Bruce Mallen, a Canadian film producer who pioneered studies in the economics of the movie industry and led the revitalization of Culver City's historic studio district in the 1980s, has died.
He was 83. Mallen died Friday in Beverly Hills of a heart attack, his daughter-in-law Rebecka Biejo announced. He also battled Alzheimer's disease and had a recent bout with COVID-19.
The Montreal native produced the 1981 movies The High Country, starring Timothy Bottoms, and Heartaches, starring Margot Kidder; executive produced Paradise (1982), featuring Phoebe Cates; and produced Doin' Time, starring Jeff Altman.
He also served as vice chairman of the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, as a senior fellow at the Center for the Digital.
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