Claude Giroux (producer)

Claude Giroux (1 April 1928 - 2025 ) was a Canadian entrepreneur and film producer.

He was born in Montreal and worked as an entrepreneur in a variety of businesses including trading stamps and groceries. He was managed of the pharmaceutical company D. Kaltman.[1] In the 1950s he invested in several Broadway productions and ran a broadway house, Grammercy Arts Playhouse.[2]

In February 1962 Giroux and Kaltman bought 10% of stock in Allied Artists from Albert Zugsmith which led to him taking over Allied.[3][4] In 1963 Giroux became chairman of Allied Artists.[5][6] He was pressident of Allied from 1965 to 1967 and was replaced by Emanuel L. Wolf.

In 1973 Giroux was appointed director of Global Television. He helped establish Compagnie francaise de co production.[7]

Allied Artists took over D. Katlman in 1976. Both companies went out of business.[8]

Select film credits

Select theatre credits

  • The Thread on the Leg
  • Orpheus Descending
  • Rendesvous at Senlis (1961) - producer
  • Six Characters in Search of an Author
  • The Glass Menagerie (1965)

References

  1. ^ "Giroux's start". Variety. 7 February 1962. p. 3.
  2. ^ "Angel with blank check". The Los Angeles Times. 27 May 1965. p. 8 Part 4.
  3. ^ "What's with Allied Artists?". 7 February 1962. p. 3. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  4. ^ "That Man at AA Door Again". Variety. 9 May 1962. p. 3.
  5. ^ "Giroux new chairman of movie firm". The Los Angeles Times. 15 March 1963. p. 53.
  6. ^ "Allied Artists meets". Variety. 23 October 1963. p. 18.
  7. ^ "Canadian film industry gains a bigtime studio". The Gazette. 20 September 1980. p. 96.
  8. ^ "Local drug wholesale business folds 3 years after merger". Press of Atlantic City. 9 March 1979. p. 34.
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