Frank Konigsberg obit

Frank Konigsberg Dies: Longtime Agent & TV Producer Was 83

 

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Frank Konigsberg, a top TV lit agent-turned-prolific TV movie producer, died November 12 of leukemia. He was 83.

Born on March 10, 1933, Konigsberg started his career as an attorney for CBS after graduating from Yale and Yale Law School. He then went to International Famous Agency, where he headed the West Coast office and the TV packaging department. Konigsberg was the packaging agent on The Waltons TV series and represented Bing Crosby and Lorimar, among others.

In 1975, Konigsberg segued to International Creative Management (ICM), formed by combining IFA with Creative Management Associates. There, Konigsberg became the second-largest shareholder behind Marvin Josephson, who had controlled both companies and orchestrated the merger.

Konigsberg later left the agency to became a producer. He produced all of Crosby’s TV specials as well as many TV movies and miniseries for the broadcast networks, HBO and Showtime. On the feature side, Konigsberg executive produced 9 1/2 Weeks and Paris Trout.

In 1983, Konigsberg sold his company to Telepictures and became president of Telepictures Productions. When Telepictures merged with Lorimar three years later, he formed Konigsberg Sanitsky with producer Larry Sanitsky. The two produced several TV movies and miniseries including Titanic, The Tommyknockers and The Last Don miniseries franchise, until 1996. After that, Konigsberg continued to produce through his Konigsberg Company until his death, with TV movies William & Kate, Of Two Minds and Away and Back and the Sarah Jessica Parker feature All Roads Lead to Rome among his last produced credits.

During his career, Konigsberg received nine Emmy Awards for such movie/miniseries as The Guyana Tragedy, The Last Don, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, Jesus and Children of the Dust.

Konigsberg is survived by his wife Susanne.

 

Producer

Sarah Jessica Parker and Raoul Bova in All Roads Lead to Rome (2015)

All Roads Lead to Rome

4.9

executive producer

producer: The Koningsberg Company

2015

 

Away and Back (2015)

Away and Back

6.2

TV Movie

executive producer

2015

 

Kristin Davis in Of Two Minds (2012)

Of Two Minds

6.1

TV Movie

executive producer

2012

 

Meddling Mom (2012)

Meddling Mom

4.6

TV Movie

executive producer

2012

 

William & Kate (2011)

William & Kate

4.9

TV Movie

executive producer

2011

 

Lies in Plain Sight (2010)

Lies in Plain Sight

6.1

TV Movie

executive producer

2010

 

Ben Hur (2010)

Ben Hur

6.3

TV Mini Series

executive producer

2010

2 episodes

 

John Lynch, Dermot Crowley, Lochlann O'Mearáin, Cian Barry, and Cornelius Clarke in Hard Times (2009)

Hard Times

5.9

producer

2009

 

Sex and Lies in Sin City (2008)

Sex and Lies in Sin City

5.0

TV Movie

executive producer

2008

 

Caught in the Act (2004)

Caught in the Act

6.0

TV Movie

supervising producer

2004

 

Living in Fear (2001)

Living in Fear

5.1

TV Movie

producer

2001

 

Robert Forster, Mary Tyler Moore, and Jean Stapleton in Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes (2001)

Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes

6.4

TV Movie

producer

2001

 

Jesus (1999)

Jesus

6.0

TV Mini Series

co-executive producer

1999

 

Anne Bancroft, Gloria Reuben, and Lynn Whitfield in Deep in My Heart (1999)

Deep in My Heart

6.6

TV Movie

executive producer

1999

 

Kirstie Alley, Patsy Kensit, Danny Aiello, Jason Gedrick, and Joe Mantegna in The Last Don II (1998)

The Last Don II

6.8

TV Mini Series

executive producer

1998

2 episodes

 

Nastassja Kinski, Jennifer Tilly, Vanessa Redgrave, and Illeana Douglas in Bella Mafia (1997)

Bella Mafia

6.8

TV Movie

executive producer

1997

 

The Price of Heaven (1997)

The Price of Heaven

6.2

TV Movie

executive producer

1997

 

Kirstie Alley, Daryl Hannah, Danny Aiello, Jason Gedrick, and Joe Mantegna in The Last Don (1997)

The Last Don

7.1

TV Mini Series

executive producer

1997

3 episodes

 

Titanic (1996)

Titanic

5.8

TV Mini Series

executive producer

1996

2 episodes

 

Jennie Garth and Rob Estes in A Loss of Innocence (1996)

A Loss of Innocence

5.1

TV Movie

executive producer

1996

 

A Face to Die For (1996)

A Face to Die For

5.7

TV Movie

executive producer

1996

 

Sweet Temptation (1996)

Sweet Temptation

6.5

TV Movie

executive producer

1996

 

Tori Spelling and Patrick Muldoon in Deadly Pursuits (1996)

Deadly Pursuits

4.7

TV Movie

executive producer

1996

 

Children of the Dust (1995)

Children of the Dust

6.7

TV Mini Series

executive producer

1995

2 episodes

 

Nicollette Sheridan and Joe Lando in Shadows of Desire (1994)

Shadows of Desire

5.5

TV Movie

executive producer

1994

 

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994)

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

7.0

TV Mini Series

executive producer

1994

 

The Yarn Princess (1994)

The Yarn Princess

7.2

TV Movie

executive producer

1994

 

Kim Cattrall, James Brolin, Chelsea Field, Peggy Lipton, Cassidy Rae, Brian Heidik, Jeremy London, and Robert Rusler in Angel Falls (1993)

