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Jon Peters
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Jon Peters (born John H. Peters; June 2, 1945) is an American movie producer.

Life and career

Peters was born John H. PetersAccording to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Searchable at www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461 in Van Nuys, California, the son of Helen (née Pagano), a receptionist, and Jack Peters, a cook.www.filmreference.com/film/59/Jon-Peters.html He is of Cherokee and Italian descent.www.nytimes.com/1989/10/22/magazine/the-producers.html?pagewanted=5 Peters went into the family hair styling business and was successful on Rodeo Drive in Hollywood where he made many industry connections. Peters first gained national prominence when he began dating superstar singer and actress Barbra Streisand after designing the short wig Barbra wore for the 1974 comedy For Pete's Sake. He then produced Streisand's 1974 Butterfly album, which interestingly, Barbra says she doesn't even remember making. In 1976 he was given a controversial producing credit on Streisand's remake of A Star Is Born, which went on to become a bonafide blockbuster. He worked with Peter Guber for the next ten years. Their hits included The Color Purple and Flashdance, and the original remake of Batman, and Rain Man. He headed Sony Pictures with Guber for two years until Guber fired him. The pair were the subject of the book Hit and Run: How Jon Peters and Peter Guber Took Sony for a Ride in Hollywood by Nancy Griffin and Kim Masters. Nancy Griffin; Kim Masters (1997). Hit & Run: How Jon Peters and Peter Guber Took Sony For A Ride In Hollywood. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-684-80931-1

Criticism

While Peters is credited with modernizing Streisand's image, he was also widely known as Barbra's svengali, riding on her coattails throughout their entire 10+ year relationship. Both he and Barbra spoke in detail about the criticism in 1976 on The Barbara Walters Special.
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