Thomas Mitchell Sherak (June 22, 1945 – January 28, 2014) was an American film producer who was president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Sherak was born in Brooklyn and studied at New York City Community College where he earned a degree in marketing.
He joined Paramount Pictures in 1970 working in distribution offices in New York, Washington, D.C., and St Louis.
[1] In 2000, he joined Revolution Studios and oversaw the release of 30 films in seven years, including The One, for which he was executive producer, and Black Hawk Down (both 2001).
[1] He served as chairman of the MS Dinner of Champions for two decades, helping raise millions of dollars for multiple sclerosis research, an illness that his daughter Melissa had.