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Morris Mike Medavoy (born January 21, 1941) is an American film producer and executive, co-founder of Orion Pictures (1978), former chairman of TriStar Pictures, former head of production for United Artists (1974–1978) and current chairman and CEO of Phoenix Pictures.
Morris Mike Medavoy was born in 1941, in Shanghai, China. His father, Michael, was a garage mechanic, and his mother, Dora, had a dress shop for Chinese actresses. His parents were both from Jewish families. His mother was born in Harbin, Manchuria (to parents originally from Odessa) and his father was born in Ukraine. Medavoy lived in Chile from 1947 to 1957, and he studied at the Liceo Valentín Letelier de Santiago, where he learned to speak Spanish fluently. He became an American citizen in 1963. and graduated from UCLA that same year.
Medavoy began his career at Universal Studios in 1964. In 1965 he became an agent at the General Artists Corporation and later moving into the vice president position of the Creative Management Agency. He became Creative Management's vice president of the motion picture department in 1967, where he worked with Steven Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola among others and headed to IFA in 1970. In 1974, United Artists brought Medavoy in as senior vice president of production. There, he was part of the team responsible for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Rocky, and Annie Hall, which won best Pictures Oscars® in 1975, 1976 and 1977 respectively. United Artists made a number of other notable films at the time, including Apocalypse Now, Raging Bull, Network and Coming Home.
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The Independent Spirit Awards (originally known as the FINDIE or Friends of Independents Awards), founded in 1984, are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Winners were typically presented with acrylic glass pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films. In 1986, the event was renamed the Independent Spirit Awards. The Independent Spirit Awards are presented by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers.Since 2006, winners have received a trophy depicting a bird sitting atop of a pole with the shoestrings from the previous design wrapped around the pole.
The awards show was previously held inside a tent on the beach in Santa Monica, California, usually on the day before the Academy Awards (since 1999; originally the Saturday before). Since 1994, the show has been broadcast on the Bravo and Independent Film Channel, as well as Hollywood Suite in Canada.
Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was a Canadian-American motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Known in her prime as "America's Sweetheart" and the "girl with the curls", Pickford was one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood and a significant figure in the development of film acting. Pickford was one of the earliest stars to be billed under her name (film stars up until that time were usually unbilled), and was one of the most popular actresses of the 10s and 20s, earning the nickname "Queen of the Movies".
Pickford was awarded the second ever Academy Award for Best Actress for her first sound film role and also received an honorary Academy Award in 1976. In consideration of her contributions to American cinema, the American Film Institute ranked Pickford as 24th in its 1999 list of greatest female stars of classic Hollywood Cinema.
Hollywood powerhouse impresario Mike Medavoy discusses show business culture wars, the incredible influence of China on the American movie market, and why movies aren’t politically dissident anymore. He looks back on classic films he’s been a part of--from NETWORK and APOCALYPSE NOW to PLATOON and more--and shares the trailer for the new film on the Chilean miners, THE 33. We also talk celebrity scandals (and why they don’t matter), and the unavoidable influence of the Kardashians at home and abroad in this uncensored Media Mayhem interview, hosted by Allison Hope Weiner. GUEST BIO: Sample some of the best American films over the past thirty-five 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 ...
"Black Swan" Producer Mike Medavoy on indie cinema, inspiration, and the makings of a genius. http://www.filmindependent.org/ http://www.spiritawards.com/
Presidente de Phoenix, fundador de Orion y responsable de cintas como Apocalypse Now, Annie Hall, Terminator, Robocop, Danza con Lobos, Filadelfia, Cisne Negro y la próxima película de los 33 mineros chilenos atrapados en en el norte. Entrevista realizada por Marcelo Ferrari, director de Cine UDD en octubre de 2011.
