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name: "Stanley R. Jaffe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stanley-r-jaffe"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "31 July 1940"
died: "10 March 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T11:18:25.982227+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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# Stanley R. Jaffe

Producer. Born 31 July 1940 in New Rochelle, New York, USA. Died 10 March 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 31 July 1940, New Rochelle, New York, USA
- **Died:** 10 March 2025
- **Also known as:** Stanley Richard Jaffe, Stanley Jaffe

## Biography

Stanley R. Jaffe was an American film producer and studio executive. Born Stanley Richard Jaffe on 31 July 1940 in New Rochelle, New York, he was the son of Columbia Pictures executive Leo Jaffe. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1962 and began his career at Seven Arts Associates before moving to CBS and then Paramount Pictures.

Jaffe served as president of Paramount Pictures in the early 1970s, becoming one of the youngest studio heads in Hollywood history. He later held executive roles at Columbia Pictures. As an independent producer, his credits included *Goodbye, Columbus* (1969), *The Bad News Bears* (1976), *Kramer vs. Kramer* (1979), *Taps* (1981), *Fatal Attraction* (1987), *The Accused* (1988) and *Black Rain* (1989). *Kramer vs. Kramer* won the Academy Award for Best Picture. In the 1980s he partnered with Sherry Lansing to form Jaffe-Lansing Productions.

Jaffe died on 10 March 2025 at his home in Rancho Mirage, California, aged 84.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, thewrap.com, hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Kramer vs. Kramer* (1979), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/kramer-vs-kramer.md)

## Also known for

- *Fatal Attraction* (1987), Producer
- *Black Rain* (1989), Producer
- *The Accused* (1988), Producer
- *The Four Feathers* (2002), Producer
- *School Ties* (1992), Producer
- *The Bad News Bears* (1976), Producer
- *Taps* (1981), Producer
- *Madeline* (1998), Executive Producer

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