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name: "John Kemeny"
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roles: ["Producer"]
born: "17 April 1925"
died: "23 November 2012"
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updated: "2026-09-16T13:05:54.669127+00:00"
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# John Kemeny

Producer. Born 17 April 1925 in Budapest. Died 23 November 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 17 April 1925, Budapest
- **Died:** 23 November 2012

## Biography

John Kemeny (1925–2012) was a Hungarian-Canadian film producer. Born in Budapest, he immigrated to Canada in 1957 and began working as an editor at the National Film Board of Canada in Montreal in 1959. Over the next twelve years he produced, wrote or edited around eighty films there.

After leaving the NFB he produced feature films including *The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz* (1974). With Denis Héroux he co-founded International Cinema Corporation; their first collaboration was Louis Malle’s *Atlantic City* (1980), which received five Academy Award nominations including for Best Picture. He later co-founded Alliance Entertainment and produced for television, receiving a Special Achievement Genie Award in 1991.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theglobeandmail.com, cfe.tiff.net.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Atlantic City* (1980), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/atlantic-city.md)

## Also known for

- *Quest for Fire* (1981), Producer
- *The Wraith* (1986), Producer
- *The Gate* (1987), Producer
- *When Trumpets Fade* (1998), Producer
- *Gate II* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Iron Eagle II* (1988), Producer
- *Ice Castles* (1978), Producer
- *The Park Is Mine* (1986), Producer

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