Line." Later career Zadan and Meron produced the Academy Awards telecast from 2013 to 2015. Death Zadan died on August 20, 2018, at his home in Los Angeles of complications from shoulder replacement surgery at the age of 69. Filmography Footloose (1984) (producer) Sing (1989) (producer) If Looks Could Kill (1991) (producer) My Fellow Americans (1996) (executive producer) Brian's Song (2001) (executive producer) Chicago (2002) (executive producer) The Music Man (2003) (executive producer) Filthy Gorgeous: The Trannyshack Story (2006) (producer) The Banshee and Fin Magee (2007) (producer) Hairspray (2007) (producer) The Bucket List (2007) (producer) Living Proof (2008) (executive producer) The Mayor of Castro Street (2009) (producer; about life around Castro Street) Fahrenheit 451 (2009) (producer) Footloose (2011) (producer) Theater Up in One (1979), Broadway, musical revue Promises, Promises (2010), Broadway, musical revival How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (2011), Broadway, musical revival Television Series Smash (2012) (executive producer) Films Gypsy (1993) (executive producer) Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995) (executive producer) Twists of Terror (1997) (TV) (executive producer) Cinderella (1997) (executive producer) Annie (1999) (executive producer) Double Platinum (1999) (executive producer) The Reagans (2003) (producer) Wedding Wars (2006) (producer) A Raisin in the Sun (2008) (producer) Family Man (2008) (executive producer) Bonnie and Clyde: Dead and Alive (2013) (producer) Flint (2017) (producer) Live productions The Sound of Music Live! (2013) (TV) Peter Pan Live! (2014) (TV) The Wiz Live! (2015) (TV) Hairspray Live! (2016) (TV) Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018) (TV) Awards ceremonies 16th GLAAD Media Awards (2005) (executive producer) 85th Academy Awards (2013) (producer) 86th Academy Awards (2014) (producer) 87th Academy Awards (2015) (producer) Awards and nominations In 2008, Zadan and Meron were awarded the Career Achievement Award by the Casting Society of America. He has been nominated for the Emmy Award eight times, along with his co-executive producer Meron (and the respective producers). References External links Storyline Entertainment Sondheim & Co (2nd ed.) by Zadan, Craig New York: Harper & Row, 1986. Internet Off-Broadway Database listing 1949 births 2018 deaths Film producers from New York (state) American gay writers Golden Globe Award-winning producers LGBT people from Florida Writers from Miami LGBT people from New York (state) Hofstra University alumni Film producers from Florida 21st-century LGBT people Primetime Emmy Award winners