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by kimpire | created - 18 Nov 2010 | updated - 18 Nov 2010 | Public
1. Avi Arad
Producer | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Avi Arad is an Israeli film producer and CEO of Marvel Entertainment. He produced dozens of Marvel films including the X-Men original trilogy, Daredevil, Hulk, Elektra, the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy, Blade: Trinity, The Punisher, Ghost Rider and the Tim Story Fantastic Four film series. He now ...
2. Jon Avnet
Producer | Fried Green Tomatoes
Jon Avnet has directed, written, and produced more than 80 motion pictures, television movies, series and Broadway plays. He directed the Oscar-nominated performance of Jessica Tandy and the three Emmy-winning performances of Margo Martindale, Colleen Dewhurst and Judy Davis. He received an ...
3. Gary Barber
Producer | The Lookout
Gary Barber was born in 1957 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is a producer and executive, known for The Lookout (2007), Unbreakable (2000) and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009).
4. Lawrence Bender
Producer | Pulp Fiction
Lawrence Bender is a movie producer working in the entertainment industry for 20 years. He helped produce Hollywood films like Reservoir Dogs (1992), Good Will Hunting (1997), Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Django (2012). Lawrence won 6 Academy Awards with 29 nominations including 3 Best Picture ...
5. Roger Birnbaum
Producer | The Magnificent Seven
Roger Birnbaum was born in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA. He is known for The Magnificent Seven (2016), The Vow (2012) and 27 Dresses (2008).
6. Phil Blazer
Producer | The J Report
Phil Blazer was born on February 12, 1944 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. He is a producer and executive, known for The J Report (2009), Main Street with Phil Blazer (2014) and Air Land & Sea (2012).
7. Eric Braeden
Actor | The Young and the Restless
Eric Braeden is a German actor in America who began his career playing Nazis and eventually became a star of daytime soap operas. Born Hans Gudegast in Kiel, Germany, during the Second World War, he was a superb athlete who excelled in track-and-field events. As a teenager, he immigrated to the ...
8. Colin Callender
Producer | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Colin Callender Colin Callender an Emmy, Golden Globe and BAFTA award winning film and television producer and a Tony Award and Olivier Award winning theater producer, who founded the New York and London based production company Playground in 2012.
Callender began his career as stage manager at ...
9. Gloria Carlin
Actress | The Hanoi Hilton
Gloria Carlin is known for The Hanoi Hilton (1987), Murder in Space (1985) and Joseph (1995). She is married to Lionel Chetwynd.
10. Kristin Chenoweth
Actress | Pushing Daisies
Kristin Chenoweth is an American stage, screen and television actress, though, depending on who you ask, Chenoweth fans may disagree on what her most famous roles are. Since Chenoweth began her career, she has been credited with roles in musicals and plays on and off-Broadway, on various television...
11. Lionel Chetwynd
Writer | Ike: Countdown to D-Day
Lionel Chetwynd was born in London, England, and moved to Canada at the age of eight, growing up in Montreal and Toronto. He left school at age 14, later enlisting in the Black Watch, Royal Highland Regiment of Canada. Upon completion of military service, he gained conditional admittance to Sir ...
12. Michael Chiklis
Actor | The Shield
Michael Chiklis has been working professionally as an actor since he was thirteen. He started in the theater and after receiving his BFA in acting from Boston University's College Of Fine Arts, Michael moved to New York City where he continued acting on the stage until he got his big break playing ...
13. Arthur Cohn
Producer | Central do Brasil
Arthur Cohn is an independent film producer and has won six Academy Awards, more than any other independent producer in film history. Cohn was born in Basel, Switzerland. His father was Dr. Marcus Cohn, a lawyer and leader of the Swiss Zionist movement who saved many Jews in WWII from within ...
