76-year-old TV and film producer – The Hollywood Reporter
Julian Fowles, a film and television producer and Hollywood executive, died in a Miami hospital on February 5. He was 76 years old.
Fowles ‘died in his sleep while recovering from a stroke, colleague and longtime friend William Immerman confirms The Hollywood Reporter on Sunday.
Educated at Harvard Law School, Fowles first became an attorney at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, then a contract attorney at Universal, Columbia, and 20th Century Fox in California.
Early in his film career, Fowles worked at public broadcaster KCET as an executive producer of the local show, where he produced Eleanor: In her own words starring Lee Remick as Eleanor Roosevelt, who won a Los Angeles Area Emmy Award and was selected by PBS for their American Playhouse Series.
He also produced Daniel Petrie’s TV series Mark Twain and I – won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Children’s Program, among other awards – and co-wrote and produced The Light Stuff. While at KCET, Fowles played a key role in finding programming that represented Latino, Black, and Asian communities.
After leaving KCET, Fowles oversaw the television division at Esparza / Katz Productions and produced a number of films including action thrillers. Butter, family movie The sweetest gift and John Stamos-starrer Jailed.
Fowles also served as an officer and trustee of the Hollywood Arts Council.
The Fowles memorial plan will be announced at a later date. Survivors include his wife, Gallena Fowles.