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Mike Medavoy (b. 1941)

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Born:
January 21, 1941

Biography from TheMovieDB

Sample some of the best American films over the past forty years and there's a good chance Mike Medavoy played a role in the success of many of them. From agent to studio chief to producer, he has been involved with over 300 feature films, of which 17 have been nominated and 7 have won Best Picture Oscars®, as well as numerous international film festival awards.  Medavoy began his career at Universal Studios in 1964. He rose from the mail room to become a casting director. In 1965, he became an agent at General Artist Corporation and then vice-president at Creative Management Agency. Joining International Famous Agency as vice-president in charge of the motion picture department in 1971, he worked with such prestigious clients as Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Terrence Malick, Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Gene Wilder, Jeanne Moreau, and Jean-Louis Trintignant.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Executive Producer:
2000  Vertical Limit
2001  In the Time of the Butterflies
2002  The Outsider
2010  The Wildest Dream
2015  Listen to Me Marlon
2024  Ozi: Voice of the Forest

Producer:
2000  The 6th Day
2000  Vertical Limit
2001  In the Time of the Butterflies
2002  The Outsider
2003  Basic
2003  Holes
2005  Stealth
2006  All the King's Men
2006  Miss Potter
2007  License to Wed
2007  Pathfinder
2007  Resurrecting the Champ
2007  Zodiac
2010  Black Swan
2010  Shanghai
2010  Shutter Island
2010  The Wildest Dream
2012  What to Expect When You're Expecting
2015  Listen to Me Marlon
2015  The 33
2016  The Promise
2023  The Last Voyage of the Demeter
2024  Ozi: Voice of the Forest
????  Joseph Merrick
????  Porgy and Bess

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Executive Producer:
1991  Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
2018  Altered Carbon

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