Biography
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.
Filmography
all 40
Movies 38
Producer 27
self 11
TV Shows 2
Ozi: Voice of the Forest (2024)
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
By Design: The Joe Caroff Story (2022)
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story (2021)
The Movies That Made Us (2019)
Altered Carbon (2018)
The Promise (2016)
A Classy Broad (2016)
The 33 (2015)
Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance (2011)
Made in Hollywood (2011)
Black Swan (2010)
Shanghai (2010)
Shutter Island (2010)
License to Wed (2007)
Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
Zodiac (2007)
Pathfinder (2007)
Miss Potter (2006)
All the King's Men (2006)
Stealth (2005)
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
Basic (2003)
Holes (2003)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
The Outsider (2002)
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' (2002)
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (2001)
Vertical Limit (2000)
The 6th Day (2000)
The Christian Licorice Store (1971)
Alive Day
No Better Place to Die
Uncovering Wolfen
The King of Counterfeit
Porgy and Bess
Midnight Men - A John Schlesinger & Michael Childers Story
Urban Legend
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GenderMale
Birthday1941-01-21 (83 years old)
Birth PlaceShanghai, China
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsMary Pickford Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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