arabia Special thanks 1989 restoration
1981 Texas Lightning
1982 Eating Raoul The producers wish to thank
1988 Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here Special thanks
1991 El Patrullero Thanks
1992 One False Move The filmmakers wish to express their gratitude to

Television

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Year Title Notes
2004 Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation Television film
As an actor
Year Title Role Notes Other notes More notes
2004 Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation Outpost Voice role
Uncredited
Television film
Miscellaneous crew
Year Title Role
1994 RoboCop Creative consultant

References

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  1. ^ Dixon, Wheeler Winston, ed. Collected Interviews: Voices from Twentieth-Century Cinema. Carbondale, Illinois : Southern Illinois University Press, 2001, p. 209. ISBN 0-8093-2417-2
  2. ^ "March 17 the Good", at Sally Cruikshank's official blog, March 18, 2009
  3. ^ "10 days or so!", at Cruikshank blog, September 9, 2008.
  4. ^ "Joe Dante and Jon Davison Collection". Academy Film Archive.
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