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Born and raised in Southern California, Cary Brokaw began his career as a marketing trainee at 20th Century Fox after earning an MBA from UCLA. Moving quickly through the ranks at Fox, he spent a year as director of acquisitions before being named as manager of the studio's eastern division. In 1981, Brokaw joined movie emporium operator Cineplex Odeon Corporation as an executive vice president. After two years, though, he moved over to the presidency of Island Alive Releasing where he oversaw the distribution of films like "El Norte" (1983)....
Full Bio , Awards & Milestones

Filmography

Beautiful - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Birdbrain - ( Executive Producer / / Announced / )
Broken Adonis - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Crash Out - ( Executive Producer / / Announced / )
Doing It All - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Garlic and Sapphires - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Miles Davis - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Mimic - ( Executive Producer / / Announced / )
My Summer, My Honeymoon - ( Executive Producer / / Announced / )
ORIGINAL SIN (Intermedia) - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Phobic - ( Executive Producer / / Announced / )
The Grays - ( Producer / / Announced / )
The Soloist - ( Producer / / Announced / )
Wayward Son - ( Producer / 1999 / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Sex and Death 101 - ( Producer / 2008 / Released / )
Mindhunters - ( Producer / 2005 / Released / )
Closer - ( Producer / 2004 / Released / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment )
The Merchant of Venice - ( Producer / 2004 / Released / )
Get Well Soon - ( Producer / 2002 / Released / )
The Player - ( Executive Producer / 2000 / Released / Alliance Releasing )
Voices From a Locked Room - ( Producer / 1997 / Released / )
Restoration - ( Producer / 1995 / Released / )
Short Cuts - ( Producer / 1994 / Released / Alliance Releasing )
American Heart - ( Executive Producer / 1993 / Released / )
Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll - ( Executive Producer / 1991 / Released / )
The Object of Beauty - ( Executive Producer / 1991 / Released / NDF Productions )
After Dark, My Sweet - ( Executive Producer / 1990 / Released / Astral Films )
Cold Feet - ( Executive Producer / 1989 / Released / )
Drugstore Cowboy - ( Executive Producer / 1989 / Released / Meteor Film/The Movies )
Signs of Life - ( Executive Producer / 1989 / Released / )
Pascali's Island - ( Executive Producer / 1988 / Released / Astral Films Ltd )
Sweet Lies - ( Executive Producer / 1988 / Released / )
Slam Dance - ( Executive Producer / 1987 / Released / )
Straight to Hell - ( Executive Producer / 1987 / Released / CBS/Fox Video International )
Down By Law - ( Executive Producer / 1986 / Released / )
Nobody's Fool - ( Executive Producer / 1986 / Released / )
Trouble in Mind - ( Executive Producer / 1985 / Released / )
TV Credits
Angels in America ( 2003 / Released ): Executive Producer
Normal ( 2003 / Released ): Executive Producer
Path To War ( 2002 / Released ): Executive Producer
Wit ( 2001 / Released ): Executive Producer
Finding Graceland ( 1999 / Released ): Producer
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery ( 1999 / Released ): Executive Producer
The Timeshifters ( 1999 / Released ): Executive Producer
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing ( 1997 / Released ): Executive Producer
Tell Me No Secrets ( 1997 / Released ): Executive Producer
Two Mothers For Zachary ( 1996 / Released ): Executive Producer
A Stranger in Town ( 1995 / Released ): Executive Producer
See Jane Run ( 1995 / Released ): Executive Producer
Amelia Earhart: the Final Flight ( 1994 / Released ): Producer
In the Eyes of a Stranger ( 1992 / Released ): Executive Producer
Homebody Kabul ( Announced ): Executive Producer
Full Biography (Back to top)

Born and raised in Southern California, Cary Brokaw began his career as a marketing trainee at 20th Century Fox after earning an MBA from UCLA. Moving quickly through the ranks at Fox, he spent a year as director of acquisitions before being named as manager of the studio's eastern division. In 1981, Brokaw joined movie emporium operator Cineplex Odeon Corporation as an executive vice president. After two years, though, he moved over to the presidency of Island Alive Releasing where he oversaw the distribution of films like "El Norte" (1983).

