Jason Constantine, co-president of the Lionsgate cinema group, died at 55 years old

Jason Constantine, co -president of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, died at the age of 55 after a long fight with cancer, the studio announced on Thursday.

A beloved figure whose skills and kindness extend beyond the executive suite on all corners of the studio and industry, Constantine has been a member of the Lionsgate family almost since the creation of the studio, starting his career more than 25 years ago as director of acquisitions of the predecessor of Lionsgate, Trimark Pictures.

“With his intrepid spirit, his creative energy and his lasting talent relationships, Jason embodied the best of our studio and our industry,” Lionsgate said in a statement. “Its influence will continue to be felt in many of our most successful franchises. His career has been built around the principles that an excellent idea can come from anywhere, a triumph at the box office is supposed to be shared by an entire team and our creative choices must be daring and daring. We cry the deepest of his fractures to his wife, a trusted partner and a friend entirely condolences.

His mandate in Lionsgate lasted many franchises from the studio and tubes to the box office most acclaimed by criticism, including the franchises “John Wick” and “SAW”, which each reported more than a billion dollars at the world box office. He was a champion of the “SAW” franchise since his first days, when he led the studio’s push to acquire him after watching a brief short concept.

Beyond “John Wick” and “Saw”, it is closely associated with the franchise “The Expendables”, the price of the price of the price of the Academy of the Academy of Paul Haggis, “Crash”, “Precious” of Lee Daniels, nominated for five prizes of the Academy and the Oscars of Rian Johnson, “I am not by the Oscar”. Bodyguard, “” Kick Ass “,” Rambo: Last Blood “,” Angel Has Fallen “and success in small groups” Plane “, critical jewels like” The Girl with the Pearl Earge “,” Arbitration “,” Margin Call “and” Dear White People “and Horror Classics, including Trtigy in the woods”.

Constantine embodied the entrepreneurial spirit of Lionsgate, relentlessly defending new ideas, emerging creative voices and bold and original properties that have challenged conventional wisdom. Knowing from an early age that he wanted a career in cinema, he was really passionate and had an encyclopedic knowledge of the film and could happily the facts, figures and anecdotes on the Lionsgate films and everything else on the market.

Outside the office, Constantine was well known for his generous mind. Each year at Christmas, he created a model train village in his courtyard which captured the real holiday spirit and touched people far beyond his neighborhood community.

A native Californian, Constantine obtained his BA from Princeton University and his MFA in film production at Loyola Marymount University. He wrote and produced two short films: “For whom the marriage of the ringtones”, a romantic comedy and “Ashes”, a drama, which won the Producers Guild of America Prize for the best student short film.

He is survived by his wife, Kristin, and his sons Lucas, Xander and Nicholas.

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Instead of flowers, the Constantine family asks those who wish to give gifts to Jason are planning to finance research on brain cancer led by Jason neurosurgeons. Please consider one of the following two options: visit https://medicalgiving.stanford.edu/.

On the destination page, click on “Make a gift” at the top right. Choose a unique gift or a recurring gift. Please direct your gift to Stanford Medicine, and in the next box, choose “Another designation of Stanford”. This will open up a space to grasp “support for Dr. Michael Lim” supports or will help finance research on brain cancer led by the Jason neuro-oncology team at the UCLA led by Dr. Tim Cloudhhesy and Dr. Robert Chong: https://giving.ucla.edu/jasonconstanine.