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name: "Joann Carelli"
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# Joann Carelli

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer

## Biography

Joann Carelli is a film producer. She produced *Heaven's Gate* (1980), directed by Michael Cimino, and is also credited as music supervisor on the film. She had previously served as associate producer on Cimino's *The Deer Hunter* (1978) and later produced his *The Sicilian* (1987).

Cimino's girlfriend at the time, Carelli was hired to produce *Heaven's Gate*. She appears in archive footage in the 2004 documentary *Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Heaven's Gate* (1980), Fi1m 79, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/heavens-gate.md)

## Also known for

- *The Sicilian* (1987), Producer

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