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An eclectic film producer and theatrical entrepreneur, Milchan started out producing and financing features in the Israeli film industry. As a producer and executive producer, he has been responsible for numerous features, including adventurous works by some of the world's most celebrated directors: Sergio Leone ("Once Upon a Time in America" 1984); Martin Scorsese ("The King of Comedy" 1983); Terry Gilliam ("Brazil" 1985); Ridley Scott ("Legend" 1985); and Sidney Lumet ("Q&A" 1990)....
Full Bio , Awards & Milestones

Filmography

Crusade - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Gwyneth Paltrow Wants My Boyfriend - ( Executive Producer / / Announced / )
Monte Carlo - ( Executive Producer / / Announced / )
The Most Eligible Man in America - ( Executive Producer / / Announced / )
Jumper - ( Producer / 2008 / Released / )
Meet Dave - ( Executive Producer / 2008 / Released / )
Meet the Spartans - ( Executive Producer / 2008 / Released / )
Shutter - ( Executive Producer / 2008 / Released / )
Street Kings - ( Executive Producer / 2008 / Released / )
What Happens in Vegas - ( Executive Producer / 2008 / Released / )
Alvin and the Chipmunks - ( Executive Producer / 2007 / Released / )
Epic Movie - ( Executive Producer / 2007 / Released / )
Big Momma's House 2 - ( Executive Producer / 2006 / Released / )
Date Movie - ( Executive Producer / 2006 / Released / )
Deck The Halls - ( Producer / 2006 / Released / )
Just My Luck - ( Producer / 2006 / Released / )
My Super Ex-Girlfriend - ( Producer / 2006 / Released / )
The Fountain - ( Producer / 2006 / Released / )
The Sentinel - ( Producer / 2006 / Released / )
Bee Season - ( Executive Producer / 2005 / Released / )
Elektra - ( Producer / 2005 / Released / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment )
Little Manhattan - ( Producer / 2005 / Released / )
Mr. & Mrs. Smith - ( Producer / 2005 / Released / Kinowelt Medien AG )
Stay - ( Producer / 2005 / Released / Kinowelt Medien AG )
First Daughter - ( Executive Producer / 2004 / Released / )
Man on Fire - ( Producer / 2004 / Released / )
The Girl Next Door - ( Executive Producer / 2004 / Released / )
Daredevil - ( Producer / 2003 / Released / )
Down With Love - ( Executive Producer / 2003 / Released / )
Runaway Jury - ( Producer / 2003 / Released / )
High Crimes - ( Producer / 2002 / Released / )
Life or Something Like It - ( Producer / 2002 / Released / )
Unfaithful - ( Executive Producer / 2002 / Released / )
Black Knight - ( Producer / 2001 / Released / )
Don't Say A Word - ( Producer / 2001 / Released / )
Freddy Got Fingered - ( Executive Producer / 2001 / Released / )
Joe Somebody - ( Executive Producer / 2001 / Released / )
Joy Ride - ( Executive Producer / 2001 / Released / )
Big Momma's House - ( Executive Producer / 2000 / Released / Gemini Kinomir )
Tigerland - ( Producer / 2000 / Released / )
Up At the Villa - ( Executive Producer / 2000 / Released / )
Entrapment - ( Executive Producer / 1999 / Released / )
Fight Club - ( Executive Producer / 1999 / Released / )
Goodbye Lover - ( Executive Producer / 1999 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
Simply Irresistible - ( Executive Producer / 1999 / Released / )
William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream - ( Executive Producer / 1999 / Released / )
City of Angels - ( Executive Producer / 1998 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
Dangerous Beauty - ( Producer / 1998 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
The Negotiator - ( Producer / 1998 / Released / )
Breaking Up - ( Executive Producer / 1997 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
Free Willy 3: The Rescue - ( Executive Producer / 1997 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
L.A. Confidential - ( Producer / 1997 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
Murder At 1600 - ( Producer / 1997 / Released / )
The Devil's Advocate - ( Producer / 1997 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
The Man Who Knew Too Little - ( Producer / 1997 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
A Time to Kill - ( Producer / 1996 / Released / )
Bogus - ( Producer / 1996 / Released / )
Carpool - ( Producer / 1996 / Released / )
North Star - ( Executive Producer / 1996 / Released / Nippon Herald )
Sunchaser - ( Producer / 1996 / Released / Nippon Herald )
The Mirror Has Two Faces - ( Producer / 1996 / Released / )
Tin Cup - ( Executive Producer / 1996 / Released / )
Boys on the Side - ( Producer / 1995 / Released / )
Copycat - ( Producer / 1995 / Released / Nippon Herald )
Empire Records - ( Producer / 1995 / Released / )
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home - ( Executive Producer / 1995 / Released / )
Heat - ( Executive Producer / 1995 / Released / Nippon Herald )
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory - ( Producer / 1995 / Released / )
Cobb - ( Executive Producer / 1994 / Released / )
Natural Born Killers - ( Executive Producer / 1994 / Released / )
Second Best - ( Executive Producer / 1994 / Released / )
The Client - ( Producer / 1994 / Released / )
The New Age - ( Executive Producer / 1994 / Released / )
Falling Down - ( Executive Producer / 1993 / Released / )
Free Willy - ( Executive Producer / 1993 / Released / )
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker - ( Executive Producer / 1993 / Released / Kuzui Enterprises )
Heaven and Earth - ( Producer / 1993 / Released / )
Made in America - ( Producer / 1993 / Released / )
Six Degrees of Separation - ( Producer / 1993 / Released / )
Sommersby - ( Producer / 1993 / Released / )
Striking Distance - ( Producer / 1993 / Released / )
That Night - ( Producer / 1993 / Released / )
Memoirs of An Invisible Man - ( Executive Producer / 1992 / Released / )
The Mambo Kings - ( Producer / 1992 / Released / )
The Power of One - ( Producer / 1992 / Released / )
Turtle Beach - ( Executive Producer / 1992 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
Under Siege - ( Producer / 1992 / Released / )
Guilty By Suspicion - ( Producer / 1991 / Released / Foreign Films )
J.F.K. - ( Executive Producer / 1991 / Released / )
Switch - ( Executive Producer / 1991 / Released / United International Pictures (UIP) )
Pretty Woman - ( Producer / 1990 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
Q&A - ( Producer / 1990 / Released / Nippon Herald Films, Inc )
Big Man on Campus - ( Producer / 1989 / Released / )
The War of the Roses - ( Producer / 1989 / Released / Holland Film Releasing )
Who's Harry Crumb? - ( Producer / 1989 / Released / )
Man on Fire - ( Producer / 1987 / Released / Vestron Home Video )
Stripper - ( Executive Producer / 1986 / Released / )
Brazil - ( Producer / 1985 / Released / )
Legend - ( Producer / 1985 / Released / )
Once Upon A Time In America - ( Producer / 1984 / Released / )
Once Upon A Time In America - ( Chauffeur / 1984 / Released / )
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? - ( Cafe Customer / 1983 / Released / )
The King of Comedy - ( Producer / 1983 / Released / )
Dizengoff 99 - ( Producer / 1979 / Released / Shapira Films )
Black Joy - ( Producer / 1978 / Released / )
The Medusa Touch - ( Executive Producer / 1978 / Released / Elan Films )
TV Credits
America Beyond the Color Line ( 2004 / Released ): Actor
Noriega: God's Favorite ( 2000 / Released ): Executive Producer
The Hunt For the Unicorn Killer ( 1999 / Released ): Producer
Michael Hayes ( 1997 / Released ): Executive Producer
The ShoWest Awards ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
John Grisham's The Client ( 1995 / Released ): Executive Producer
Masada ( 1981 / Released ): Producer
Full Biography (Back to top)

