Biografia
Upon his graduation from New York University Film School in 1974, Jack Rapke moved to Los Angeles to embark on a career in the entertainment industry. His first stop was the mail room of the William Morris Agency in 1975. Four years later, Rapke joined Creative Artists Agency (CAA), where he rose, over the course of the next seventeen years, to become one of the most successful agents in Hollywood.
During a seven-year tenure as co-chairman of CAA's motion picture department, Rapke cultivated a high-profile client list that included Jerry Bruckheimer, Ridley Scott, Michael Mann, Harold Ramis, Michael Bay, Terry Gilliam, Bob Gale, Bo Goldman, Steve Kloves, Howard Franklin, Scott Frank, Robert Kamen, John Hughes, Joel Schumacher, Marty Brest, Chris Columbus, Ezra Sacks, and Imagine Entertainment partners Ron Howard and Brian Grazer. Instrumental in building production companies around his clients, it was only a matter of time before he decided to build one of his own with client Robert Zemeckis.
In 1998, Rapke departed CAA to form ImageMovers with Zemeckis. Primarily focused on theatrical motion pictures, the company's first feature was the critically acclaimed Cast Away (2000) , directed by Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks. Rapke went on to produce numerous hits including 'What Lies Beneath': Constructing the Perfect Thriller (2000) starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer, the Ridley Scott-directed Matchstick Men (2003) starring Nicolas Cage, The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005) starring Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson, and Last Holiday (2006) starring Queen Latifah.
Rapke Executive Produced The Polar Express (2004) directed by Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks for Warner Bros., which blazed a new trail for modern 3D filmmaking. He produced the Oscar-nominated Monster House (2006) , for Sony Pictures, Beowulf (2007) , starring Anthony Hopkins and Angelina Jolie for Paramount and A Christmas Carol (2009) , for The Walt Disney Studios, starring Jim Carrey and Colin Firth, the latter two directed by Zemeckis. He was also Executive Producer on the film Real Steel (2011) , starring Hugh Jackman, directed by Shawn Levy for Dreamworks.
Rapke Produced feature film Flight (2012) for Paramount Pictures, starring Denzel Washington, which was nominated for two Academy Awards. He also Produced The Walk (2015) , which starred Joseph Gordon-Levitt for Sony Pictures and he Executive Produced the feature film Allied (2016) , which starred Brad Pitt, for Paramount Pictures, all of which were directed by Zemeckis
Rapke served as Producer on Welcome to Marwen (2018) for Universal Pictures which starred Steve Carell and Produced The Witches (2020) for Warner Bros. Studios which starred Anne Hathaway and Octavia Spencer. He served as Producer on Finch (2021) for Dreamworks/Universal starring Tom Hanks and directed by Miguel Sapochnik and he Produced Pinocchio (2022) for the Disney Studios, directed by Zemeckis which was a 2023 PGA Award nominee.
For Television, Rapke was Executive Producer for the three seasons of The Borgias (2011) starring Jeremy Irons for Showtime and Executive Producer on the documentary series Medal of Honor (2018) , for Netflix. He served as Executive Producer on Project Blue Book (2019) for the History Channel and has Executive Produced all three seasons of Manifest (2018) for NBC TV and Warner Bros. Studios as well as the fourth and final season of the series for Netflix.
Rapke is currently producing Here to be directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Paul Bettany and Kelly Lynch for a 2024 release from Miramax/Sony.
