Background
Gund was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 7, 1937 to Jessica Roesler and George Gund II, a once-powerful banker in Cleveland.
Businessman President of Caipirinha Productions
Gund was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 7, 1937 to Jessica Roesler and George Gund II, a once-powerful banker in Cleveland.
After his military service, Gund attended Menlo College in Atherton, California, but never graduated.
A high-school dropout, Gund joined the United States Marines in 1955 when he was 18 years old. His early years in the Marines brought him to the city of San Francisco, where he soon took up residence. He instead began bringing in Eastern European films and distributing them around San Francisco and the United States, using his membership in the San Francisco Film Society as a catalyst.
Gund was also dedicated to the world of sports.
While married to Iara Lee, Gund produced many of her films, including most recently Cultures of Resistance, along with earlier films Synthetic Pleasures and Modulations. Gund died on January 15, 2013 at the age of 75 after a lengthy battle with stomach cancer.
Gund was also a member of the International Council of United States of America Hockey, a chairman and trustee of the United States. Hockey Hall of Fame, and a trustee of the United States of America Hockey Foundation. He was President of Caipirinha Productions, which produces Lee"s films and, along with Lee, also founded the Iara Lee and George Gund III Foundation, which is involved with "philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking." In 1989 he was a member of the jury at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival.