Jake Eberts, 71, the Canadian independent producer and founder of Britain's Goldcrest Films, which revived the British cinema industry in the 1980s with a string of Oscar-winning movies, including Gandhi and Chariots of Fire, died Thursday in Montreal.
He was diagnosed in late 2010 with uveal melanoma, a rare cancer of the eye, which recently spread to his liver, said his wife, Fiona.
During four decades in the film business, Mr. Eberts financed or produced more than 50 films, including four that won Academy Awards for best picture: Chariots of Fire (1981), Gandhi (1982), Driving Miss Daisy (1989) and Dances With Wolves (1990).
