Hawk Koch
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Howard Winchel Koch, Jr. (born December 14, 1945 in Los Angeles, California) is an American motion picture producer, a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and a former road manager for the musical groups The Supremes and The Dave Clark Five.
Most always known by the nickname "Hawk," he was raised in the film business, the son of producer Howard Winchel Koch, Sr. After his time in the music business, Hawk Koch turned to filmmaking in Hollywood, working as assistant director for a number of important directors on significant films such as:
- Sydney Pollack : 1973 film The Way We Were
- Roman Polanski : 1974 film Chinatown
- John Schlesinger : 1976 film Marathon Man
- Warren Beatty & Buck Henry : 1978 film Heaven Can Wait
As a film producer Hawk Koch has been responsible for:
- The Other Side of Midnight (1977)
- Gorky Park (1983)
- A Night in Heaven (1983)
- The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
- Wayne's World (1992)
- Wayne's World 2 (1993)
- Losing Isaiah (1995)
- Primal Fear (1996)
- Frequency (2000)
- Collateral Damage (2002)
