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name: "Jake Eberts"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jake-eberts"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "10 July 1941"
died: "6 September 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T14:38:34.934062+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."
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# Jake Eberts

Producer. Born 10 July 1941 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Died 6 September 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 10 July 1941, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- **Died:** 6 September 2012
- **Also known as:** John David Eberts

## Biography

Jake Eberts, also credited as John David Eberts, was a Canadian film producer, executive and financier. Born in Montreal on 10 July 1941, he studied chemical engineering at McGill University and business at Harvard Business School before working in engineering and finance.

In 1977 he co-founded Goldcrest Films with David Puttnam, serving as president and chief executive. The company financed or produced a series of acclaimed British films including *Chariots of Fire* (1981, uncredited) and *Gandhi* (1982). After leaving Goldcrest he established Allied Filmmakers and continued as executive producer or producer on *The Name of the Rose* (1986), *Driving Miss Daisy* (1989), *Dances with Wolves* (1990), *A River Runs Through It* (1992) and *Chicken Run* (2000).

Eberts produced *Super Mario Bros.* (1993) and later served as executive producer on titles including *Open Range* (2003) and *The Way Back* (2010). He died in Montreal on 6 September 2012.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, smbmovie.com, the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Super Mario Bros.* (1993), Fi1m 42, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/super-mario-bros.md)

## Also known for

- *Chicken Run* (2000), Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/chicken-run.md)
- *Dances with Wolves* (1990), Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/dances-with-wolves.md)
- *The Name of the Rose* (1986), Executive Producer
- *Driving Miss Daisy* (1989), Co-Executive Producer
- *The Way Back* (2010), Executive Producer
- *James and the Giant Peach* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Open Range* (2003), Producer
- *A River Runs Through It* (1992), Executive Producer

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