Julian Schlossberg

Julian Schlossberg (born January 26, 1942) is an American motion pictures, theatre and television producer. He has been a college lecturer and television host regarding films, as well.

Schlossberg was born in New York City.

Following a tour of duty in the United States Army, Schlossberg attended college at New York University, graduating with honors.

In 1964 he began his career in television at ABC as an Assistant Account Representative in station clearance. After 10 months, he was promoted to head the department. In 1966 Schlossberg left ABC to become an Account Executive at Walter Reade Organization in the Television Division. He moved to the Theater division in 1969 as an Assistant Vice President. He later became the Vice President and Head Film Buyer.

In 1974, while working as an executive, Schlossberg began hosting Movie Talk, a four-hour nationally syndicated radio program aired in New York first on WMCA and subsequently on WOR. Over the next nine years, he interviewed hundreds of stars (many of whom rarely did interviews) such as Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty. He also hosted Movie Talk on television, which aired in New York and Philadelphia on Wometco Home Theatre.

From 1976 to 1977 Schlossberg served as the Vice President of World Wide Acquisition at Paramount Pictures. He was Vice President of Production in 1977, but in 1978, Schlossberg left Paramount.

In 1978, Schlossberg established Castle Hill Productions, a film production and distribution company. They distributed over 500 first run and classic movies to theaters, pay TV, basic cable, home video, TV syndication and other motion picture outlets worldwide. It became one of the largest independent film distribution companies in the world.

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