What is Mike Medavoy?
[[File:Michael Medavoy 2012 Shankbone.JPG|thumb|200px|Medavoy in 2012]] '''Morris Mike Medavoy''' (born January 21, 1941) is an [[Americans|American]] [[movie producer]] and executive. He is the current chairman and CEO of [[Phoenix Pictures]]. He is also the co-founder of [[Orion Pictures]] (1978), former chairman of [[TriStar Pictures]] and former head of production for [[United Artists]] (1974–1978). He has served as a producer for movies such as ''[[The Thin Red Line (1998 movie)|The Thin Red Line]]'' (1998), ''[[The 6th Day]]'' (2000), ''[[Vertical Limit]]'' (2000), ''[[Basic (movie)|Basic]]'' (2003), ''[[Holes (movie)|Holes]]'' (2003), ''[[Stealth (movie)|Stealth]]'' (2005), ''[[All the King's Men (2006 movie)|All the King's Men]]'' (2006), ''[[Miss Potter]]'' (2006), ''[[Pathfinder (2007 movie)|Pathfinder]]'' (2007), ''[[Resurrecting the Champ]]'' (2007), ''[[Zodiac (movie)|Zodiac]]'' (2007), ''[[License to Wed]]'' (2007), ''[[Shutter Island (movie)|Shutter Island]]'' (2010), ''[[Shanghai (2010 movie)|Shanghai]]'' (2010), ''[[Black Swan (movie)|Black Swan]]'' (2010), ''[[What to Expect When You're Expecting (movie)|What to Expect When You're Expecting]]'' (2012) and ''[[The 33]]'' (2015). Medavoy was born in the Chinese city of [[Shanghai]]. His parents were [[Russians|Russian]] [[Jews]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thewrap.com/mike-medavoy-china-blog-19609/|work=The Wrap|title=Mike Medavoy: Revisiting My Roots as a Jewish Child in Shanghai|date=July 28, 2010|author=Medavoy, Mike|access-date=January 22, 2020}}</ref> He lived in [[Chile]] from 1947 to 1957. He became an American citizen in 1963. He has been married four times. He has two children, including [[Brian Medavoy]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} *{{IMDb name|5219}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Medavoy, Mike}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American chief executives]] [[Category:American Jews]] [[Category:American movie producers]] [[Category:American television producers]] [[Category:P