An eclectic film producer and theatrical entrepreneur, Milchan started out producing and financing features in the Israeli film industry. As a producer and executive producer, he has been responsible for numerous features, including adventurous works by some of the world's most celebrated directors: Sergio Leone ("Once Upon a Time in America" 1984); Martin Scorsese ("The King of Comedy" 1983); Terry Gilliam ("Brazil" 1985); Ridley Scott ("Legend" 1985); and Sidney Lumet ("Q&A" 1990). Milchan has collaborated with Oliver Stone on "JFK" (1991), "Heaven and Earth" (1993), and "Natural Born Killers" (1994) and Jon Amiel on "Sommersby" (1993) and "Copycat" (1995).

Moving from Israel to Paris, Milchan produced commercials for French TV and various plays for the Paris stage including a production of "Amadeus" starring Roman Polanski. He also produced the play "Ipi Tombi" and the New York production of "It's Nice to Be Civilized" before segueing into a successful career in Hollywood film production. Milchan's hits include "The War of the Roses" (1989), "Pretty Woman" (1990), "Under Siege" (1992), "Free Willy" (1993), "The Client" (1994) and "Heat" (1995). In recent years, he has branched out into feature financing through his New Regency Productions, which has overseen such films as "Carpool", "Northstar", "Bogus" and "A Time to Kill" (all 1996). In early 1996, he made a bid to purchase Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.


Profession(s):
producer, film financier, Actor, businessman
Sometimes Credited As:
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Family
daughter:Alexandra Milchan (formed production company Regency Vision with sister Elinor)
daughter:Elinor Milchan (formed production company Regency Vision with sister Alexandra)

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Education
City of London College London, England economics
Swiss Mercantile College Switzerland business administration
Awards (Back to top)
Australian Film Institute Award Best Foreign Film "L.A. Confidential" 1998
Boston Society of Film Critics Award Best Picture "L.A. Confidential" 1997
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award Best Picture "L.A. Confidential" 1997
Chigago Film Critics Award Best Picture "L.A. Confidential" 1997
Film Critics Circle of Australia Award Best Foreign English-Language Film "L.A. Confidential" 1997
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Picture "L.A. Confidential" 1997
National Board of Review Award Best Picture "L.A. Confidential" 1997
National Society of Film Critics Award Best Picture "L.A. Confidential" 1997
NATO/ShoWest Producer of the Year Award 1997
New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Picture "L.A. Confidential" 1997
NAACP Image Award Best Motion Picture "A Time To Kill" 1996
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Film "Brazil" 1985

Milestones (Back to top)
1997 Co-produced the acclaimed contemporary noir drama "L.A. Confidential"
1996 Made bid to purchase MGM
1995 TV series debut as executive producer, "John Grisham's The Client"
1991 Helped form the Summit Group, a joint venture with Andrew Vajna's Cinergi Productions and Bernd Eichinger's Constantin Films to work with Milchan's Regency Intl. in order to handle foreign distributio
1983 Hollywood producing debut, "King of Comedy"
1981 TV producing debut, the ABC miniseries "Masada"
1977 First screen credit, producer of "Black Joy"
Grew up in Israel
Educated in England and Switzerland
Returned to Israel when his father died
Fought in The Six Day War and The Yom Kippur War
Took over his father's fertilizer company; later expanded his business holdings to include over 15 companies throughout the world
Began producing and financing films in Israel in his early thirties
Produced commercials for French TV
Produced plays in Paris and NYC, including a Parisian production of "Amadeus" starring Roman Polanski

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