---
name: "Craig Zadan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/craig-zadan"
fi1m_id: "craig-zadan"
imdb_id: "nm0951722"
tmdb_id: 35498
wikidata_id: "Q5119320"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "15 April 1949"
died: "20 August 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T03:48:43.793809+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Craig Zadan

## Identity

Craig Zadan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/craig-zadan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** craig-zadan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0951722
- **TMDB ID:** 35498
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5119320
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Zadan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5119320, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0951722/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35498

Producer. Born 15 April 1949 in Miami, Florida, USA. Died 20 August 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 15 April 1949, Miami, Florida, USA
- **Died:** 20 August 2018
- **Active:** 1984–2007
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 72 (1), 2000s 72 (2)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Romance 2, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $477m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Zadan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5119320, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0951722/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35498

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Footloose*](https://film.one/film/footloose.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Craig Zadan (1949–2018) was an American film and television producer. He attended Hofstra University and began his career as a writer, contributing to New York magazine and publishing the book Sondheim & Co. in 1974. He later formed a long-term producing partnership with Neil Meron through Storyline Entertainment.

Zadan produced the 1984 film *Footloose* and served as a producer on the 2007 film *Hairspray*. With Meron, he also executive produced the 2002 film *Chicago* and worked on numerous television musical adaptations, including *Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella* (1997), *Annie* (1999) and several live NBC broadcasts such as *The Sound of Music Live!* (2013). The pair produced the Academy Awards telecasts from 2013 to 2015.

Zadan died in Los Angeles on 20 August 2018.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Hairspray* (2007), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/hairspray-2007.md)
- *Chicago* (2002), Fi1m 73, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/chicago.md)
- *Footloose* (1984), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/footloose.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bombshell in Concert* (2020), Producer
- *Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert* (2018), Producer
- *Flint* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Hairspray Live!* (2016), Executive Producer
- *The Wiz Live!* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Peter Pan Live!* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Bonnie & Clyde* (2013), series, Executive Producer
- *The Sound of Music Live!* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Anna Nicole* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Steel Magnolias* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Blue Lagoon: The Awakening* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Smash* (2012), series, Producer, Executive Producer
- *Footloose* (2011), Producer
- *Drop Dead Diva* (2009), series, Executive Producer
- *Living Proof* (2008), Producer
- *A Raisin in the Sun* (2008), Executive Producer
- *The Bucket List* (2007), Producer
- *Hairspray* (2007), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/hairspray-2007.md)
- *Filthy Gorgeous* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Wedding Wars* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Empire* (2005), series, Producer
- *Suburban Madness* (2004), Executive Producer
- *The Reagans* (2003), Executive Producer
- *It's All Relative* (2003), series, Executive Producer
- *The Music Man* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Chicago* (2002), Executive Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/chicago.md)
- *Martin and Lewis* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows* (2001), series, Executive Producer
- *What Makes a Family* (2001), Executive Producer
- *The Three Stooges* (2000), Executive Producer
- *The Beach Boys: An American Family* (2000), series, Executive Producer
- *Flowers for Algernon* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Annie* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Forget Me Never* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Double Platinum* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Cinderella* (1997), Executive Producer
- *The Wonderful World of Disney* (1997), series, Executive Producer
- *Twists of Terror* (1997), Executive Producer
- *My Fellow Americans* (1996), Executive Producer
- *The Assassination File* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Gypsy* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Sing* (1989), Producer
- *Footloose* (1984), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/footloose.md)

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