Getting his start in the movie business in Universal's contract and playdate department in New York City, Howard W. Koch moved on to 20th Century-Fox as a film librarian and then entered production as second assistant director on _The Keys of the Kingdom Humanitarian Award at the 1990 Oscarcast.
Father of Hawk Koch
President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1977-79.
Ex-father-in-law of Joanna Pacula.
From 1964-66 he was Head of Production at Paramount Pictures.
With Aubrey Schenck and Edwin F. Zabel , formed Bel-Air Productions in 1953.
From 1961-64 he was Vice President in Charge of Production for Sinatra Enterprises, Frank Sinatra s production company.
The word-of-mouth was good but unfortunately not strong enough . . .
that picture took 15 years to get into profit!.
