- A rarity in Hollywood, he was a well connected producer who managed to straddle the worlds of studio pictures and independent film.
- An asthma attack while working out at a Toronto gym triggered his fatal heart attack at age 49.
- Was vice-president of production and acquisitions at Columbia Pictures, before forming "Outlaw Productions" with Jeffrey Silver in the late 1980s.
- Children: Sofi, Teddy, James and Billi.
- Parents: James and Virginia Newmyer; sisters: Elsa and Laurie
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