Jay Weston, producer of films like “Lady Sings the Blues” and “Buddy Buddy,” died of natural causes Feb. 28 at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills, Calif. He was 93. W…
Weston first metat the Newport Jazz Festival — a chance encounter that would ultimately lead to Weston producing a biopic about her starring Diana Ross in 1972. “Lady Sings the Blues” marked Ross’ feature debut and went on to score five Academy Award nominations, including best actress for Ross and original screenplay.
The veteran filmmaker made his break as a producer on 1968’s “For Love of Ivy,” which featured Oscar winner Sidney Poiter in the lead role. In the years that followed, Weston would serve as a producer on features such as “W.C. Fields and Me,” “Night of the Juggler,” “Underground Aces” and “Chu Chu and the Philly Flash.” His 1981 film, “Buddy Buddy,” cemented itself in film history as director Billy Wilder’s last feature prior to his death in March 2002.
The filmmaker also worked for a decade at Cinerama Inc. as public relations counsel, before being hired in 1967 as head of Palomar Pictures, ABC’s feature film division. The following year, Weston produced the Broadway play “Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?” which kickstarted the career of Al Pacino.
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