Mike Medavoy

Film Maker + Founder + President

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Born Jan 21, 1941

Age 72

Hometown Shanghai

Other Names Morris Mike Medavoy

Morris Mike Medavoy 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%E2%80%931978) and current chairman and CEO of Phoenix Pictures.… Read More

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The Los Angeles Premiere of "What to Expect When You're Expecting"

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May 15, 2012

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The Los Angeles premiere of 'What to Expect When You're Expecting' - Arrivals

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May 14, 2012

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Mike Medavoy The Los Angeles Premiere of 'What to Expect When You're Expecting' - Arrivals

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May 13, 2012

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Starz New Series "Magic City" Los Angeles Premiere

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Mar 20, 2012

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Irena Ferris

Married 1995
Patricia Duff
Married 1988

Family

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Mike Medavoy

Age 72

children

Brian Medavoy

Son

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Ross Szabo: La Fest Uses Soccer To Bring Communities Together
Huffington Post - Mar 26, 2013

It may seem unimaginable to witness an event that brings together HIV and AIDS education in Africa, bone marrow transplants, celebrities and soccer for people of all ages. That event took place, however, Sunday at LAFEST at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. LAFEST co-founders and soccer enthusiasts Dylan Leiner and Jeffrey Saunders hosted the event alongside sports-industry power couple Mia Hamm and Nomar Garciaparra and Grassroot Soccer Co-Founder Ethan Zohn to raise money for b...
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The Next 'Les Mis'?
Popeater - Jan 24, 2013

Has the success of "Les Miserables" made film audiences that much more likely to spend money on big-screen musicals? That's the hope of Phoenix Pictures CEO Mike Medavoy, who -- along with a group of producers -- is readying an adaptation of the popular musical "Jekyll and Hyde." Based on the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson, "Jekyll and Hyde" debuted on Broadway in 1997 and has been translated to over 28 languages. As TheWrap notes, he popular...
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Shanghai Film Fest Kicks Off With Honor For Mike Medavoy
LATimes - Jun 17, 2012

SHANGHAI –- The Shanghai International Film Festival kicked off Saturday night by honoring a native-son turned Hollywood producer, Mike Medavoy. Medavoy -- co-founder of Orion Pictures, producer on such films as "Black Swan," and chief executive of Phoenix Pictures -- received an Outstanding Achievement Award at the festival, applauded by the city where he was born in 1941 to Ukrainian Jewish refugees. "Shanghai has roots for me. My parents lived he...
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Neil Marshall To Direct The Last Voyage Of Demeter
Movies Web - May 12, 2012

Neil Marshall (Centurion, The Descent) has signed on to direct the long-delayed genre tale The Last Voyage of Demeter for Millennium Entertainment. Bragi F. Schut wrote the original screenplay over a decade ago, which expands on a small portion of Bram Stoker's original Dracula novel. The Demeter was the ship that transported the vampire from Transylvania to London, except the ship washes up on shore with only one survivor left. This story tells the tale of that voyage, where one ...
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1941 Birth Medavoy was born in 1941, in Shanghai, China. … Read More

1947 6 Years Old Medavoy lived in Chile from 1947 to 1957, where he learned to speak Spanish fluently.

TWENTIES

1963 22 Years Old He graduated from UCLA in 1963.

1964 23 Years Old Medavoy began his career at Universal Studios in 1964.

1965 24 Years Old In 1965 he became an agent at the General Artists Corporation and later moving into the vice president position of the Creative Management Agency.

1967 26 Years Old Later he joined Creative Management as its vice president of the motion picture department in 1967.

1970 29 Years Old There, he worked with Steven Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola amongst others and headed to IFA in 1970.

THIRTIES

1974 33 Years Old In 1974, United Artists brought Medavoy in as senior vice president of production.

1975 34 Years Old 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. … Read More

1978 37 Years Old In 1978, Medavoy co-founded Orion Pictures. … Read More

FORTIES

1990 49 Years Old In 1990, Medavoy became the chairman of TriStar Pictures where he oversaw release of films such as Philadelphia, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Sleepless in Seattle, Cliffhanger, The Fisher King, Legends of the Fall and Hook.

FIFTIES

1992 51 Years Old … He also actively participated in President Clinton’s campaigns in 1992 and 1996.

1995 54 Years Old In 1995, Medavoy co-founded Phoenix Pictures. … Read More

LATE ADULTHOOD

2002 61 Years Old 1 More Event

… In 2002, Governor Gray Davis appointed him to the California Anti-Terrorism Information Center’s Executive Advisory Board; he is also a member of both the Council on Foreign Relations and the Homeland Security Advisory Council.

2008 67 Years Old In 2008, he supported Barack Obama's candidacy and his wife, Irena, served as the Co-Finance Chair of the campaign.

2011 70 Years Old 1 More Event

In 2011, Medavoy announced his newest project surrounding the 2010 Chilean mining accident that left 33 men trapped underground for 69 days. … Read More

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