Francis Borden Mace , (July 23, 1920 - November 21, 2014) in Beaufort, North Carolina is an American film producer. Mr. Mace died on 21 November 2014 in Salisbury, Connecticut.
Mace produced hundreds of movies, many of them for the military, in careers spanning decades. During the post-World War II period he worked on many projects with his mentor, producer Louis de Rochemont, especially on the quasi-biography of Alfred L. Werker, Lost Boundaries , which was one of the first US films featuring actor skins black in a professional position, and which is banned in Atlanta and Memphis. He is also involved in the production and development of the 1954 Joy Batchelor story and John Halas animated adaptation of Animal Farm . His last Hollywood project was John Ehle's
Mace, along with her friend Ehle, was instrumental in its founding in 1980, from the School of Science and Mathematics North Carolina (NCSSM), serving as the first principal and deputy director. The school library is named after Mace.
After his success with NCSSM, Mace was asked, in 1983, to advise on the establishment of a similar school, the Illinois Academy of Mathematics and Science in Aurora, Illinois, serving 1986-1987 as interim director.
In 1991, Mace returned from retirement to advise on the establishment of a Film Making School at the North Carolina School of the Arts.
Mace married Grace Breslin Wingerter who died in 2001. Mace died on 21 November 2014 in Salisbury, Connecticut.
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References
http://www.carolinacoastonline.com/news_times/article_063492f6-a610-11e3-a824-001a4bcf887a.html
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External links
- Borden Mace on IMDb
- Mace works with de Rochemont
- Mace on making Windjammer
- A Raleigh News & amp; Observer article discusses Mace and Ehle the
- 1949 Time magazine article on censorship Missing Limit
- [1] Borden Mace discusses Beaufort History
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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