Known for Production
A member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and has served as an arbitrator for the Independent Film and Television Alliance (formerly AFMA), the non profit membership organization of all the leading international motion picture distributors and is recognized as an expert on the motion picture industry by many of the courts in the U.S. and frequently testifies in arbitrations and court cases, federal, state and international, as an expert on the motion picture and television business.. In 2010 he received "The Louis B. Mayer Award" from the UCLA Anderson School of Management as "the Outstanding Motion Picture Business Executive of the Year".
Born
December 29, 1937
Died
June 24, 2024 (age 86)
Filmography
24 films


Across the River and into the Trees
2023 · 1h 46m
country: United Kingdom
In post WW2 Venice Italy, American Army Col. Richard Cantwell, haunted by the war, faces news of his illness with stoic disregard. Determined to spend a weekend in quiet solitude, he commandeers a military driver to visit his old haunts in Venice. As Cantwell's plans begin to unravel, a chance encounter with a remarkable young woman begins to rekindle hope. Based on the harrowing novel by Ernest Hemingway.


Bitter Harvest
2017 · 1h 43m
country: Canada
Set between the two World Wars and based on true historical events, Bitter Harvest conveys the untold story of the Holodomor, the genocidal famine engineered by the tyrant Joseph Stalin. The film displays a powerful tale of love, honour, rebellion and survival at a time when Ukraine was forced to adjust to the horrifying territorial ambitions of the burgeoning Soviet Union.


Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story
2013 · 1h 28m
country: Canada
The story of the 1973 hockey season when aging legend Gordie Howe returned to the ice at the age of 44.


Guns, Girls and Gambling
2012 · 1h 29m
country: United States
The story throws Elvis impersonators, Indians, modern cowboys, a 6-foot-tall blond assassin, a frat boy, a corrupt sheriff and a prostitute into a chase for a priceless American Indian artifact stolen during a poker game at an Indian casino


What Doesn't Kill You
2008 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship.


A Sound of Thunder
2005 · 1h 41m
country: Czech Republic
When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways.


The Game of Their Lives
2005 · 1h 41m
country: United States
During the 1950 World Cup, the hastily assembled U.S. soccer team enters as heavy underdogs when matched up against the highest-ranked team in competition — England.


Sahara
2005 · 2h 4m
country: Germany
Seasoned adventurer and treasure hunter Dirk Pitt, a former Navy SEAL, sets out for the African desert with his wisecracking buddy Al in search of a confederate ironclad battleship rumored to have vanished long ago, the main draw being the treasure supposedly hidden within the lost vessel. When the daring duo come across Dr. Eva Rojas, a beautiful scientist who is juggling an escape from a warlord and a mission to stop the spread of a powerful plague, their desert expedition begins to heat up.


Ray
2004 · 2h 32m
country: United States
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.


Danny Deckchair
2003 · 1h 40m
country: Australia
An unappreciated laborer's patience reaches breaking point when his girlfriend cancels a romantic holiday. Making light of the situation, he decides to tie hundreds of helium balloons to a chair in an outlandish bid to float to a new life.


Swimming Upstream
2003 · 1h 54m
country: Australia
A young man aspiring for recognition of his talents battles against his estranged father's sentiment towards him as the father deals with his own demons.


Mind Games
1989 · 1h 33m
country: United States
To save their marriage, Rita and Dana Lund set off on a family camping trip through California. At a campsite they meet a hitch-hiker, Eric, who befriends their son. Against Rita's wishes, Dana takes asks him to tag along with them, not knowing that he's a brutal psychopath.


Highpoint
1984 · 1h 28m
country: Canada
James Hatcher embezzles ten million dollars from a joint mafia/CIA operation, leaving them squabbling with each other. Unemployed Lewis Kinney gets caught up in the intrigue, and must try to recover the money, while saving the beautiful Lise Hatcher (hopefully for himself).


Hysterical
1982 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Frederic Lansing is a writer who hopes to find inspiration while vacationing in Hellview, Oregon; however, the lighthouse in which he's staying is haunted by the ghost of Venetia, who had killed herself 100 years ago and now wants to use Lansing as a vessel for her dead husband, Captain Howdy. When Howdy's ghost starts killing people, two bumbling scientists are brought in to investigate the history of the lighthouse and solve the case.


Southern Comfort
1981 · 1h 46m
country: United States
A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.


Take This Job and Shove It
1981 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A junior executive is ordered to boost output in the hometown brewery where his old friends work.