Biography
John Nicholas Calley (8 July 1930 – 13 September 2011) was an American film producer and studio executive. He began his career in television at NBC before moving into feature production at Filmways, where he worked on films including The Americanization of Emily (1964) and The Cincinnati Kid (1965).
At Warner Bros. from 1968 to 1981 he held senior production roles and was involved in numerous releases. Later, as president and chief operating officer at Sony Pictures Entertainment from 1996, he served as chairman and chief executive for five years. Among his later productions were Postcards from the Edge (1990), The Remains of the Day (1993), Closer (2004), The Da Vinci Code (2006) and Angels & Demons (2009). He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture for The Remains of the Day.
