Jim Tauber, anonymous content cofounder and the former president of film production company Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (SKE), has died at age 74. Tauber died on Wednesday of complications from multiple myeloma, a cancer that affects plasma cells in the bone marrow, TheWrap has learned.
The longtime film executive, who spent a decade at SKE, during which he oversaw and produced more than 30 films, including “The Place Beyond the Pines,” “Death at a Funeral” and “Lars and the Real Girl,” previously served as the executive vice president of acquisitions and business and legal affairs at Columbia TriStar Pictures. In that role, he managed all acquisitions and sales agreements, as well as the production of over 50 features, including Oscar nominee “Sex, Lies and Videotape” and Sundance hits “The Waterdance” and “Gas Food Lodging.” He later moved over to 20th Century Century Fox where he was the EVP of acquisitions and co-productions.
Tauber, a longtime member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, is also best known for helping launch the production and management company Anonymous Content, which he eventually led as president and chief operating officer.
Tauber, an Illinois native, grew up in the northeastern Chicago suburb of Glencoe, where his family still resides. After a hefty Hollywood career, Tauber and his wife, Laura Newman, moved to Los Olivos and he pivoted to a career as a licensed psychotherapist, working alongside Newman.
He is survived by his wife, Laura; his sister, Joanie and his three daughters, J.Lucy, Dixie, and Zazu. A private funeral has been planned, with a celebration of life to occur at a later date.