In 1985, Brokaw made his debut as an executive producer on "Trouble in Mind", a crime drama directed by Alan Rudolph. He assumed the executive suite at Island Pictures the same year and during his tenure, the company released some high caliber films like "Kiss of the Spider Woman" (1985) and "Mona Lisa" (1986). With entertainment lawyer Michael Eliasberg, Brokaw formed Avenue Entertainment in May 1987. He has continued to oversee and/or produce a variety of film and television productions, including such acclaimed titles as "Drugstore Cowboy" (1989), the Oscar-nominated Best Picture "The Player" (1992), directed by Robert Altman, "Short Cuts" (1993), also directed by Altman, "Restoration" (1995), "Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing" (HBO, 1997) and the Emmy-winning adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize play "Wit" (HBO, 2001).


Profession(s):
producer, executive, distributor, sales trainee
Sometimes Credited As:
Cary Scott Brokaw
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Family
brother:Kenneth Robert Brokaw (born on April 4, 1953)
daughter:Kristin S Brokaw (born on May 11, 1982)
daughter:Laura S Brokaw (born on January 19, 1985)
daughter:Julia C Brokaw (born on February 7, 1990)
father:Robert Scott Brokaw (born in 1922; died in February 1997 at age 74)
wife:Christine Schleicher (born on April 27, 1951)

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Education
University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, California BA 1973
School of Management, University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles, California MBA 1976
Awards (Back to top)
Producers Guild of America David L. Wolper Award Producer of the Year for long-form television "Angels in America" 2005
Producers Guild Visonary Award "Angels in America" 2004
National Board of Review Award Best Film Made for Cable TV "Wit" 2001
Emmy Outstanding Made for Television Movie "Wit" 2000 - 2001

Milestones (Back to top)
2004 Was one of the producers of "Mindhunters" directed by Renny Harlin
2004 Produced "Closer" with Mike Nichols, which starred Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Julia Roberts and Clive Owen and is based on the play by Patrick Marber; film was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Pi
2003 Executive Produced the award winning "Angels in America" an HBO movie based on the play by Tony Kushner
2002 Was an executive producer on the HBO period drama "Path to War" a behind-the-scenes look at the Johnson White House during the Vietnam War
2001 With Mike Nichols, executive produced the HBO adaptation of "Wit"; won Emmy Award
1999 Served as producer of "Wayward Son"; screened at Toronto Film Festival
1997 Was the executive producer of the controversial HBO original, "Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing"
1996 Executive produced the CBS movie "Two Mothers for Zachary"
1995 Was producer on "Restoration" and "Voices From a Locked Room"
1994 Was executive producer of "Amelia Earhart: Her Final Flight", a TNT original movie
1993 Produced "Short Cuts", directed by Robert Altman
1992 First TV-movie as executive producer, "In the Eyes of a Stranger" (CBS)
1992 Served as executive producer on the acclaimed independent film "American Heart" and on the Oscar-nominated Best Picture "The Player"
1991 Founded Avenue Pictures; served as president and CEO
1989 Executive produced "Drugstore Cowboy", helmed by Gus Van Sant
1987 Formed Avenue Entertainment Pictures with Michael Eliasberg in May; named chair and CEO
1985 First film as executive producer, "Trouble in Mind"
1985 Named co-chair, president and chief operating officer of Island Pictures
1976 - 1977 Was a marketing trainee at 20th Century Fox
Raised in Southern California
Served as director of special projects at Fox
Made director of acquisitions at 20th Century Fox
Named as manager of the Eastern Division of Fox
Joined Cineplex Odeon Corp. as executive vice president
Moved to Island Alive Releasing as president
Served as president of Island Alive

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