Mike Medavoy

Mike Medavoy

Born: January 21, 1941
Sample some of the best American films over the past forty years and there's a good chance Mike Medavoy played a role in the success of many of them. From agent to studio chief to producer, he has been involved with over 300 feature films, of which 17 have been nominated and 7 have won Best Picture Oscars®, as well as numerous international film festival awards.

Medavoy began his career at Universal Studios in 1964. He rose from the mail room to become a casting director. In 1965, he became an agent at General Artist Corporation and then vice-president at Creative Management Agency. Joining International Famous Agency as vice-president in charge of the motion picture department in 1971, he worked with such prestigious clients as Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Terrence Malick, Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Gene Wilder, Jeanne Moreau, and Jean-Louis Trintignant.

Movies for Mike Medavoy...

Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
Title: Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
Character: Self
Released: January 2, 2021
Type: Movie
Oleg Vidov — one of the Soviet Union's most beloved actors — was persecuted, blacklisted and pushed to the breaking point before escaping to the West and achieving the American dream.
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Title: The Movies That Made Us
Character: Self
Released: November 29, 2019
Type: TV
These blockbusters brought us together and gave us the time of our lives. Meet the actors, directors and industry insiders who made them happen.
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A Classy Broad
Title: A Classy Broad
Character: Mike Medavoy
Released: October 23, 2016
Type: Movie
The life and career of Marcia Nasatir, the first female president of United Artists.
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The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
Title: The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
Character: Self
Released: December 27, 2011
Type: Movie
The 35th anniversary of the 1976 Oscar-winning film “Rocky” is marked with a TV retrospective in which Sylvester Stallone and others reminisce about the creation of the movie as well as the other films in the franchise.
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A Decade Under the Influence
Title: A Decade Under the Influence
Character: Self
Released: April 25, 2003
Type: Movie
A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time.
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Title: Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: March 9, 2003
Type: Movie
A look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie.
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Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Title: Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Character: Self
Released: October 28, 2002
Type: Movie
Documentary about the adaptation of the 1988 novel by Thomas Harris into the 1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme. Originally presented in two parts on Bravo Television.
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Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Title: Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Character: Self
Released: August 21, 2001
Type: Movie
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of this Oscar winning thriller, prepared for its tenth anniversary. Includes interviews with star Anthony Hopkins, as well as other members of the cast and crew, giving their views on the experience of creating this masterpiece of terror and suspense.
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The Christian Licorice Store
Title: The Christian Licorice Store
Character: Hollywood Party Guest
Released: November 1, 1971
Type: Movie
A tennis champ falls in with the Hollywood crowd, finds himself being corrupted by the life in the fast lane.
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Midnight Men - A John Schlesinger & Michael Childers Story
Title: Midnight Men - A John Schlesinger & Michael Childers Story
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A documentary on John Schlesinger and Michael Childers.
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Uncovering Wolfen
Title: Uncovering Wolfen
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
After the huge financial and cultural success of WOODSTOCK (1970), filmmaker and political activist Michael Wadleigh spent many years in Hollywood writing scripts that were never produced. However, WOLFEN (1981), his only other major motion picture, was. After that he would never complete another feature film again. This is the story of that film.