| Jack Rapke | |
| Birth Place: | United States |
| Occupation: | Film producer |
| Spouse: | Laurie Ann Perlman (divorced)Sandra Zundell Scheinberg (divorced) |
| Children: | 2 (with Perlman) |
Jack Rapke is an American film producer who has produced such films as the 2000 Robert Zemeckis film Cast Away.[1] [2]
Rapke was born to a Jewish family and raised in Miami.[3] Rapke graduated from New York University Film School in 1974.[4]
Rapke started his career from the mailroom of the William Morris Agency in 1975.[5] He then worked as a talent agent at the William Morris Agency and after four years started working at Creative Artists Agency.
Rapke served seven years as co-chairman of CAA’s motion picture department,[6] where he handled filmmakers that included Robert Zemeckis, Chris Columbus, Jerry Bruckheimer, Ridley Scott, Michael Mann, Harold Ramis, Michael Bay, Terry Gilliam, Bob Gale, Bo Goldman, Steve Kloves, Howard Franklin, Scott Frank, Robert Mark Kamen, John Hughes, Joel Schumacher, Marty Brest, and Imagine Entertainment partners Ron Howard and Brian Grazer.
Rapke left CAA in 1998 to form ImageMovers with Zemeckis.[7] Cast Away, directed by Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks was the company’s first feature film.
Rapke is currently producing Here to be directed by Robert Zemeckis.[8]
He was married to Laurie Ann Perlman,[9] who was also Jewish; they had two children before divorcing. She remarried with Gerald M. Levin.[10] He married Sandra Scheinberg Rapke in 1991 - (divorced 2012)
He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
| Year | Film | Credit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | What Lies Beneath | ||
| Cast Away | |||
| 2003 | Matchstick Men | ||
| 2004 | The Polar Express | Executive producer | |
| 2005 | The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio | ||
| 2006 | Last Holiday | ||
| Monster House | |||
| 2007 | Beowulf | ||
| 2009 | A Christmas Carol | ||
| 2011 | Mars Needs Moms | ||
| Real Steel | Executive producer | ||
| 2012 | Flight | ||
| 2015 | The Walk | ||
| 2016 | Allied | Executive producer | |
| 2018 | Welcome to Marwen | ||
| 2020 | The Witches | ||
| 2021 | Finch | ||
| 2022 | Pinocchio | Executive producer | |
| 2024 | Here | Producer |
| Year | Title | Credit | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011−13 | The Borgias | Executive producer | ||
| 2018 | Elemental: Hydrogen vs. Hindenburg | Executive producer | ||
| Medal of Honor | Executive producer | Documentary | ||
| 2018−2023 | Manifest | Executive producer | ||
| 2019–2020 | Project Blue Book | Executive producer | ||
| 2019 | What/If | Executive producer |