Biography
Jerry Tokofsky was an American agent, film producer and studio executive. He began his career as an agent and by the 1960s had become a studio executive at Columbia Pictures, serving as a vice-president in 1966 and later heading its creative affairs department.
Tokofsky produced Where's Poppa? (1970) for United Artists. In 1986, with Stanley Zupnik, he acquired the film rights to David Mamet's play Glengarry Glen Ross for $1 million. He produced the resulting 1992 film for New Line Cinema. His other credits include co-producer on Dreamscape (1984) and Fear City (1984), and producer on The Grass Harp (1995).
Tokofsky was born in Brooklyn, New York City, on 14 April 1934 and died in New York City on 5 October 2025.
