Ronald L Schwary, Oscar-Winning ‘Ordinary People’ Producer, Dies at 76
Also Read: Bettina Gilois, 'McFarland USA' and 'Bessie' Screenwriter, Dies at 58The following year, Redford hired Schwary as the sole producer for his directorial debut of “Ordinary People.” That film went on to win four Academy Awards, including Best Picture for Schwary and Best Director for Redford, as well as the New York Film Critics Award, National Board of Review Best Picture Award and a Golden Globe Award.He again teamed with Pollack on “Absence of Malice,” the newspaper drama starring Paul Newman and Sally Field, and then again in 1982’s Best Picture Oscar-nominated film “Tootsie,” starring Dustin Hoffman, whom he acted as a stand-in for on “The Graduate.” It marked Schwary’s first credit as executive producer.Schwary went on to