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Arnon Milchan Biography (1944-)

Born December 6, 1944, in Tel Aviv, Palestine (now Israel); father, an ownerof a fertilizer company; married Brigitte Genmaire (a model; divorced, c. 1975); children: Alexandra and Elinor (production company executives), Yariv (aphotographer). Addresses: Office: New Regency Enterprises, 10201 WestPico Blvd., Building 12, Los Angeles, CA 90035.

Nationality

Palestinian

Gender

Male

Occupation

Film producer, executive

Birth Details

December 6, 1944

Tel Aviv, Palestine

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Producer
• (With Elliott Kastner) Black Joy, Wincast, 1977
• Dizengoff 99 (also known as 99 Dizengoff Street), 1979
• The King of Comedy, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
• Once upon a Time in America (also known as C'era una volta in America), Warner Bros., 1984
• Brazil, Universal, 1985
• (With Tim Hampton) Legend, Universal, 1985
• Man on Fire (also known as Absinthe and Un uomo sotto tiro), TriStar, 1987
• (With James L. Brooks) The War of the Roses, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989
• (With George W. Perkins) Who's Harry Crumb?, TriStar, 1989
• (With Steven Reuther) Pretty Woman, Buena Vista, 1990
• (With Burtt Harris) Q & A, TriStar, 1990
• (With Scott Rosenfelt and Mark Levinson) Big Man on Campus (also known as The Hunchback Hairball of L.A.), Vestron Pictures, 1991
• (With Irwin Winkler) Guilty by Suspicion (also known as La liste noir), Warner Bros., 1991
• (With Arne Glimcher) The Mambo Kings, Warner Bros., 1992
• The Power of One (also known as La puissance de l'ange), Warner Bros., 1992
• (With Reuther and Steven Seagal) Under Siege (also known as Piege en haute mer), Warner Bros., 1992
• (With Tony Thomopoulos and Hunt Lowry) Striking Distance (also known as Three Rivers), Columbia, 1993
• (With Reuther) Sommersby, Warner Bros., 1993
• Made in America (also known as Change of Heart, EverydayPeople, and Genesis), Warner Bros., 1993
• (With Fred Schepisi) Six Degrees of Separation, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1993
• That Night (also known as That Night Again and One Hot Summer), Warner Bros., 1993
• (With Oliver Stone, Robert Kline, and A. Kitman Ho) Heaven & Earth (also known as Entre ciel et terre), Warner Bros., 1993
• The New Age, Warner Bros., 1994
• The Client, Warner Bros., 1994
• Boys on the Side (also known as Avec ou sans hommes), Warner Bros., 1995
• Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (also known as Under Siege 2), Warner Bros., 1995
• Empire Records (also known as Empire and Rock & Fun), Warner Bros., 1995
• Copycat (also known as Copykill), Warner Bros., 1996
• The Sunchaser, Warner Bros., 1996
• Carpool, Warner Bros., 1996
• A Time to Kill, Warner Bros., 1996
• Bogus, Warner Bros., 1996
• The Mirror Has Two Faces, Columbia/TriStar, 1996
• (With Curtis Hanson and Michael G. Nathonson) L.A. Confidential, Warner Bros., 1997
• Murder at 1600 (also known as Murder at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue), Warner Bros., 1997
• (With Arnold Kopelson and Anne Kopelson) The Devil's Advocate, Warner Bros., 1997
• The Man Who Knew Too Little (also known as Agent Null Null Nix and Watch That Man), Warner Bros., 1997
• Dangerous Beauty (also known as Courtesan, A Destiny ofHer Own, The Honest Courtesan, and Venice), Warner Bros., 1997
• The Negotiator (also known as Verhandlungssache), Warner Bros., 1998
• Tigerland, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
• Don't Say a Word, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
• Black Knight, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
• High Crimes, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002
• Life or Something Like It, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002
• Daredevil, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2003
• Man on Fire, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2003
• Also affiliated with production of the film The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, 1989.
• Executive Producer
• (With Elliott Kastner and Lew Grade) The Medusa Touch (also knownas La grande menace), Warner Bros., 1978
• Stripper, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
• Memoirs of an Invisible Man (also known as Les aventures d'un homme invisible), Warner Bros., 1991
• JFK, Warner Bros., 1991
• Switch (also known as Blake Edwards' Switch), Warner Bros.,1991
• Turtle Beach (also known as The Killing Beach), Warner Bros., 1992
• Falling Down (also known as Chute libre), Warner Bros., 1993
• Free Willy (also known as Willy), Warner Bros., 1993
• The Nutcracker (also known as George Balanchine's The Nutcracker), Warner Bros., 1993
• Second Best, Warner Bros., 1994
• Natural Born Killers, Warner Bros., 1994
• Cobb, Warner Bros., 1994
• Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, Warner Bros., 1995
• Heat, Warner Bros., 1995
• North Star, 1996
• Tin Cup, Warner Bros., 1996
• Free Willy 3: The Rescue, Warner Bros., 1997
• Breaking Up, Warner Bros., 1997
• City of Angels (also known as Stadt der Engel), Warner Bros., 1998
• Goodbye, Lover, Warner Bros., 1999
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (also known as William Shakespeare'sA Midsummer Night's Dream and Sogno di una notti di mezza estate),Fox Searchlight, 1999
• Simply Irresistible (also known as Einfach unwiderstehlich), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
• Entrapment (also known as Verlockende Falle), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
• Fight Club, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
• Up at the Villa, October Films/USA Films, 2000
• Big Momma's House (also known as Big Mamas Haus), TwentiethCentury-Fox, 2000
• Freddy Got Fingered, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
• Joy Ride (also known as Road Kill), Twentieth Century-Fox,2001
• Joe Somebody, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
• Unfaithful, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002
• Down with Love, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2003
• The Runaway Jury, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2003
• Film Appearances
• Cafe customer, Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?, Jagfilm, 1983
• Chauffeur, Once upon a Time in America (also known as C'era unavolta in America), Warner Bros., 1984
• Television Executive Producer
• Series
• The Client (also known as John Grisham's The Client), CBS,1995-1996
• Michael Hayes, CBS, 1997-1998
• Also affiliated with the production of the series Malcolm in the Middle, Fox.
• Television Work
• Movies
• Producer, The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer, NBC, 1999
• Executive producer, Noriega: God's Favorite, Showtime, 2000
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• The ShoWest Awards, TNT, 1997
• Stage Work
• Producer of Amadeus, Paris; Ipi Tombi; and It's So Niceto Be Civilized, New York City.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Los Angeles, April, 2000, p. 74
• Variety, August 13, 2001, p. 8