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Known For
Production
Birthday
1941-01-21
Mike Medavoy
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.
Known For
The Movies That Made Us
as Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
as Self
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
as Self
The Christian Licorice Store
as Hollywood Party Guest
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
as Self
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
as Self