San Diego County News caught up with producer Mike Medavoy at the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce's Award Media Center during Oscar week in Los Angeles. Medavoy, Chairman and CEO of Phoenix Pictures, has produced many films including: The People vs. Larry Flynt, The Mirror Has Two Faces, U Turn, The Thin Red Line, The 6th Day, All The King's Men, Zodiac, Shutter Island and the Oscar-winning film Black Swan. Medavoy talked about his current project, The 33, a film about the Chilean miners that were trapped beneath the earth's surface for 69 days and rescued in 2010. The film stars Antonio Banderas, Oscar-winner Juliette Binoche, Rodrigo Santoro, and Golden Globe winner Gabriel Byrne.
Mike Medavoy, productor de Holywood, dando una conferencia en el Liceo Valentín Letelier, lugar donde estudió en los años 50 antes de irse a Estados Unidos. Medavoy producirá este año la película de los 33 mineros atrapados en la mina San José, de hecho dos de esos mineros se encuentran en la conferencia.
Mike Medavoy Milestones - Cinequest 25 www.cinequest.org
Frangela interview Mike Medavoy at The Spirit Awards Live Arrivals Show Presented by LG Cinema 3d HDTV. They talk about the movie “Black Swan”.
Renowned American film producer and executive Mike Medavoy receives the 2013 Mary Pickford Award
Courtney Love introduces Mike Medavoy (Mary Pickford honoree) at The 18th Satellite Awards
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Mike Medavoy, productor de Holywood, dando una conferencia en el Liceo Valentín Letelier, lugar donde estudió en los años 50 antes de irse a Estados Unidos. Medavoy producirá este año la película de los 33 mineros atrapados en la mina San José, de hecho dos de esos mineros se encuentran en la conferencia.
Movie Geeks United interviews famed producer Mike Medavoy (Zodiac, Black Swan, Shutter Island) about his remarkable career, and his new book 'American Idol After Iraq'. He is joined by the book's co-author Nathan Gardels. For more information on Movie Geeks United, and to access our archive of over 600 filmmaker interviews, visit http://www.moviegeeksunited.net. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/moviegeeksunited Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/moviegeeksunite
Kathleen Powell is the President and co-founder of Cinequest Film Festival. This Silicon Valley film festival brings art and technology under one roof. This year the festival is celebrating its 25th year. Powell is a computer scientist by training and worked in Silicon Valley's tech industry for many years. We sat down to find out how her involvement with films started and how she and Halfdan Hussey founded this unique film festival in Silicon Valley. Powell shares the highlights of this year's festival, the spotlight on youth through "Picture The Possibilities" and the new technology featured on the show in this year's festival. The opening night film was "Batkid Begins" by local bay area filmmaker Dana Nachman. The closing night film is Victor Levin "5 to 7." Guests featured in t...
Holes is a 2003 American http://kevindonovane.blogspot.com/0311289 adventure comedy-drama film directed by Andrew Davis, produced by Lowell D. Blank, Mike Medavoy and Teresa Tucker-Davies with music by Joel McNeely and based on the 1998 eponymous novel by Louis Sachar (who also wrote the screenplay),
Disaster strikes on Aug. 5, 2010, as a copper and gold mine collapses in Chile, trapping 33 men underground. With more than 2,000 feet of rock in their way, members of a rescue team work tirelessly for 69 days to save the seemingly doomed men. Beneath the rubble, the miners begin an epic quest to survive, contending with suffocating heat and the need for food and water. With family, friends and the rest of the world watching, it becomes a race against time and a test of the human spirit.
Academy Award® winning† director MARTIN SCORSESE once again teams up with LEONARDO DICAPRIO in this spine-chilling thriller that critics say "sizzles with so much suspense that it's hot to the touch."** When U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) arrives at the asylum for the criminally insane on Shutter Island, what starts as a routine investigation quickly takes a sinister turn. As the investigation unfolds and Teddy uncovers more shocking and terrifying truths about the island, he learns there are some places that never let you go. **Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE."
