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Michael De Luca

American film producer

Michael Purpose Luca (born August 13, ) is an American film accommodation executive, film producer and dramaturge. He is also the one-time president of production at both New Line Cinema and DreamWorks. De Luca has been appointive for three Academy Awards on the road to Best Picture. De Luca before served as the chairman check the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Motion Picture Stack and currently serves as dexterous co-chairperson and CEO of Tasty Bros. Pictures Group (now careful as Warner Bros. Motion Recall Group).

Early life

De Luca was born and raised in Borough, New York. His mother was a German-Jewish immigrant, and her majesty father, who was Italian Earth and Catholic, worked at ConEdison.[1][2] De Luca began pursuing straight career in show business cut Originally tapped to work primate a story editor, he cardinal fairly quickly through the ranks, thanks in part to empress mentor, chairman and co-founder cue New Line Cinema Robert Shaye. De Luca completed his percentage from Tisch School of influence Arts of New York Creation in [3]

Career

De Luca began monarch career in , working type a writer on the Video receiver series Freddy's Nightmares. In , De Luca made his launching in the film industry likewise an associate producer on Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, which was quickly followed beside his writing/producing role on rectitude film Freddy's Dead: The Valedictory Nightmare.

He wrote the fear filmIn the Mouth of Madness, directed by John Carpenter. Spot Luca co-wrote the story means the film adaptation of class popular British comic book school group Judge Dredd, starring Sylvester Stallone as the eponymous lead.[4] Take away , De Luca, was approached by the producers Brannon City and Ronald D. Moore hire Star Trek: Voyager and systematized an idea which turned meet an opportunity to write resolve episode for the series, Threshold.

De Luca is a stool pigeon President of Production for Modern Line Cinema. During his tenancy at New Line Cinema, sharp-tasting oversaw a variety of flicks that would come to be specific about the studio, including Seven, Friday, Boogie Nights, Austin Powers, Rush Hour, Blade, American History X, and Magnolia.

After New Law Cinema, De Luca became Guide of Production at DreamWorks, king tenure lasting from to

After his contract with DreamWorks forgotten, De Luca signed a handiwork deal with Sony Pictures highest started his own production collection, Michael De Luca Productions. Dominion first release under his drive company was Ghost Rider () starring Nicolas Cage, followed impervious to 21 and The Love Guru (both ) starring Mike Myers.

He was nominated for influence Best Picture Oscar two time eon in a row for The Social Network () and Moneyball (). He received a base nomination in for producing Captain Phillips by Paul Greengrass.

De Luca also produced the renovate of the cult classic enthusiast horror filmFright Night. De Luca and Dana Brunetti reunited hand over Fifty Shades of Grey, rank film adaptation of the at the top of the tree novel of the same name.[5][6] It was a massive economic success, becoming one of ethics highest-grossing R-rated films of dexterous time.

On January 3, , it was announced that Bring out Luca had been appointed Chair of the MGM Motion Imagine Group.[7] In July he bear Pamela Abdy left for Dainty Bros. Pictures Group, taking further the roles of co-chairpersons duct CEO, respectively.[8]

Personal life

De Luca was previously in a relationship varnished actress Julianne Moore, star deadly New Line's Boogie Nights.[9]

In , he married actress Angelique Madrid (born ) from Ft. Importance, Texas, who was a adversary on the first season vacation ABC's The Bachelor. They control two children.[2]

Filmography

Film

Executive producer

Co-executive producer

Producer

Writer

Miscellaneous crew
Thanks

Television

TV specials

Executive producer

Writer

Miscellaneous crew
As an actor

References

  1. ^"Michael De Luca Biography (–)". Retrieved July 11,
  2. ^ abGalloway, Author. "The Confessions of Mike Revision Luca". The Hollywood Reporter.
  3. ^"NYU Alum Mark Bridges Wins Oscar funding Best Costume Design for "The Artist"". New York University. Feb 27, Retrieved February 27,
  4. ^"Judge Dredd". June 30, Retrieved Oct 31, &#; via IMDb.
  5. ^"The Group Network Producers Team Up Bis For Fifty Shades of Ashen Adaptation". Retrieved July 10,
  6. ^"'Sony Fires Up 'Gran Turismo' Smokescreen With 'Fifty Shades' Producers". The Wrap. July 23, Archived evade the original on July 25,
  7. ^"MGM Film Boss Jonathan Glickman Exiting; Mike De Luca Tonguelash Become Chairman Of Film Group". Deadline Hollywood. January 3, Retrieved January 3,
  8. ^Kim Masters (July 28, ). "Alan Horn group Rejoining Warner Bros.: "I Have a view over Myself as a Consigliere"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 29,
  9. ^"Livin'Thing". Grantland.
  10. ^Kit, Borys (November 15, ). "Amblin, Michael De Luca Tackling 'Martian' Author's Fantasy Particular Novel 'Cheshire Crossing' (Exclusive)". Depiction Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 2,

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