14. Bryan Cranston
Actor | Breaking Bad
Bryan Lee Cranston was born on March 7, 1956 in Hollywood, California, to Audrey Peggy Sell, a radio actress, and Joe Cranston, an actor and former amateur boxer. His maternal grandparents were German, and his father was of Irish, German, and Austrian-Jewish ancestry. He was raised in the Canoga ...
15. Clint Culpepper
Producer | Untitled Biopic
Clint Culpepper is known for Untitled Biopic, Hotel (1983) and Nightingales (1989).
16. Danny Dimbort
Producer | The Expendables
Executive Producer Danny Dimbort is among the most experienced film salesmen in the industry. He has been involved directly in international film sales for over 30 years, and has been integrally involved in film distribution, generally, for 42 years. He knows the industry both as a territorial ...
17. Boaz Davidson
Writer | Eskimo Limon
Boaz Davidson is the Head of Development and Creative Affairs for Millennium Films. He has been with the firm and its parent company, Nu Image, Inc., since 1992. However, he is equally well known as the writer-director of the critically acclaimed worldwide hit film Lemon Popsicle, which debuted at ...
18. Danny DeVito
Actor | Matilda
Danny DeVito has amassed a formidable and versatile body of work as an actor, producer and director that spans the stage, television and film.
Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. was born on November 17, 1944, in Neptune, New Jersey, to Italian-American parents. His mother, Julia (Moccello), was a homemaker. ...
19. Matt DelPiano
Producer | All Night Long
Matt DelPiano is an Entertainment Executive, Film Producer and Talent Manager. He runs his own management and production company. Prior to that he served as President and Partner at Cavalry Media. He spent 26 years as a Talent Agent at Creative Artists Agency, LLC (CAA) where he represented the ...
20. Richard Donner
Director | Superman
Richard Donner was born on April 24, 1930 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Superman (1978), Ladyhawke (1985) and Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (1980). He was married to Lauren Shuler Donner. He died on July 5, 2021 in Los Angeles, ...
21. Stephen Dorff
Actor | Blade
Stephen Dorff was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Nancy and Steve Dorff, a composer. Chosen from over 2000 young men from around the world, he auditioned and won the coveted role of "PK" in John G. Avildsen's The Power of One (1992) in 1992, starring opposite Morgan Freeman, John Gielgud and Fay ...
22. Michael Douglas
Actor | Wall Street
A legendary actor with 50 celebrated years of film, television and producing experience, Michael Douglas is known for his era-defining roles and enduring cultural impact.
In addition to his career accomplishments, Douglas has remained a steadfast public servant, activist and philanthropist dedicated...
23. Tom Dreesen
Actor | Spaceballs
Tom had had over 500 appearances on national television as a stand up comedian. He was a frequent guest on the Late Show with David Letterman (1993)and has hosted the show in David's absence. He was an opening act for Smokey Robinson, Tony Orlando, Gladys Knight, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis Jr.and ...
24. Larry Elder
Producer | Uncle Tom
Larry Elder was born on April 27, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Uncle Tom (2020), Uncle Tom II: An American Odyssey (2022) and Spin City (1996).
25. Ari Emanuel
Producer | UFC 291
The youngest of three brothers, Emanuel grew up in a Chicago household, headed by a pediatrician (his father) and a psychiatric social worker (his mother). He learned to be competitive from his brothers, Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel, an oncologist and chairman of the department of clinical bioethics at ...
26. Randall Emmett
Producer | The Irishman
Randall Emmett was born on March 25, 1971 in Miami, Florida, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Irishman (2019), Silence (2016) and Boss Level (2020). He was previously married to Ambyr Childers.
27. Ben Feingold
Producer | The Hungover Games
Ben Feingold is known for The Hungover Games (2014), Bad Ass (2012) and 30 Nights of Paranormal Activity with the Devil Inside the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2013). He is married to Jessica Barondes.
28. Rick Finkelstein
Producer | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Rick Finkelstein was born on September 15, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a production manager and producer, known for Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991), Eve of Destruction (1991) and The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991). He was married to Carol Finkelstein. He died on October 1, ...