« QUI DIT INFORMATION, DIT POUVOIR. QUI DIT POUVOIR, DIT USURPATION. » — Aaron Swartz, Manifeste de la guérilla pour le libre accès (2008) Il militait pour un accès libre à la connaissance sur le Web. Enfant prodige, programmeur dans l’âme et hacktivisite des temps numériques, poursuivi par la justice américaine qui lui reprochait d’avoir illégalement téléchargé des millions de documents scientifiques, Aaron Swartz, vingt-six ans, encourait trente-cinq ans de prison et s’est donné la mort le 11 janvier 2013, laissant orpheline la communauté numérique dont il était l’enfant, le gourou et le héros. De Boston à New York, en passant par Chicago, L’enfant du Net (Brian Knappenberger, 2014) suit le parcours d’un jeune homme assoiffé d’information, qui avait fait de la libération de celle-ci ...
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The 33 - in theaters November 13th. http://the33movie.com https://www.facebook.com/the33movie --- From Alcon Entertainment and Phoenix Pictures comes the unforgettable true story of “The 33.” In 2010, the eyes of the world turned to Chile, where 33 miners had been buried alive by the catastrophic explosion and collapse of a 100-year-old gold and copper mine. Over the next 69 days, an international team worked night and day in a desperate attempt to rescue the trapped men as their families and friends, as well as millions of people globally, waited and watched anxiously for any sign of hope. But 200 stories beneath the surface, in the suffocating heat and with tensions rising, provisions—and time—were quickly running out. A story of resilience, personal transformation and triumph of th...
Peter shares about being a social/media entrepreneur, the circumstances that provided the success of his past companies, working with prominent people (i.e. James Stern, Mike Medavoy, Lisa Onodera, Dean Devlin, Teddy Zee, Stephen Liu, Steve Tao, Fritz Friedman), his political role models and his high regard for Gareth CC Chang. Editor's Commentary With the historic "G2" conference in 2010 between President Obama and President Hu Jintao (that includes the first State Dinner with China in 13 years and where he stated will promote "democracy and the rule of law" . . . "improve the lives of the Chinese people") -- it is an acknowledgement that China's status as the 2nd largest world economy, the global diplomacy dominance of China/United States, Hollywood-Chinese entertainment industr...
TWK hit a few events around Hollywood to catch some of the pre-Oscar vibe. First up was The Wrap's 5th Anniversary, followed by a private pre-Oscar gifting suite hosted by Mark Lash. Interviews: The Wrap Founder Sharon Waxman, Josh McDermitt "The Walking Dead," June Squibb "Nebraska," Jane Seymour "James Bond," Phoenix Pictures CEO Mike Medavoy, Christian Madsen "Divergent," Academy Award Winner Adruitha Lee "Dallas Buyer's Club,' SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard, Celebrity Designer Mark Lash, Singer Mika Newton, Charley Koontz "Community," Jonny Manfre (The Unit) "MTV's Jersey Shore," Ruth Williamson "Castle," Maitland Ward "Girl Meets World," Oscar Torre & Chuti Tiu "Pretty Rosebud," Catherine Bach "Dukes of Hazzard," Deanna Lee Douglas "The A-List Movie," Erinn Westbrook "Glee," Josh Lev...
Mike Medavoy On Robert Chartoff’s Other Legacy Mike Medavoy On Robert Chartoff’s Other Legacy
Mike Medavoy Milestones - Cinequest 25 www.cinequest.org
Mike Medavoy, producer of the Imagen Award-winning The 33, speaks at the 2016 Imagen Awards.
Courtney Love introduces Mike Medavoy (Mary Pickford honoree) at The 18th Satellite Awards
Renowned American film producer and executive Mike Medavoy receives the 2013 Mary Pickford Award
Mike Medavoy was born January 21, 1941 turned 75 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005219/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Jam Master Jay was born in 1965 turned 50 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam_Master_Jay
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Este Martes 31 de Marzo podrás ver el primer trailer de "Los 33", película dirigida por Patricia Riggen (La Misma Luna), producida por Mike Medavoy (Cisne Negro, Shutter Island), Robert Katz (Crash, Seabiscuit) y Edward McGurn, que además incluye música original del compositor dos veces ganador del Premio de la Academia James Horner (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart). LOS 33 - ESTRENO EN CINES 6 DE AGOSTO
"Black Swan" Producer Mike Medavoy on indie cinema, inspiration, and the makings of a genius. http://www.filmindependent.org/ http://www.spiritawards.com/
The 33 - in theaters November 13th. http://the33movie.com https://www.facebook.com/the33movie --- From Alcon Entertainment and Phoenix Pictures comes the unforgettable true story of “The 33.” In 2010, the eyes of the world turned to Chile, where 33 miners had been buried alive by the catastrophic explosion and collapse of a 100-year-old gold and copper mine. Over the next 69 days, an international team worked night and day in a desperate attempt to rescue the trapped men as their families and friends, as well as millions of people globally, waited and watched anxiously for any sign of hope. But 200 stories beneath the surface, in the suffocating heat and with tensions rising, provisions—and time—were quickly running out. A story of resilience, personal transformation and triumph of th...
