Mike Medavoy
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.
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
Remembering Gene Wilder
Ozi: Voice of the Forest
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
The Movies That Made Us
Altered Carbon
The Promise
A Classy Broad
The 33
Listen to Me Marlon
Uncovering Wolfen
What to Expect When You're Expecting
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
Black Swan
Shanghai
Shutter Island
License to Wed
Resurrecting the Champ
Zodiac
Pathfinder
Miss Potter
All the King's Men
Stealth
A Decade Under the Influence
Holes
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
The Outsider
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Vertical Limit
The 6th Day
The Christian Licorice Store