Jere Henshaw

Jere Henshaw (1930–1993) was an American film executive. In the 1960s he was an executive at Universal.

Career
From 1967 to 1971 he was vice president in charge of production at Cinema Center Films. The president was Gordon Stulberg and Henshaw worked closely with him. When Stulberg went over to 20th Century Fox in 1971 Henshaw followed him and worked as vice-president for worldwide production. Among the films Henshaw supervised at Fox were The Towering Inferno.

Henshaw left Fox in 1974 along with Stulberg, going over to Universal. Hensaw was at Universal until 1977 where his films included The Last Remake of Beau Geste.

In July 1977 Henshaw left Universal to become head of production at American International Pictures. According to the Los Angeles Times "his appointment reflects the company's current attempt to shed its old image as a manufacturer of exploitation pictures in order to make more mainstream entertainments." During this time the company released films such as The Amityville Horror. AIP merged with Filmways.

In 1980 Hensaw joined Stulberg at Polygram Pictures.

Henshaw was married to Pamela Rodgers.

Films made while head of Cinema Centre Films

 * The Christian Licorice Store
 * Scrooge
 * Two-Lane Blacktop

Films made while head of AIP

 * Our Winning Season (1978)
 * High-Ballin' (1978)
 * Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
 * Love at First Bite (1979)
 * Meteor (1979)
 * The Amityville Horror (1979)
 * Defiance (1980)
 * How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980)
 * Underground Aces (1981) (released for Filmways)