In Memorandum 

John Flaxman

 

John passed away peacefully surrounded by family on April 11, 2021. As a Producer/writer Flaxman has been active in virtually every phase of the entertainment field including motion pictures, television, theater, opera and musical charity benefits. He has collaborated with many well known directors. directors.

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His Benefits Shows have been written and produced for charities such as NFL/United Way, The Children's Foundling Hospital, and The Partnership for the Homeless featuring many accomplished musical artists.  

 

A long-time partner in Media Productions with Director Harold Prince, Flaxman collaborated on various scripts with Hugh Wheeler & produced the motion picture Something for Everyone starring Angela Lansbury and Michael York, which Prince directed. He also collaborated on the off-Broadway Musical, The Petrified Prince at the Public Theater based on an original screenplay by Ingmar Bergman, which Prince directed, Rob Marshall choreographed, and which Flaxman served as producer/writer. Flaxman's other film credits include Producer of Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny Court-martial with director Robert Altman for CBS and Columbia Pictures.

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His regional theater production credits include Resurrecting Levin, based on the characters from Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina," in association with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, and the opera Rappachini's Daughter, in association with The Minnesota Opera Company.

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Flaxman began his writing career as the Executive Story Editor for NBC’S award-winning television series Profiles in Courage, based on the John F. Kennedy book. This was followed by his appointment as head of the Eastern Literary Department at Universal Pictures, Inc., after which he became a writers agent at William Morris where he developed the screenplays for The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt and Love Story. 

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He was loved and respected by friends, family and colleagues and will be missed by all.