James Lassiter (American Film Producer) – Net Worth, Wife, Age, Contact

James Lassiter is an American film producer. He is an actor and Will Smith’s long-time business partner. He is a co-owner and executive producer of the company Overbrook Entertainment. Lassiter was Smith’s producing partner in all three movies of the Bad Boys film series, Wild Wild West, Men in Black II and Hitch. He also played a significant role in bringing I Am Legend to the big screen. In 2007 it has been revealed that Lassiter is also an avid art collector and film investor. Most notably he has been responsible for obtaining the movie rights to such comics as 100 Bullets, Planetary, Wanted and Guardians of the Galaxy among others. Due to his efforts, production companies such as New Line Cinema, Village Roadshow Pictures and DreamWorks have already optioned two dozen comic book-based properties and the list keeps growing.

James Lassiter Biography

James Lassiter was born on January 01, 1953 born in the Bronx, New York. He grew up between Queens and Manhattan and spent twelve years of his childhood in Tenafly, New Jersey where he attended public school. Thereafter James Lassiter attended California State University at Northridge where he earned an undergraduate degree in film production. Prior to becoming a producer, James worked as an actor. His acting abilities were limited to background work on shows like The White Shadow and Sledge Hammer while he also worked as an extra in films such as Fame (1980), Rocky III (1982) and Scarface (1983). Disenchanted with the Hollywood system, Lassiter founded an independent production company at age 23.

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Career: Lassiter attended University of Miami and Temple University and befriended Jeffrey “Jazzy Jeff” Townes, who was in a rap duo with then-musician Will Smith. Lassiter met Smith through Townes, and he later became Smith’s road manager. They worked together for two decades. Lassiter briefly worked with other companies including Handprint and The Firm, but he returned to being Will Smith’s business partner. Lassiter and Smith formed the production company Overbrook Entertainment, which produced films like Hitch and ATL. While Overbrook Entertainment had a deal with Universal Studios to produce films, none resulted, and the company was taken to Sony. The pair sought to market each of their productions to a different foreign market, promoting I, Robot in Russia and Ali in South Africa.[1]