Mace Neufeld

Mace Alvin Neufeld (born July 13, 1928) is an American film and television producer.

Mace Neufeld
Born	Mace Alvin Neufeld July 13, 1928 New York City, New York, U.S.
Education	Stuyvesant High School, Yale University, B.A.
Occupation	Film and television producer
Spouse(s)	Helen Katz ​ (m. 1954)​
Children	Bradley David Neufeld Glenn Jeremy Neufeld Nancy Ann Neufeld
Parent(s)	Margaret Ruth (née Braun) Philip M. Neufeld

Life and career

Neufeld was born July 13, 1928, in New York City, New York, the son of Margaret Ruth (née Braun) and Philip M. Neufeld, a stockbroker.[1] He graduated from Yale University.[2] He married Helen Katz in 1954, and has three children, Bradley, Glenn and Nancy.[3][4]

In the 1950s, Neufeld became a talent agent and managed Don Knotts, Don Adams, Randy Newman, Neil Diamond and Jay Ward.[2] Neufeld entered television series production in the late 1970s. His productions of the time included the variety show The Captain and Tennille, which ran from 1976 to 1977 on ABC, The Kids from C.A.P.E.R., which ran from 1976 through 1977 on CBS, and Quark, which ran for one year in 1978 on NBC. He also became a film producer, beginning with The Omen in 1976,[2] along with its sequels. Neufeld next produced the TV-movie Angel on My Shoulder on ABC 1980, as well as the features The Frisco Kid (the first of several film projects with Harrison Ford) in 1979, The Funhouse in 1981, and Transylvania 6-5000 in 1985. Neufeld's small screen work continued, including a 1981 family drama American Dream and the fantasy of The Magic Planet (both on ABC), as well as White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd on NBC and the adventure of Lightning Force, a syndicated series, from 1991 to 1992.

His production company, with mogul Marvin Davis, was followed by one set up with Robert G. Rehme, which arranged an exclusive production deal with Paramount. Launching their partnership in the early 1990s, the team went on to shepherd Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger, based on the bestselling books of Tom Clancy.[2] They also produced 1991's Flight of the Intruder. Neufeld had earlier produced Clancy's The Hunt for Red October with Jerry Sherlock.[2] When Rehme exited the partnership to become President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Neufeld went on to produce yet another Tom Clancy adaptation starring Ben Affleck, The Sum of All Fears, as well as Bless the Child, Lost in Space and Asylum.

Neufeld was a producer on Sahara, released in 2005, and on Invictus, directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. Neufeld produced Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, starring Chris Pine, and Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, starring John Krasinski, as well as The Equalizer and Equalizer 2, both starring Denzel Washington. Neufeld was given the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2014 Israel Film Festival.[5]

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year	Film	Credit	Notes
1976	The Omen	Executive producer
1978	Damien: Omen II	Executive producer	Uncredited
1979	The Frisco Kid
1981	The Funhouse	Executive producer
1985	The Aviator
	Transylvania 6-5000
1987	No Way Out	Executive producer
1989	The Punisher	Associate producer	Uncredited
1990	The Hunt for Red October
1991	Flight of the Intruder
	Stone Cold		Uncredited
	Necessary Roughness
1992	Patriot Games
1994	Beverly Hills Cop III
	Clear and Present Danger
1997	The Saint
1998	Blind Faith	Executive producer
	Lost in Space	Executive producer
	Black Dog	Executive producer
1999	The General's Daughter
2000	Bless the Child
2002	The Sum of All Fears
2003	Gods and Generals	Executive producer
2005	Asylum
	Sahara
2009	Invictus
2012	Zambezia	Executive producer
2014	Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
	The Equalizer
2018	The Equalizer 2

As an actor

Year	Film	Role
2002	The Sum of All Fears	WHCA Dinner Chairman

Thanks

Year	Film	Role
2015	Jasmine	Special thanks
2017	Heart, Baby

Television

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
1975	The Owl and the Pussycat		Television film
1977–78	Quark	Co-executive producer Executive producer
1980	Angel on My Shoulder	Executive producer	Television film
1981	East of Eden	Executive producer
	American Dream	Executive producer
1985	A Death in California	Executive producer
1991	White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd	Co-executive producer	Television film
	Omen IV: The Awakening	Executive producer	Television film
1992	Lightning Force	Executive producer
1996	Gridlock	Executive producer	Television film
	Woman Undone	Executive producer	Television film
	For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal	Executive producer	Television film
1998	Escape: Human Cargo	Executive producer	Television film
2001	Love and Treason	Executive producer	Television film
2018–19	Jack Ryan	Executive producer
TBA	Outrider	Executive producer

As writer

Year	Title	Notes
1960–61	Laugh Line	Devised by

As an actor

Year	Title	Role
1968	Get Smart	Herbert

References

1. "Mace Neufeld Biography (1928-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
2. Gaydos, Steven (September 8, 1999). "'General's' rank benefits Neufeld". Daily Variety. p. A11.
3. Loomis, Nicky (June 30, 2010). "Mace Neufeld". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 14, 2018. Neufeld is married to designer Helen Katz and has three children.
4. "Neufeld, Mace 1928-". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
5. Los Angeles Times: "Comedies, drama, even Mafia supplant conflict at Israel Film Festival" By Susan King October 24, 2014

External links

• Mace Neufeld at IMDb
• Mace and Helen Katz Neufeld Collection, Bryn Mawr College Art and Artifact Collections