He won the Academy Award for best picture for “Kramer vs. Kramer,” shepherded hits like “Fatal Attraction” and had two stints as a top executive at Paramount.

Stanley R. Jaffe, the producer and studio executive who won an Oscar in 1980 for Kramer vs. Kramer and shepherded other acclaimed films like Fatal Attraction , Goodbye, Columbus and The Bad News Bears, died Monday. He was 84.

His “Kramer vs. Kramer” won for best picture in 1980, one of many high points in a career that saw him in top jobs, twice, at Paramount.

Stanley R. Jaffe, who won an Oscar as producer of "Kramer vs. Kramer" in 1980 and served in top positions at several studios, died Monday.

Stanley R. Jaffe, the veteran producer and studio executive who won the Best Picture Oscar for "Kramer vs. Kramer," has died at his Rancho Mirage home at the age of 84, according to his daughter, Betsy.