Mike Medavoy

Born: 1941-01-21

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.


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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

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Released: 2003-03-09

The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and...

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A Decade Under the Influence

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Released: 2003-04-25

A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of...

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Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'

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Released: 2002-10-28

Documentary about the adaptation of the 1988 novel by Thomas Harris into the 1991 film directed...

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The Christian Licorice Store

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Released: 1971-11-01

A tennis champ falls in with the Hollywood crowd, finds himself being corrupted by the life in...

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Remembering Gene Wilder

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Released: 2024-03-15

This loving tribute to Gene Wilder celebrates his life and legacy as the comic genius behind an...

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The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance

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Released: 2011-12-27

The 35th anniversary of the 1976 Oscar-winning film “Rocky” is marked with a TV retrospective in...

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Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

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Released: 2001-08-21

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of this Oscar winning thriller, prepared for its tenth...

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Uncovering Wolfen

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Released: 2015-02-02

After the huge financial and cultural success of WOODSTOCK (1970), filmmaker and political...

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Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story

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Released: 2021-04-23

Oleg Vidov — one of the Soviet Union's most beloved actors — was persecuted, blacklisted and...

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A Classy Broad

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Released: 2016-10-23

The life and career of Marcia Nasatir, the first female president of United Artists.

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The Movies That Made Us

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First aired: 2019-11-29

These blockbusters brought us together and gave us the time of our lives. Meet the actors,...

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