Biography
Donald Kushner (born March 2, 1945) is an American producer who has worked with animation, live-action, and theater productions. Kushner was born March 2, 1945, to Ann Gardner. He has two sisters.
Kushner attended high school in Providence, Rhode Island, received an undergraduate degree from Syracuse University in 1971 and a Boston University J.D. degree in 1973. He then studied art for one year in Florence, Italy.
Upon returning to Boston, Kushner set up a law practice which included a number of show business clients which in turn led him to the opportunity to produce plays for the Boston stage, among them P.S. Your Cat Is Dead and the first theatrical adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's Player Piano.
In 1977, Kushner formed a partnership with filmmaker Steven Lisberger, and in 1978, the pair moved to the West Coast where they produced the 90-minute animated film Animalympics for NBC, but which was ultimately aborted. He later conceived and produced his first live-action film Tron for Walt Disney Pictures.
After Tron, Kushner teamed with Glen A. Larson and Peter Locke and produced the 1980s television series Automan, which was about a holographic crime fighter. The series began in December 1983 and ended in August 1984 and used similar effects to those seen in Tron.
Kuishner and his partner, Peter Locke, founded The Kushner-Locke Company in the 1980s where they continued to produce both film and television series'.
Kushner was credited as executive producer for the 2010 sequel to Tron, Tron: Legacy.
In May 2011, Kushner partnered with Elie Somaha in the purchase of Grauman's Chinese Theater, and planned to restore the landmark building, although rumors at the time were that it might be turned into a nightclub. The Chinese Theater reopened in September 2013 as an IMAX theater, complete with stadium-seating, while the new owners worked with several historical groups to maintain the heritage of the building.
Filmography
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TV Shows 1
Back on the Strip (2023)
Breaking Brooklyn (2018)
Pandas (2018)
Goobers! (2012)
Blitz (2011)
TRON: Legacy (2010)
Pistol Whipped (2008)
Normal Adolescent Behavior (2007)
Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud (2007)
Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes (2006)
Hard Luck (2006)
The Hard Corps (2006)
Incubus (2006)
The Detonator (2006)
True True Lie (2006)
The Marksman (2005)
Snuff-Movie (2005)
7 Seconds (2005)
Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys (2004)
Method (2004)
Blessed (2004)
Monster (2003)
The Making of TRON (2002)
Wolf Girl (2001)
Harvard Man (2001)
Train Quest (2001)
The Last Producer (2000)
They Nest (2000)
But I'm a Cheerleader (2000)
Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (2000)
Mambo Café (2000)
Gun: Fatal Betrayal (2000)
Search for the Jewel of Polaris: Mysterious Museum (1999)
Teen Sorcery (1999)
Blood Dolls (1999)
Aliens in the Wild, Wild West (1999)
Witchouse (1999)
Beowulf (1999)
The Excalibur Kid (1999)
Phantom Town (1999)
Murdercycle (1999)
Ringmaster (1998)
Susan's Plan (1998)
Talisman (1998)
Basil (1998)
The Shrunken City (1998)
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998)
The Midas Touch (1997)
Little Ghost (1997)
Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard (1997)
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1997)
The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997)
Echo (1997)
Unlikely Angel (1996)
Small Time (1996)
Every Woman's Dream (1996)
The Whole Wide World (1996)
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
A Husband, a Wife and a Lover (1996)
The Grave (1996)
Serpent's Lair (1995)
Jack Reed: One of Our Own (1995)
Lady Killer (1995)
Dangerous Intentions (1995)
Lady in Waiting (1994)
Andre (1994)
Getting Gotti (1994)
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations (1993)
Murder C.O.D. (1990)
Aladdin (1990)
Sweet Bird of Youth (1989)
Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw (1988)
The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (1986)
Automan (1983)
Tron (1982)
Animalympics (1980)
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GenderMale
Birthday1945-01-01 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceProvidence, Rhode Island, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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