Angel Falls

7.5

TV Series

executive producer

1993

 

The Tommyknockers (1993)

The Tommyknockers

5.4

TV Mini Series

executive producer

1993

2 episodes

 

Love Can Be Murder (1992)

Love Can Be Murder

5.7

TV Movie

executive producer

1992

 

Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After (1992)

Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After

4.6

TV Movie

executive producer

1992

 

Susan Lucci in Double Edge (1992)

Double Edge

4.7

TV Movie

executive producer

1992

 

In Sickness and in Health (1992)

In Sickness and in Health

6.3

TV Movie

executive producer

1992

 

To Save a Child (1991)

To Save a Child

4.8

TV Movie

executive producer

1991

 

Paris Trout (1991)

Paris Trout

6.4

TV Movie

producer

1991

 

Mimi Rogers and Mark Harmon in Fourth Story (1991)

Fourth Story

6.0

TV Movie

producer

1991

 

Rock Hudson (1990)

Rock Hudson

5.8

TV Movie

executive producer

1990

 

Babycakes (1989)

Babycakes

6.7

TV Movie

executive producer

1989

 

Delta Burke and Willie Nelson in Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? (1988)

Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?

5.3

TV Movie

executive producer

1988

 

Dance 'Til Dawn (1988)

Dance 'Til Dawn

6.7

TV Movie

executive producer

1988

 

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988)

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World

6.3

TV Movie

executive producer

1988

 

Richard Chamberlain in Casanova (1987)

Casanova

5.7

TV Movie

executive producer

1987

 

As Summers Die (1986)

As Summers Die

6.0

TV Movie

executive producer

1986

 

Strong Medicine (1986)

Strong Medicine

6.5

TV Movie

executive producer

1986

 

Charles Bronson in Act of Vengeance (1986)

Act of Vengeance

6.0

TV Movie

executive producer

1986

 

Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke in 9½ Weeks (1986)

9½ Weeks

5.9

executive producer

1986

 

Wild Horses (1985)

Wild Horses

5.7

TV Movie

supervising producer

1985

 

Gina Gallego and Ketty Lester in Rituals (1984)

Rituals

7.3

TV Series

executive producer

1984–1985

261 episodes

 

Right to Kill? (1985)

Right to Kill?

7.0

TV Movie

executive producer

1985

 

River Phoenix and Molly Ringwald in Surviving (1985)

Surviving

7.4

TV Movie

executive producer

1985

 

The Glitter Dome (1984)

The Glitter Dome

5.7

TV Movie

executive producer

1984

 

Ellis Island (1984)

Ellis Island

7.1

TV Mini Series

executive producer

1984

2 episodes

 

Brooke Shields in Wet Gold (1984)

Wet Gold

4.8

TV Movie

executive producer

1984

 

Joy of Sex (1984)

Joy of Sex

3.8

producer

1984

 

His & Hers (1984)

His & Hers

TV Movie

executive producer

1984

 

It's Not Easy (1982)

It's Not Easy

5.4

TV Series

executive producer

1983

2 episodes

 

Coming Out of the Ice (1982)

Coming Out of the Ice

6.5

TV Movie

executive producer

1982

 

Divorce Wars: A Love Story (1982)

Divorce Wars: A Love Story

7.4

TV Movie

executive producer

1982

 

Hardcase

9.3

TV Movie

executive producer

1981

 

Johnny Cash in The Pride of Jesse Hallam (1981)

The Pride of Jesse Hallam

6.4

TV Movie

executive producer

1981

 

Shaun Cassidy, Barbara Barrie, and Vincent Gardenia in Breaking Away (1980)

Breaking Away

7.5

TV Series

supervising executive producer

1980–1981

6 episodes

 

John Houseman and Michael Learned in A Christmas Without Snow (1980)

A Christmas Without Snow

5.7

TV Movie

executive producer

1980

 

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980)

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

7.5

TV Movie

executive producer

1980

 

Before and After (1979)

Before and After

6.2

TV Movie

executive producer (as Franklin Konigsberg)

1979

 

Dorothy (1979)

Dorothy

TV Series

associate producer

executive producer

1979

2 episodes

 

Dummy (1979)

Dummy

7.2

TV Movie

executive producer

1979

 

Laurie Heineman, Austin Pendleton, and Christopher Barnes in Big City Boys (1978)

Big City Boys

TV Movie

executive producer

1978

 

Pearl (1978)

Pearl

6.6

TV Mini Series

executive producer

1978

 

Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend (1978)

Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend

7.6

TV Movie

executive producer

1978

 

Gene Kelly: An American in Pasadena (1978)

Gene Kelly: An American in Pasadena

7.9

TV Special

producer

1978

 

Ethel Merman in You're Gonna Love It Here (1977)

You're Gonna Love It Here

TV Movie

executive producer (as Franklin Konigsberg)

1977

 

Bing Crosby in Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas (1977)

Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas

8.1

TV Special

executive producer

1977

 

Calling Doctor Storm, M. D.

TV Movie

producer

1977

 

Bing!... A 50th Anniversary Gala

TV Special

executive producer

1977

 

Bing Crosby's White Christmas (1976)

Bing Crosby's White Christmas

7.8

TV Special

executive producer

1976

 

Additional Crew

RoboCop (1994)

RoboCop

5.5

TV Series

creative consultant

1994

3 episodes

 

The Haunted (1991)

The Haunted

6.3

TV Movie

executive consultant

1991

 

Actor

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980)

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

7.5

TV Movie

Reporter #3 (uncredited)

1980