---
name: "Jack Rapke"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jack-rapke"
fi1m_id: "jack-rapke"
imdb_id: "nm0710759"
tmdb_id: 23779
wikidata_id: "Q6114749"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 April 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-05T11:27:33.682636+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."
---

# Jack Rapke

## Identity

Jack Rapke

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jack-rapke
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jack-rapke
- **IMDb ID:** nm0710759
- **TMDB ID:** 23779
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6114749
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Rapke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6114749, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0710759/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23779

Producer. Born 1 April 1950 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 April 1950, United States
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Robert Zemeckis](https://film.one/person/robert-zemeckis.md), [Steve Starkey](https://film.one/person/steve-starkey.md), [Robin Wright](https://film.one/person/robin-wright.md), [Tom Hanks](https://film.one/person/tom-hanks.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 58, as producer, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 63 (4), 2010s 57 (1), 2020s 47 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 58 to 55 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 5 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Family 3, Fantasy 3, Adventure 2, Animation 2, Horror 2
- **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,529m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Rapke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6114749, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0710759/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23779

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*What Lies Beneath*](https://film.one/film/what-lies-beneath.md) (63)
- **Disney+:** [*A Christmas Carol*](https://film.one/film/a-christmas-carol.md) (50)

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

## Biography

Jack Rapke is an American film producer. He graduated from New York University Film School in 1974 and began his career in the mailroom of the William Morris Agency in 1975. He later worked as a talent agent, becoming co-chairman of the motion picture department at Creative Artists Agency before leaving in 1998.

In 1998 Rapke co-founded the production company ImageMovers with director Robert Zemeckis. He has produced numerous films directed by Zemeckis, including *Cast Away* (2000), *Flight* (2012), *The Walk* (2015) and *Here* (2024). His other credits include *What Lies Beneath* (2000), *Matchstick Men* (2003) and *Finch* (2021). Rapke has also served as executive producer on television series such as *The Borgias* (2011–2013) and *Manifest* (2018–2023).

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Here* (2024), Fi1m 40, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/here.md)
- *Roald Dahl's The Witches* (2020), Fi1m 54, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/roald-dahls-the-witches.md)
- *Allied* (2016), Fi1m 57, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/allied.md)
- *A Christmas Carol* (2009), Fi1m 50, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-christmas-carol.md)
- *The Polar Express* (2004), Fi1m 58, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-polar-express.md)
- *Cast Away* (2000), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/cast-away.md)
- *What Lies Beneath* (2000), Fi1m 63, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/what-lies-beneath.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Here* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/here.md)
- *Pinocchio* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Finch* (2021), Producer
- *Roald Dahl's The Witches* (2020), Producer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/roald-dahls-the-witches.md)
- *WHAT / IF* (2019), series, Executive Producer
- *Project Blue Book* (2019), series, Executive Producer
- *Welcome to Marwen* (2018), Producer
- *Manifest* (2018), series, Executive Producer
- *Allied* (2016), Executive Producer — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/allied.md)
- *The Walk* (2015), Producer
- *Flight* (2012), Producer
- *Real Steel* (2011), Executive Producer
- *The Borgias* (2011), series, Executive Producer
- *Mars Needs Moms* (2011), Producer
- *A Christmas Carol* (2009), Producer — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/a-christmas-carol.md)
- *Beowulf* (2007), Producer
- *Monster House* (2006), Producer
- *Last Holiday* (2006), Producer
- *The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio* (2005), Producer
- *The Polar Express* (2004), Executive Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-polar-express.md)
- *Matchstick Men* (2003), Producer
- *Cast Away* (2000), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/cast-away.md)
- *What Lies Beneath* (2000), Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/what-lies-beneath.md)
- *School for Scumbags*, Producer
- *Arrivals: A New Manifest Mystery*, series, Executive Producer
- *The Last Mrs. Parrish*, Executive Producer
- *Barracuda*, Producer

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