Beau St. Clair

Summary

Beau Marie St. Clair (c. 1952 – January 9, 2016) was an American film producer. In 1996, St. Clair, together with her friend and producing partner, actor Pierce Brosnan, established Irish DreamTime, a production company whose credits include The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), Evelyn (2002), Laws of Attraction (2004), The Matador (2005), The November Man (2014) and I.T. (2016).[1][2]

Beau St. Clair
Born
Beau Marie St. Clair

1952
DiedJanuary 9, 2016 (aged 63–64)
OccupationFilm producer
SpouseLloyd Phillips

St. Clair, a California native,[2] also worked as a production supervisor for several Broadway shows, including The Threepenny Opera in 1989 and Shōgun: The Musical in 1990. During the 1980s and 1990s, she worked as an assistant to film producer Jerome Hellman, including work on The Mosquito Coast (1986).[2] Her other assistant producing credits included Hideaway(1995), Race the Sun (1996) and The Edge (1997).[2]

St. Clair and Brosnan were longtime friends by the mid-1990s. Brosnan had starred as James Bond in 1995's GoldenEye, the seventeenth film in the Bond series.[1] GoldenEye, a commercial success, was a boost to Brosnan's career. He and St. Clair decided to begin producing films. In a 2014 interview, Brosnan recalled: "When GoldenEye … had the success that it had, we said, 'Let's make movies. Let's step forth and create our own projects.' It's as simple as that, really."[1] Together, Beau St. Clair and Pierce established the Irish DreamTime production company in 1996, with additional backing from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).[1]

Under St. Clair and Brosnan, Irish DreamTime produced and released ten films between 1998 and 2016.[2] Their first production was The Nephew, a drama released in 1998.[2] They then produced the remake of The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), which starred Brosnan and Rene Russo. Other Irish DreamTime films have included Evelyn (2002), Laws of Attraction (2004), The Matador (2005) and The November Man (2014).[2] St. Clair also produced Irish DreamTime's I.T., a 'tech' thriller released in 2016. She also produced the 2002 remake, Rollerball.[2]

Beau St. Clair died following a lengthy illness with ovarian cancer at her home in Malibu, California, on January 9, 2016, at the age of 63. She was survived by her mother and two brothers.[1] Her husband, film producer Lloyd Phillips, died from a heart attack in January 2013.[1]

Brosnan, whose first wife, Cassandra Harris, and her daughter, Charlotte, also both died of ovarian cancer, released a statement following her death: "My dearest friend Beau Marie St Claire passed away on Saturday, Jan 9th from Ovarian Cancer. She fought this insidious disease valiantly for ten long years. Beau was the sister I never had, my dearest friend for 30 years, and my producing partner at Irish Dreamtime, a company we formed twenty years ago. In that time we produced 10 films including The Thomas Crown Affair, The Matador, Evelyn, The November Man, and this past summer a thriller called IT. Beau Marie was a beautiful woman in every way. She had style, grace, humor, intellect, and a kind heart that I will forever miss."[2]

Filmography edit

She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film edit

Year Film Credit Notes
1995 Hideaway Associate producer
1996 Race the Sun Associate producer
1998 The Nephew
1999 The Thomas Crown Affair
The Match Executive producer
2002 Rollerball
Evelyn
2004 Laws of Attraction
2005 The Matador
2006 Have Mercy
2007 Butterfly on a Wheel Executive producer
2009 The Greatest
2014 The November Man
Some Kind of Beautiful Final film as a producer
2016 I.T. Posthumous credit
Miscellaneous crew
Year Film Role
1986 The Mosquito Coast Assistant to producer
Thanks
Year Film Role
2009 The Lost Tribe Very special thanks
2015 Miss You Already Special thanks
2016 I.T. In loving memory of

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f Barnes, Mike (2016-01-11). "Beau St. Clair, Pierce Brosnan's Producing Partner, Dies at 63". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i McNary, Dave (2016-01-11). "Beau St. Clair, Pierce Brosnan's Producing Partner, Dies". Variety. Retrieved 2016-02-07.

External links edit

  • Beau St. Clair at IMDb