The Shows Must Go On with Hawk Koch

Ojai: Talk of the Town · Dec 3, 2020 · 1h

Howard "Hawk" Koch is a true son of Hollywood, the son of legendary producer Howard Koch Sr. In fact, they are the only father-son team to chair the Academy of Motion Picture Academy of Arts & Sciences, hosts of the Oscars. But he went his own route to make his own mark, leaving for England while still in his teens to join the music business as an assistant to the legendary Harold Davison, where he helped manage acts such as the Dave Clark Five.

When he returned to Hollywood, he began his steady ascent up the success ladder, eventually producing such classics as "Chinatown," "The Way We…