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Filmography

Fourth Wall - ( Executive Producer / / Announced / )

Geogiana - ( Producer / / Announced / )

Jamie's Kitchen - ( Executive Producer / / Announced / )

Regression - ( Producer / / Announced / )

The Duchess - ( Producer / 2008 / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )

Phantom Biker - ( Producer / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )

The Amateurs - ( Executive Producer / 2007 / Released / )

Alien Autopsy - ( Executive Producer / 2006 / Released / )

Severance - ( Executive Producer / 2006 / Released / )

Wondrous Oblivion - ( Executive Producer / 2006 / Released / )

I Heart Huckabees - ( Executive Producer / 2004 / Released / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment )

Kinsey - ( Executive Producer / 2004 / Released / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment )

Stage Beauty - ( Executive Producer / 2004 / Released / )

The Order - ( Executive Producer / 2003 / Released / )

Nurse Betty - ( Special Thanks / 2000 / Released / )

Being John Malkovich - ( Executive Producer / 1999 / Released / )

The Land Girls - ( Special Thanks / 1998 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )

Barb Wire - ( Special Thanks / 1996 / Released / )

Boys - ( Special Thanks / 1996 / Released / REP )

Eddie - ( Special Thanks / 1996 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )

Fargo - ( Special Thanks / 1996 / Released / Meteor Film/Polygram Filmed Entertainement )

Kazaam - ( Special Thanks / 1996 / Released / )

Loch Ness - ( Special Thanks / 1996 / Released / REP )

Mr. Holland's Opus - ( Special Thanks / 1996 / Released / Meteor Film/The Movies )

French Kiss - ( Other / 1995 / Released / UIP The Film Consortium )

Home for the Holidays - ( Other(- "Big Cheese") / 1995 / Released / Polygram Films International )

Moonlight and Valentino - ( Other / 1995 / Released / REP )

Roommates - ( Special Thanks / 1995 / Released / )

S.F.W. - ( Other / 1995 / Released / Independent Productions )

Four Weddings and A Funeral - ( Other / 1994 / Released / Meteor Film/The Movies )

Holy Matrimony - ( Special Thanks / 1994 / Released / Meteor Film/The Movies )

Jason's Lyric - ( Other / 1994 / Released / Independent Productions )

Nell - ( Other / 1994 / Released / Independent Productions )

Red Rock West - ( Executive Producer / 1994 / Released / Meteor Film/The Movies )

Terminal Velocity - ( Special Thanks / 1994 / Released / )

The Air Up There - ( Other / 1994 / Released / )

A Stranger Among Us - ( Special Thanks / 1992 / Released / )

Bob Roberts - ( Special Thanks / 1992 / Released / Elke )

Candyman - ( Special Thanks / 1992 / Released / )

Ruby - ( Executive Producer / 1992 / Released / Kuzui Enterprises )

Drop Dead Fred - ( Special Thanks / 1991 / Released / Alliance Releasing )

Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? - ( Executive Producer / 1990 / Released / Gelfand Films )

Wild At Heart - ( Executive Producer / 1990 / Released / Hoyts Distribution )

Fear, Anxiety, and Depression - ( Executive Producer / 1989 / Released / )

Kill Me Again - ( Executive Producer / 1989 / Released / Gaga Entertainment )

The Blue Iguana - ( Executive Producer / 1988 / Released / )

Private Investigations - ( Executive Producer / 1987 / Released / )

The House on Sorority Row - ( Peter / 1983 / Released / Artists Releasing Corporation )

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The former president and CEO of the PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Group, as well as executive vice president of the PolyGram, Group, Michael Kuhn is responsible for the company's U.S. operations as well as for all media including film, TV, and video. Under his guidance PolyGram has become a force on the Hollywood and worldwide film scene, developing or distributing such efforts as "Four Weddings and a Funeral," which was nominated for the Academy Award for best picture in 1994, and "Wild at Heart," which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1990. Born in East Africa and educated in law at Cambridge, Kuhn practiced entertainment law in London before joining PolyGram as assistant legal counsel in 1974. He was made a director of the company in 1978. During this period, he chaired the British Phonographic Industry's (BPI) Rights Committee, and was also a director of the Phonographic Performance Ltd., lecturing frequently on copyright matters and becoming and active protagonist in the BPI's lobby for a blank tape royalty. In 1982, Kuhn co-founded PolyGram Music Video, one of the first such operations to specialize in long-form music "films," and from 1983-1987, Kuhn was general counsel to the PolyGram Group worldwide. It was in 1987 that Kuhn was appointed senior vice president of the PolyGram Group with responsibilities for the new business division and in 1989 he was given the added responsibilities for the media division when it was formed, thus being responsible for the company's plunge into film production and distribution. Under Kuhn's watch, PolyGram also distributed "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" (1994), the Australian film about three drag queens in the Outback which was an international success. Other PolyGram releases have included "Jason's Lyric" (1994), "Nell" (1994), starring Jodie Foster, whose production company is under contract to PolyGram, and "French Kiss" (1995), starring Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline. PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, of which Kuhn is president and CEO, has investment/production deals with four companies, Foster's Egg Pictures, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner's Working Title, Interscope and Propaganda. PolyGram's U.S. domestic distribution entity was Gramercy Pictures. Kuhn is also a produced playwright, whose works, staged in London, include "Colony," "The Carpaccio Afficiavit," and "Rehearsals".

Profession(s):
executive, playwright

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