Hollywood powerhouse impresario Mike Medavoy discusses show business culture wars, the incredible influence of China on the American movie market, and why movies aren’t politically dissident anymore. He looks back on classic films he’s been a part of--from NETWORK and APOCALYPSE NOW to PLATOON and more--and shares the trailer for the new film on the Chilean miners, THE 33. We also talk celebrity scandals (and why they don’t matter), and the unavoidable influence of the Kardashians at home and abroad in this uncensored Media Mayhem interview, hosted by Allison Hope Weiner. GUEST BIO: Sample some of the best American films over the past thirty-five 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 ...
=Easy Riders, Raging Bulls= . (Documentary : 2OO3) Based upon Peter Biskind's book of the same name, this BBC-produced documentary traces the rise of a generation of Hollywood filmmakers who briefly changed the face of movies with a more personal approach that pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable on-screen. Influential directors who appear include Arthur Penn ("Bonnie and Clyde"), Dennis Hopper ("Easy Rider"), Francis Ford Coppola ("The Godfather"), John Schlesinger ("Midnight Cowboy"), Bob Rafelson ("Five Easy Pieces") Martin Scorsese ("Taxi Driver"), Peter Bogdanovich ("The Last Picture Show"), and Jonathan Demme ("Crazy Mama"). Narrated by William H. Macy, the documentary features vintage clips of Coppola, Scorsese, Beatty, George Lucas, Sam Peckinpah, Roman Polanski, Robert Al...
Based upon Peter Biskind's book of the same name, this BBC-produced documentary traces the rise of a generation of Hollywood filmmakers who briefly changed the face of movies with a more personal approach that pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable on-screen. Influential directors who appear include Arthur Penn ("Bonnie and Clyde"), Dennis Hopper ("Easy Rider"), Francis Ford Coppola ("The Godfather"), John Schlesinger ("Midnight Cowboy"), Bob Rafelson ("Five Easy Pieces") Martin Scorsese ("Taxi Driver"), Peter Bogdanovich ("The Last Picture Show"), and Jonathan Demme ("Crazy Mama"). Narrated by William H. Macy, the documentary features vintage clips of Coppola, Scorsese, Beatty, George Lucas, Sam Peckinpah, Roman Polanski, Robert Altman, and Pauline Kael. It also includes original in...
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls FlLM -2003- Francois's Based upon Peter Biskind's book of the same name, this BBC-produced documentary traces the rise of a generation of Hollywood filmmakers who briefly changed the face of movies with a more personal approach that pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable on-screen. Influential directors who appear include Arthur Penn ("Bonnie and Clyde"), Dennis Hopper ("Easy Rider"), Francis Ford Coppola ("The Godfather"), John Schlesinger ("Midnight Cowboy"), Bob Rafelson ("Five Easy Pieces") Martin Scorsese ("Taxi Driver"), Peter Bogdanovich ("The Last Picture Show"), and Jonathan Demme ("Crazy Mama"). Narrated by William H. Macy, the documentary features vintage clips of Coppola, Scorsese, Beatty, George Lucas, Sam Peckinpah, Roman Polanski, Robert Altma...
