Production

Charles H. Joffe

Born July 16, 1929 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died July 9, 2008 · aged 78

Charles H. Joffe (July 16, 1929 – July 9, 2008) was an American film producer and comedy talent manager. He is best known as, in partnership with Jack Rollins, the producer or executive producer of most of Woody Allen's films. Joffe won the 1977 Academy Award for Best Picture as producer of Allen's Annie Hall. Annie Hall was listed as "A Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production", though only …

Known For

Match Point

Match Point · 2005

MovieDramaRomance

Chris, a former tennis pro, takes a job as an instructor and befriends his wealthy young student, Tom. After being introduced to his family, Chris is soon engaged to Tom's sister, Chloe. Despite the professional and financial advantages that this relationship affords him, Chris becomes obsessed with Tom's fiancee, American actress Nola.

Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry · 1997

Deconstructing Harry

MovieComedyDrama

Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Vicky Cristina Barcelona · 2008

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

MovieDramaRomance

Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.

Annie Hall

Annie Hall · 1977

MovieComedyDrama

New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

Hannah and Her Sisters

Hannah and Her Sisters · 1986

Hannah and Her Sisters

MovieComedyDrama

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

Manhattan

Manhattan · 1979

MovieComedyDrama

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

Whatever Works

Whatever Works · 2009

MovieComedyRomance

Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into wildly unexpected romantic entanglements. Everyone discovers that finding love is just a combination of lucky chance and appreciating the value of "whatever works."

Scoop

MovieComedyMystery

An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.

Filmography

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Match Point

Match Point · 2005

MovieDramaRomance

Chris, a former tennis pro, takes a job as an instructor and befriends his wealthy young student, Tom. After being introduced to his family, Chris is soon engaged to Tom's sister, Chloe. Despite the professional and financial advantages that this relationship affords him, Chris becomes obsessed with Tom's fiancee, American actress Nola.

Co-Executive Producer

Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry · 1997

Deconstructing Harry

MovieComedyDrama

Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.

Co-Executive Producer

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Vicky Cristina Barcelona · 2008

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

MovieDramaRomance

Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.

Co-Executive Producer

Annie Hall

Annie Hall · 1977

MovieComedyDrama

New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

Producer

Hannah and Her Sisters

Hannah and Her Sisters · 1986

Hannah and Her Sisters

MovieComedyDrama

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

Executive Producer

Manhattan

Manhattan · 1979

MovieComedyDrama

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

Producer

Whatever Works

Whatever Works · 2009

MovieComedyRomance

Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into wildly unexpected romantic entanglements. Everyone discovers that finding love is just a combination of lucky chance and appreciating the value of "whatever works."

Co-Executive Producer

Scoop

MovieComedyMystery

An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.

Co-Executive Producer

Husbands and Wives

Husbands and Wives · 1992

Husbands and Wives

MovieComedyDrama

When their best friends announce that they're separating, a professor and his wife discover the faults in their own marriage.

Executive Producer

Sweet and Lowdown

Sweet and Lowdown · 1999

Sweet and Lowdown

MovieComedyDrama

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.

Co-Executive Producer

Everyone Says I Love You

Everyone Says I Love You · 1996

Everyone Says I Love You

MovieComedyRomance

A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.

Co-Executive Producer

Bullets Over Broadway

Bullets Over Broadway · 1994

Bullets Over Broadway

MovieComedyCrime

After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is she a bimbo who could never pass for a psychiatrist—she's a dreadful actress. David puts up with the leading man who is a compulsive eater, the grand dame who wants her part jazzed up, and Olive's interfering hitman/bodyguard—but, eventually he must decide whether art or life is more important.

Co-Executive Producer

Melinda and Melinda

Melinda and Melinda · 2004

Melinda and Melinda

MovieComedyDrama

While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish. Each story involves Melinda coping with a recent divorce through substance abuse while beginning a romantic relationship with a close friend's husband.

Co-Executive Producer

Small Time Crooks

Small Time Crooks · 2000

Small Time Crooks

MovieComedyCrime

A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.

Co-Executive Producer

The Purple Rose of Cairo

The Purple Rose of Cairo · 1985

The Purple Rose of Cairo

MovieFantasyComedy

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.

Executive Producer

Arthur

MovieComedyDrama

Arthur is a 30-year-old child who will inherit $750 million if he complies with his family's demands and marries the woman of their choosing.

Executive Producer

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Crimes and Misdemeanors · 1989

Crimes and Misdemeanors

MovieComedyDrama

A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in murder; and a frustrated documentary filmmaker woos an attractive television producer while making a film about her insufferably self-centered boss.

Executive Producer

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask · 1972

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask

A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality. From aphrodisiacs to sexual perversion to the mystery of the male orgasm, characters like a court jester, a doctor, a queen and a journalist adventure through lab experiments and game shows, all seeking answers to common questions that many would never ask.

Producer

Mighty Aphrodite

Mighty Aphrodite · 1995

Mighty Aphrodite

MovieComedyRomance

When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute and porn star, Lenny is determined to reform her immoral lifestyle. A Greek chorus chimes in to relate the plot to Greek mythology in this quirky comedy.

Co-Executive Producer

Celebrity

Celebrity · 1998

MovieDramaComedy

The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment journalist. His assignments take him to the swankiest corners of Manhattan, but as he jumps from one lavish party to another and engages in numerous empty romances, he starts to doubt the worth of his work. Meanwhile, top TV producer Tony falls for Robin and introduces her to the world of celebrity.

Co-Executive Producer

Cassandra's Dream

Cassandra's Dream · 2007

Cassandra's Dream

MovieCrimeDrama

The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.

Co-Executive Producer

Stardust Memories

Stardust Memories · 1980

Stardust Memories

MovieComedyDrama

While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.

Executive Producer

Manhattan Murder Mystery

Manhattan Murder Mystery · 1993

Manhattan Murder Mystery

MovieComedyMystery

A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.

Executive Producer

Love and Death

Love and Death · 1975

MovieComedyHistory

In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.

Producer

Star of the Family

Star of the Family · 1982

Star of the Family

SeriesComedyFamily

Short-lived ABC sitcom starring Brian Dennehy as fire chief Leslie "Buddy" Krebs and Kathy Maisnik as his singer daughter, Jennie Lee Krebs.

Executive Producer