Michael Shamberg Biography (1945?-)

Born 1945, in Chicago, IL. Addresses: Office: -Double Feature Films, 10351 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Occupation
Producer, actor
Birth Details
1945?
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Producer
  • (With Alan Greisman) Heart Beat, Warner Bros., 1979
  • (With Greisman) Modern Problems, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
  • The Big Chill, Columbia, 1983
  • Club Paradise, Warner Bros., 1986
  • (As Michael H. Shamberg; with Beth B.) Salvation! (also known as Salvation! Have You Said Your Prayers Today?), Circle, 1987
  • A Fish Called Wanda, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
  • (With Elizabeth Cantillon) How I Got into College, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989
  • 8 Seconds (also known as 8 Seconds to Glory and The Lane FrostStory), New Line Cinema, 1994
  • (With Danny DeVito) Reality Bites, Universal, 1994
  • (With DeVito and Stacey Sher) Get Shorty, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1995
  • (With DeVito, Sher, and Liccy Dahl) Matilda (also known as Roald Dahl's Matilda), TriStar, 1996
  • (With DeVito and Dan Paulson) Sunset Park, TriStar, 1996
  • (With DeVito and Sher) Feeling Minnesota, Fine Line Features, 1996
  • (With John Cleese) Fierce Creatures (also known as Death Fish and Death Fish II), Universal, 1997
  • Gattaca (also known as The Eighth Day), Columbia, 1997
  • Living Out Loud, New Line Cinema, 1998
  • Out of Sight, Universal, 1998
  • Man on the Moon, Universal, 1999
  • Erin Brockovich, Universal, 2000
  • Caveman's Valentine, 2001
  • How High, Universal, 2001
  • Camp, IFC, 2003
  • Along Came Polly, Universal, 2004
  • Be Cool, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2004
  • Film Executive Producer
  • (With Danny DeVito and Stacey Sher), Pulp Fiction, Miramax, 1994
  • Drowning Mona, United International, 2000
  • (Uncredited) Ghost World, United Artists, 2000
  • Garden State, Miramax, 2004
  • Film Work
  • Executive music producer, Salvation! Have You Said Your Prayers Today?, Circle Releasing, 1987
  • Film Appearances
  • PG&E lawyer, Erin Brockovich, 2000
  • Van Lew Executive, Along Came Polly, 2004
  • Television Work
  • Pilots
  • Producer, The TV TV Show, 1977
  • Producer, Gossip, NBC, 1979
  • Television Executive Producer
  • Series
  • UC: Undercover, NBC, 2001
  • Kate Brasher, CBS, 2001
  • The American Embassy, Fox, 2002
  • The Funkhousers, ABC, 2002
  • Reno 911!, Comedy Central, 2003
  • Karen Sisco, ABC, 2003
  • Television Work
  • Movies
  • Executive producer, The Pentagon Wars, HBO, 1998
  • Television Appearances
  • Specials
  • What Is a Producer?, E! Entertainment Television, 2001
  • Intimate Portrait: Erin Brockovich, Lifetime, 2003
  • WRITINGS
  • Television Pilots
  • The TV TV Show, 1977
  • Books
  • Author of the book Guerrilla Television (nonfiction).

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Periodicals
    • American Film, January/February, 1989, pp. 16