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls (Documentary Film 2003) Based upon Peter Biskind's book of the same name, this BBC-produced documentary traces the rise of a generation of Hollywood filmmakers who briefly changed the face of movies with a more personal approach that pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable on-screen. Influential directors who appear include Arthur Penn ("Bonnie and Clyde"), Dennis Hopper ("Easy Rider"), Francis Ford Coppola ("The Godfather"), John Schlesinger ("Midnight Cowboy"), Bob Rafelson ("Five Easy Pieces") Martin Scorsese ("Taxi Driver"), Peter Bogdanovich ("The Last Picture Show"), and Jonathan Demme ("Crazy Mama"). Narrated by William H. Macy, the documentary features vintage clips of Coppola, Scorsese, Beatty, George Lucas, Sam Peckinpah, Roman Polanski, Robert Alt...
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls (Documentary Film 2003) Based upon Peter Biskind's book of the same name, this BBC-produced documentary traces the rise of a generation of Hollywood filmmakers who briefly changed the face of movies with a more personal approach that pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable on-screen. Influential directors who appear include Arthur Penn ("Bonnie and Clyde"), Dennis Hopper ("Easy Rider"), Francis Ford Coppola ("The Godfather"), John Schlesinger ("Midnight Cowboy"), Bob Rafelson ("Five Easy Pieces") Martin Scorsese ("Taxi Driver"), Peter Bogdanovich ("The Last Picture Show"), and Jonathan Demme ("Crazy Mama"). Narrated by William H. Macy, the documentary features vintage clips of Coppola, Scorsese, Beatty, George Lucas, Sam Peckinpah, Roman Polanski, Robert Alt...
Based upon Peter Biskind's book of the same name, this BBC-produced documentary traces the rise of a generation of Hollywood filmmakers who briefly changed the face of movies with a more personal approach that pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable on-screen. Influential directors who appear include Arthur Penn ("Bonnie and Clyde"), Dennis Hopper ("Easy Rider"), Francis Ford Coppola ("The Godfather"), John Schlesinger ("Midnight Cowboy"), Bob Rafelson ("Five Easy Pieces") Martin Scorsese ("Taxi Driver"), Peter Bogdanovich ("The Last Picture Show"), and Jonathan Demme ("Crazy Mama"). Narrated by William H. Macy, the documentary features vintage clips of Coppola, Scorsese, Beatty, George Lucas, Sam Peckinpah, Roman Polanski, Robert Altman, and Pauline Kael. It also includes original in...
« QUI DIT INFORMATION, DIT POUVOIR. QUI DIT POUVOIR, DIT USURPATION. » — Aaron Swartz, Manifeste de la guérilla pour le libre accès (2008) Il militait pour un accès libre à la connaissance sur le Web. Enfant prodige, programmeur dans l’âme et hacktivisite des temps numériques, poursuivi par la justice américaine qui lui reprochait d’avoir illégalement téléchargé des millions de documents scientifiques, Aaron Swartz, vingt-six ans, encourait trente-cinq ans de prison et s’est donné la mort le 11 janvier 2013, laissant orpheline la communauté numérique dont il était l’enfant, le gourou et le héros. De Boston à New York, en passant par Chicago, L’enfant du Net (Brian Knappenberger, 2014) suit le parcours d’un jeune homme assoiffé d’information, qui avait fait de la libération de celle-ci ...
Paparazzi Henry Reports 10/25/2013 H2972 Hooray Henry's -- Bai Ling - talked about her trips to the moon and other fun things. Beverly Hills mansion Halloween Party -- Check out the fun filled, wild and crazy Halloween party with celebs and hot girls, including...... Jerry Weintraub and Mike Medavoy Cindy Crawford - dressed as rocker Slash! Chelsea Handler Frankie Delgado John Stamos Aziz Ansari Vanessa Hudgens Allesandra Ambrosio Francesca Eastwood (Clint Eastwood's hot daughter) Tim Allen - dressed as a Stanford Quaterback Sasha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher - in full disguise with a baby and hell of an outfit for each Sean Penn - with red mask escorted by security to a town car Vanessa Hudgens - mobbed! Steve Tisch - dressed as a monster with hot lady Brittany David Spade Kelly Brook - T...