Sanford “Sandy” Wernick, a longtime expertise supervisor of shoppers together with Adam Sandler, Lorne Michaels, Tim Herlihy, John Davies and Rob Schneider, who additionally turned accomplice and senior government vp at Brillstein Entertainment Partners, died Thursday. He was 86.
Wernick died in Rancho Mirage, California, after a short sickness, surrounded by his household and family members, a household consultant advised (*86*)The Hollywood Reporter.
Born on March 22, 1939, within the Bronx, Wernick went on to serve within the Army from 1960 to 1962 and graduate from NYU.
Before changing into a supervisor within the Seventies, he labored as an agent and made his manner from the mailroom at MCA to vice chairman of the TV division at ICM. Later in his profession, he turned a accomplice and senior government VP of Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
While working in tv, Wernick co-created and executive-produced (*86*)Def Comedy Jam. He was additionally concerned in packaging and producing exhibits akin to(*86*) Saturday Night Live, (*86*)The Muppet Show, (*86*)The Sopranos, (*86*)Politically Incorrect, (*86*)Just Shoot Me, (*86*)NewsRadio, (*86*)Alf and (*86*)The Larry Sanders Show.
On the movie aspect, he served as an government producer on a number of of Sandler’s films, together with (*86*)Happy Gilmore, (*86*)Billy Madison, (*86*)The Wedding Singer and (*86*)Bulletproof. He additionally made cameos in a number of movies and TV exhibits.
As a supervisor and agent, his shoppers included Sandler, Herlihy, Davies, Akira (Leo) Yoshimura, Michaels, Ray Klausen, Don Mischer, Stan Lathan, Jeff Ross, Marilyn Wilson, Marty Pasetta, Victor Levin, Buz Kohan, Colin Quinn, Schneider, Norm Crosby, Peter Falk and Alexandra Pelosi, amongst others.
Wernick additionally spent years as an adjunct professor on the USC School of Cinematic Arts’ Peter Stark Producing Program and volunteered within the Cedars Sinai emergency room. In his free time, he preferred to golf and was additionally a former yo-yo champion.
He is survived by his spouse Barbara of 64 years, daughter Michele, son Barry, daughter-in-law Jillian, grandson Sammy, sister Joyce and brother-in-law Jules in addition to a number of nieces, nephews and cousins.
A personal service can be held in Palm Desert, adopted by a memorial celebration in Los Angeles.