29. Vivica A. Fox
Actress | Independence Day
Vivica A. Fox was born in South Bend, Indiana, on July 30, 1964, and is the daughter of Everlyena, a pharmaceutical technician, and William Fox, a private school administrator. She is of Native American and African-American descent and is proud of her heritage. She is a graduate of Arlington High ...
30. William Friedkin
Director | To Live and Die in L.A.
Friedkin's mother was an operating room nurse. His father was a merchant seaman, semi-pro softball player and ultimately sold clothes in a men's discount chain. Ultimately, his father never earned more than $50/week in his whole life and died indigent. Eventually young Will became infatuated with ...
31. Bob Gale
Writer | Back to the Future
Bob Gale is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter-producer-director, best known as co-creator, co-writer and co-producer of Back to the Future (1985) and its sequels. Gale was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Cinema from the University of Southern ...
32. Larry Gelbart
Writer | Tootsie
The gift of provoking laughter came early to Larry Gelbart and has never deserted him. His distinguished career as a writer of comedy reads like a history of the art over the last 40 years. His writing credits date back to the Golden Age of radio, thanks in part to his father. The elder Gelbart was...
33. Jack Gilardi Jr.
Producer | Machete
Jack Gilardi Jr. was born in Burbank, California, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Machete (2010), Mystery, Alaska (1999) and Bernie (2011).
34. Mark A. Gochman
Known for his longstanding relationships with talented artists, Mark has handled some of the most sophisticated negotiations in the entertainment industry. Early on, The Hollywood Reporter named him among the "Next Generation" of leading entertainment industry executives, and today he is regularly ...
35. Howard Gordon
Producer | 24
Howard Gordon was born on March 31, 1961 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for 24 (2001), Homeland (2011) and The X-Files (1993).
36. Meyer Gottlieb
Producer | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Meyer Gottlieb is known for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) and Guys and Dolls.
37. Patricia Heaton
Actress | Everybody Loves Raymond
While studying acting in New York with drama teacher William Esper, Heaton made her Broadway debut in the gospel musical "Don't Get God Started." She and her fellow students then formed Stage Three, an acting company that produced plays Off-Broadway. They took one production, "The Johnstown ...
38. Dennis Hopper
Actor | Easy Rider
Multi-talented and unconventional actor/director regarded by many as one of the true "enfant terribles" of Hollywood who led an amazing cinematic career for more than five decades, Dennis Hopper was born on May 17, 1936, in Dodge City, Kansas. The young Hopper expressed interest in acting from a ...
39. William Hurt
Actor | A History of Violence
William McChord Hurt was born in Washington, D.C., to Claire Isabel (McGill) and Alfred McChord Hurt, who worked at the State Department. He was trained at Tufts University and The Juilliard School and has been nominated for four Academy Awards, including the most recent nomination for his ...
40. Don Johnson
Actor | Miami Vice
Best known for his starring role as Det. Sonny Crockett on the hugely successful TV series Miami Vice (1984), Don Johnson is one of the stars who really defined the 1980s. As James "Sonny" Crockett he went toe-to-toe with drug dealers, pimps, prostitutes, assassins, illegal arms-dealers and crooked...
41. Nicole Kidman
Actress | Moulin Rouge!
Elegant Nicole Kidman, known as one of Hollywood's top Australian imports, was actually born in Honolulu, Hawaii, while her Australian parents were there on educational visas.
Kidman is the daughter of Janelle Ann (Glenny), a nursing instructor, and Antony David Kidman, a biochemist and clinical ...
42. Anne Kopelson
Producer | Murder at 1600
Anne Kopelson was born on April 18, 1946 in the USA. She is a producer and executive, known for Murder at 1600 (1997), Outbreak (1995) and Se7en (1995). She was previously married to Arnold Kopelson.
