Jacqui Safra - Biography

Jacqui (Jacob) Eli Safra is a Swiss investor, descendant of the Lebanon-Swiss Jewish Safra banking family. Some of his investments include Encyclopædia Britannica, Merriam-Webster, and Spring Mountain Vineyards, a large wine-growing estate located in Saint Helena, California. He is the nephew of Edmond Safra.

Under the name J.E. Beaucaire (the name of the character played by Bob Hope in the film Monsieur Beaucaire), Safra appeared in minor roles in three movies and financed eight Woody Allen films through a production company, Sweetland Films, run with girlfriend Jean Doumanian, who was a dear friend to Allen.

Filmography

Actor

• Oxen (1991) - Shop Owner
• Radio Days (1987) - Diction Student
• Stardust Memories (1980) - Sam

Executive producer

• Small Time Crooks (2000)
• Just Looking (1999)
• Women Talking Dirty (1999)
• Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
• Celebrity (1998)
• Into My Heart (1998)
• The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
• Deconstructing Harry (1997)
• Wild Man Blues (1997)
• Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
• Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
• Don't Drink the Water (1994) (TV)
• Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
• Oxen (1991)

• Weinraub, Bernard. (June 11, 2001). "A Friendship Founders Over Suit by Woody Allen". The New York Times, p. 1.
• Claffey, Mike & Goldiner, Dave. (June 6, 2002). "Judge Backhands Woody's Rival". Daily News (New York), p. 8.
• Claffey, Mike & Goldiner, Dave. (June 7, 2002). "Woody's Backer Admits to Some Overcharging". Daily News (New York), p. 4.
• Wapshott, Nicholas. (June 7, 2002). "To the jury, Woody Allen's former friend Jean Doumanian must appear scheming and grasping, while the diminutive comic seems a classic dupe" The Times (London).

External links

• Spring Mountain Vineyard — company website