Producers
by quietgiant2 | created - 07 Nov 2011 | updated - 2 weeks ago | Public101. Walter F. Parkes
Writer | WarGames
Walter F. Parkes was born on April 15, 1951 in Bakersfield, California. He attended Yale University and it was graduated cum laude in 1973. He made its first film project The California Reich (1975), which was made in 1975.
He met Laurie MacDonald in 1982 and the next year, wrote the script for the ...
102. Gregory La Cava
Director | My Man Godfrey
A former cartoonist, Gregory La Cava entered films during WWI as an animator for Walter Lantz on such animated films as "The Katzenjammer Kids" series. Hired by the Hearst Corp. as the editor-in-chief for its International Comic Films division, La Cava switched to live-action films in the 1920s and...
103. Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
Stunts | Ip Man
Born in Hong Kong, Sammo Hung's acting career began while he was training in acrobatics, martial arts and dance as a child at the China Drama Academy, and he received acclaim for his performance with a troupe called "The Seven Little Fortunes." He made his feature film debut as an actor at the age ...
104. Menahem Golan
Producer | The Apple
Menahem Golan was born Menahem Globus to parents of Polish decent in Tiberias, Israel, in May 1929. In his early years, he was a pilot for the fledgling Israeli Air Force, changing his surname to Golan for patriotic reasons in 1948. A few years later, he took the first step towards his future ...
105. Yoram Globus
Producer | Cobra
Yoram Globus is an Israeli film producer, cinema owner and distributor who is most famous for his association with Cannon Films Inc., a company he ran with his cousin Menahem Golan.
In 1978, Globus and Golan moved to Hollywood and purchased the film production company Cannon (The Cannon Group) for ...
106. Adam McKay
Producer | Don't Look Up
Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American screenwriter, director, comedian, and actor. McKay has a comedy partnership with Will Ferrell, with whom he co-wrote the films Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and The Other Guys. Ferrell and McKay also founded their comedy website Funny or Die through ...
107. Richard Dolan
Self | Hangar 1: The UFO Files
Richard Dolan is known for Hangar 1: The UFO Files (2014), SCI FI Investigates (2006) and The Underground (2021).
108. Roger Edens
Soundtrack | On the Town
Roger Edens was born on November 9, 1905 in Hillsboro, Texas, USA. He was a producer and composer, known for On the Town (1949), Strike Up the Band (1940) and Funny Face (1957). He died on July 13, 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
109. Joanna Lumley
Actress | Absolutely Fabulous
Joanna Lumley was born on 1 May, 1946 in Kashmir, India, to British parents, Thya Beatrice Rose (Weir) and James Rutherford Lumley. Her father was a major in the Gurkha Rifles, and she spent most of her early childhood in the Far East where her father was posted.
An aspiring actress, she first came ...
110. Jordan Peele
Writer | Nope
Jordan Peele is an Oscar- and Emmy-winning director, writer, actor, producer, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions. Peele's first feature film, "Get Out," was a critically acclaimed blockbuster, recognized with four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. The film would earn Peele the ...
111. Rodrigo Teixeira
Producer | Call Me by Your Name
Rodrigo Teixeira was born on September 19, 1973 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a producer and executive, known for Call Me by Your Name (2017), The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015) and The Lighthouse (2019).
112. Marcel Vandal
Producer | Fleur d'amour
Marcel Vandal was born on March 1, 1882 in Paris, France. He was a producer and director, known for Fleur d'amour (1927), Graziella (1926) and A Man's Head (1933). He died in 1965 in France.
113. Colin Wilson
Producer | Amistad
Colin Wilson is known for Amistad (1997), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) and Munich (2005).
114. Joseph N. Ermolieff
Producer | Taras Bulba
Joseph N. Ermolieff was born on March 24, 1889 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was a producer and production manager, known for Taras Bulba (1924), Ab Mitternacht (1938) and Nuits de princes (1938). He was married to Vera Gaylord. He died on February 20, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, ...
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115. Charles H. Maguire
Assistant_director | On the Waterfront
Charles H. Maguire was born on November 3, 1927 in Queens, New York, USA. He was a producer and assistant director, known for On the Waterfront (1954), Dead Again (1991) and Patriot Games (1992). He died on January 15, 2001 in Thousand Oaks, California, USA.
116. Flávio Ramos Tambellini
Producer | Bufo & Spallanzani
Flávio Ramos Tambellini was born on February 29, 1952 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. He is a producer and director, known for Bufo & Spallanzani (2001), Malu de Bicicleta (2010) and Terra Estrangeira (1995).
117. Paul Germain
Writer | Rugrats
Writer/director/producer Paul Germain makes character-driven family comedies that are popular worldwide and across generations.
A native Angeleno, Paul started out at Gracie Films with James L. Brooks, working as a PA on "Terms of Endearment" and associate producer on the film "Say Anything" and the...
118. Paulão Costa
Production_manager | The Expendables
Paulão Costa is known for The Expendables (2010), Turistas (2006) and Trash (2014).
119. Tad Stones
Producer | Darkwing Duck
Tad Stones was born on May 28, 1952 in Burbank, California, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Darkwing Duck (1991), Aladdin (1994) and Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (1989). He has been married to Lisa Anne Muscio since September 18, 1976. They have one child.
120. Tyler Perry
Writer | Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Perry was born and raised in New Orleans, to Willie Maxine (Campbell) and Emmitt Perry, Sr. His mother was a church-goer and took Perry along with her once a week. His father was a carpenter and they had a very strained and abusive relationship, which led Perry to suffer from depression as a ...
121. Joslyn Barnes
Producer | Strong Island
Joslyn Barnes is President of Louverture Films, a New York based independent production company she co founded with actor Danny Glover. The company, which includes partners Susan Rockefeller, Tony Tabatznik of the Bertha Foundation, Sawsan Asfari and Jeffrey Clark, specializes in international ...
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