43. Arnold Kopelson
Producer | Platoon
Arnold Kopelson has produced 29 motion pictures. He has been honored with a Best Picture Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and an Independent Spirit Award, all for his production of Platoon (1986). He received a Best Picture Academy Award nomination for his production of The Fugitive (1993). ...
44. Scott Lambert
Producer | Tár
William Morris Agency veteran turned film and television producer. In his 15 years at WMA, Lambert represented stars such as Michael Fassbender, Scarlett Johansson, Sylvester Stallone, and Kiefer Sutherland, and was, as head of motion picture packaging, involved in the financing of over 50 films. ...
45. Sherry Lansing
Producer | Indecent Proposal
Sherry was born in Chicago and pursued an acting career after graduating from Northwestern University. After appearing in two films, Loving (1970) and Rio Lobo (1970), Sherry decided to leave the acting field. In 1974, Sherry joined Talent Associates, as an executive in charge of development. In ...
46. Avi Lerner
Producer | Rambo: Last Blood
Avi Lerner is the Chairman and founder of Nu Image, Inc., Millennium Films and all related companies. With more than 350 films to his credit, he is one of the most experienced, prolific and successful independent producers of our time.
Born and raised in Haifa, Israel, Lerner began as manager of ...
47. Jon Liebman
Producer | Ringer
Jon Liebman is known for Ringer (2011), Sorry for Your Loss (2018) and Manhattan Love Story (2014).
48. Doug Liman
Producer | Edge of Tomorrow
Douglas Eric Liman is a Jewish-American filmmaker and producer who directed Swingers, The Bourne Identity, Chaos Walking, Jumper, Go, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Fair Game, Locked Down, Edge of Tomorrow, The Wall and American Made. He executive produced the Bourne sequels except The Bourne Legacy, The ...
49. David Lonner
Producer | Dope
David Lonner is known for Dope (2015), The State and Yakuza vs. Mafia.
50. Branko Lustig
Production_manager | Gladiator
Branko Lustig was born on June 10, 1932 in Osijek, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He was a production manager and producer, known for Gladiator (2000), Schindler's List (1993) and The Saint (1997). He was married to Mirjana. He died on November 14, 2019 in Zagreb, Croatia.
51. Bernie Mac
Actor | The Bernie Mac Show
Bernard Jeffrey McCollough was born in 1957 in Chicago, the son of Mary McCullough and Jeffery Harrison. He grew up in the city, in a rougher neighborhood than most others, with a large family living under one roof. This situation provided him with a great insight into his comedy, as his family, ...
52. Joshua Malina
Actor | A Few Good Men
Joshua Charles Malina is an American film and stage actor known for playing Will Bailey on the NBC drama The West Wing, Jeremy Goodwin on Sports Night, US Attorney General David Rosen on Scandal, and Caltech President Siebert on The Big Bang Theory. Malina was born in New York City. His parents, ...
53. Michael Mann
Producer | The Insider
As a director, screenwriter, and producer, four-time Academy Award nominee Michael Mann has established himself as one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers in American cinema. After writing and directing the Primetime Emmy Award-winning television movie The Jericho Mile (1979), Mann ...
54. David Matalon
Producer | Color of Night
David Matalon is known for Color of Night (1994), What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) and Bunraku (2010).
55. Ron Meyer
An industry veteran with over 50 years of experience in Hollywood, Ron Meyer's tenure at NBCUniversal included a consistent stream of worldwide box office hits. During his time as President and Chief Operating Officer, nine of the studio's films were nominated at the Oscars for Best Picture, ...
56. Arnon Milchan
Producer | L.A. Confidential
Arnon Milchan (PRODUCER) is widely renowned as one of the most prolific and successful independent film producers of his time, with over 100 feature films to his credit. Born in Israel, Milchan was educated at the University of Geneva. His first business venture was transforming his father's modest...
57. Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch is Executive Chairman of News Corp and Co-Chairman of Fox Corporation, two of the most recognized and influential media companies in the world.
Mr. Murdoch has been Executive Chairman of News Corp since 2013, when News Corporation separated into two distinct, publicly traded companies...
58. Emmanuel Nuñez
59. Amy Pascal
Producer | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Amy Pascal is an American film producer and executive for Sony Pictures. She produced several Spider-Man films and spin-offs including the Venom film series, the 2016 Ghostbusters remake, the Jumanji sequels, Little Women and The Post. She got acclaim for producing Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse...
60. Millie Perkins
Actress | Wall Street
Brunette Millie Perkins began her career as a New York photographer's model and one-time receptionist at an advertising agency. Her waif-like images in fashion magazines seemed to project both innocence and shyness and made such an impression on the director George Stevens, that he invited her to ...
61. Cynthia Pett-Dante
Producer | Mean Machine
Co-owner and managing partner of "Brillstein Entertainment Partners" whose clients include such actors as Brad Pitt, Elizabeth Perkins, etc.
62. Kelly Preston
Actress | Battlefield Earth
Kelly Preston was born on October 13, 1962 in Honolulu, Hawaii. A talented and captivating performer, she first garnered international attention with her role as "Marnie Mason" in Ivan Reitman's Twins (1988), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito. With her diverse character portrayals in ...
63. Frank Price
Producer | Matinee Theater
One of the few Hollywood executives to come out of a writing background, Price interrupted his early TV career (where he was story editor and writer for CBS-TV from 1951-53) with a stint as story editor at Columbia Pictures (1953-57), which he would later head at two separate times. As the head of ...
64. Sam Raimi
Director | Spider-Man
Highly inventive U.S. film director/producer/writer/actor Sam Raimi first came to the attention of film fans with the savage, yet darkly humorous, low-budget horror film, The Evil Dead (1981). From his childhood, Raimi was a fan of the cinema and, before he was ten-years-old, he was out making ...
65. Bruce M. Ramer
Bruce Ramer is a partner with Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown and Passman.
Ramer is a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Southern California, a member of the Board of Councilors of the USC Gould School of Law and the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History an Education and a ...
66. Sumner Redstone
Self | Nightline Up Close
Viacom Chairman Sumner Murray Redstone was the multi-billionaire who was the leading shareholder of media conglomerate Viacom and CBS Corp.
He was born Sumner Murray Rothstein on May 27, 1923, in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, Michael Rothstein, created National Amusements, a chain of three ...
67. Ivan Reitman
Producer | Up in the Air
Canadian producer and director Ivan Reitman created many of American cinema's most successful and best loved feature film comedies and worked with Hollywood's acting elite. Reitman produced such hits as the ground-breaking sensation National Lampoon's National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), which ...
68. Haim Saban
Producer | Power Rangers
At the age of 12 he came to Israel with his family, where he grew up in humble circumstances. After school, his musical inclinations led him to initially seek his fortune as a bass guitarist, although Saban soon discovered his business skills. At the age of 22, he was already working as a band ...
69. Pat Sajak
Producer | Wheel of Fortune
Pat Sajak was born on October 26, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Wheel of Fortune (1983), Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) and The A-Team (1983). He has been married to Lesly Brown since December 31, 1989. They have two children. He was previously married to ...
70. Deran Sarafian
Producer | Swamp Thing
Deran Sarafian began his filmmaking career attending UCLA and working for Roger Corman on films such as ROCK N ROLL HIGH SCHOOL. Inspired by European filmmakers, he moved to Rome where he began writing and quickly sold and directed his first low budget independent feature film THE FALLING, starring...
71. Steve Scheffer
Producer | Chinatown Beat
Steve Scheffer is known for Chinatown Beat, Stanistan (2015) and Howard Cosell: Telling It Like It Is (1999).
