Alan Schechter (film producer)

Alan Schechter (1965–2005) was an American action movie producer best known for his trademark style of "Low budget films with big budget effects."

Alan Schechter
Born
Louis Alan Schechter

(1965-08-04)August 4, 1965
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
DiedAugust 14, 2005(2005-08-14) (aged 40)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other namesLouis Schechter
Occupation(s)Film and television producer and film writer

Personal life

Born in 1965 and raised in Cleveland to Lori and Morris Paul Schechter, Schechter graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 1983.[1] Alan's family was already in the media biz as his father Morris Schechter was a local radio personality in Cleveland in the 1950s and was known as the "Voice of Racing" because he broadcast local horse races. Morris Paul Schechter later changed his name to Van Lane in 1950 after the radio station he was working for had a "Name the DJ" contest.

Schechter's mother died in a traffic accident when he was only 8 years old.

He began training as a survivalist in high school with the Posse Comitatus and kept his apartment full of emergency supplies including MREs, ammunition, tools, and even suture kits.[2]

Schechter died at his home in Los Angeles on August 14, 2005, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Education

He applied and accepted to California Institute of the Arts.

Career

During high school, he worked at Viacom's Public-access television cable TV channel in Cleveland organizing a live call-in show there for the Shaker Schools' levy campaign.[3] Alan started working in films in the late 1980s as a production assistant at Cannon Films.

His trademark quickly became low-budget films with big budget effects.

Alan began working as the personal assistant to mega producer, Joel Silver and Silver Films in 1991. He rose through the ranks and was involved in the production as an associate producer, producer or co-producer for such films as Fair Game, Double Tap, Renegade Force, Made Men, Proximity, Jane Doe and the TV series Next Action Star.

Filmography

Television
  • Bet Your Life (2004)
  • Next Action Star (2004) TV series (producer: Cinema Action Unit)
  • Jane Doe (2001)

Actor

References
  1. "Shaker Theatre Presents New Stages 25". Shaker Heights City School District. 9 March 2007. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  2. "Cleveland.Com - Crossing A Bridge of Fame". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  3. "Cleveland.Com". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
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