72. Sam Schwartz
73. Ridley Scott
Producer | The Martian
Described by film producer Michael Deeley as "the very best eye in the business", director Ridley Scott was born on November 30, 1937 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. His father was an officer in the Royal Engineers and the family followed him as his career posted him throughout the United Kingdom ...
74. Tony Scott
Producer | Domino
Tony Scott was a British-born film director and producer. He was the youngest of three brothers, one of whom is fellow film director Ridley Scott. He was born in North Shields, Northumberland, England to parents Jean and Colonel Francis Percy Scott. As a result of his father's career in the British...
75. Lauren Shuler Donner
Producer | Logan
Lauren Shuler Donner has, in the past four decades, established herself as one of the most successful and versatile producers in Hollywood. To date, her films have grossed close to $5 billion worldwide. She crossed over to Executive the very successful "Legion" for FX and "The Gifted" for FBC.
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76. Gary Sinise
Actor | Forrest Gump
Gary Alan Sinise was born in Blue Island, Illinois, to Mylles S. (Alsip) and Robert L. Sinise, A.C.E., a film editor. He is of Italian (from his paternal grandfather), English, Scottish, Irish, French, German, and Swedish ancestry. His family moved to Highland Park, where he attended high school. ...
77. Sylvester Stallone
Actor | Rocky
Sylvester Stallone is an athletically built, dark-haired American actor/screenwriter/director/producer, the movie fans worldwide have been flocking to see Stallone's films for over 40 years, making "Sly" one of Hollywood's biggest-ever box office draws.
Sylvester Stallone was born on July 6, 1946, ...
78. Joel Surnow
Writer | 24
Joel Surnow was born on November 29, 1954 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for 24 (2001), The Equalizer (1985) and Nowhere Man (1995). He has been married to Colleen Surnow since October 10, 1989. They have three children.
79. Daniel Sussman
Writer | Galveston
Daniel Sussman is known for Galveston, Untitled Texas Hurricane Project and Mr. & Mrs. Donovan (2017).
80. Jon Voight
Actor | Midnight Cowboy
Jon Voight is an American actor of German and Slovak descent. He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role as paraplegic Vietnam War veteran Luke Martin in the war film "Coming Home" (1978). He has also been nominated for the same award other two times. He was first ...
81. Sandy Wernick
Producer | Bulletproof
Sandy Wernick is known for Bulletproof (1996), The Wedding Singer (1998) and Happy Gilmore (1996).
82. Serena Williams
Actress | Pixels
Serena Williams is one of the greatest female tennis players of all time. She earned her first Grand Slam singles title at the U.S. Open in 1999, and won a string of five Grand Slam singles title wins: the 2002 French Open, Wimbledon, and U.S. Open titles and the 2003 Australian Open and her second...
83. Bruce Willis
Actor | Die Hard
Actor and musician Bruce Willis is well known for playing wisecracking or hard-edged characters, often in spectacular action films. Collectively, he has appeared in films that have grossed in excess of $2.5 billion USD.
Walter Bruce Willis was born on March 19, 1955, in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany,...
84. Irwin Winkler
Producer | Life as a House
Irwin Winkler's career as a producer, director and writer encompasses popular and influential movies that have impacted contemporary culture. With a passion for big, bold, meaningful stories, his films include an array of true screen classics, garnering among them 12 Academy Awards and 52 Oscar ...
85. James Woods
Actor | Vampires
James Howard Woods was born on April 18, 1947 in Vernal, Utah, the son of Martha A. (Smith) and Gail Peyton Woods, a U.S. Army intelligence officer who died during Woods' childhood. James is of Irish, English, and German descent. He grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, with his mother and stepfather ...
86. Laura Ziskin
Producer | The Butler
Laura Ziskin was an American film producer and screenwriter who is known for producing the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy and The Amazing Spider-Man. She also produced Pretty Woman, What About Bob?, As Good as It Gets, Hero, Stealth, No Way Out, The Rescue and The Butler. She was married to Julian ...
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