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Michael Luca Biography (1965-)

Born in 1965, in Brooklyn, NY; father, a Con Edison worker. Career: Producer, writer, and story consultant. New Line Cinema, moved from intern, c.1985, to story editor, to director of development, 1988, to production executive, c. 1989, to president, c. 1993-? Awards, Honors: Showman of the Year, Variety, 1999.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Producer, writer, story consultant

Birth Details

1965

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Executive Producer, Except Where Indicated
• Production executive, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child,1989
• Creative executive, Book of Love, New Line Cinema, 1990
• Associate producer, Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III,New Line Cinema, 1990
• Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare(also known as A Nightmare on Elm Street 6), New Line Cinema, 1991
• Co-executive producer, Deep Cover, New Line Cinema, 1992
• Co-executive producer, National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1(alsoknown as Loaded Weapon 1), New Line Cinema, 1993
• The Mask,1994
• John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness(also known as In the Mouth of Madness), 1995
• Don Juan DeMarco,1995
• Last Man Standing,1996
• The Long Kiss Goodnight,1996
• Co-executive producer, One Night Stand, New Line Cinema, 1997
• Co-executive producer, Boogie Nights,1997
• B*A*P*S(also known as B.A.P.S.), 1997
• Wag the Dog,1997
• Pleasantville,1998
• Dark City(also known as Color of Heart), 1998
• Lost in Space(also known as LS), 1998
• Co-executive producer, American History X,1998
• Detroit Rock City,1999
• Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me(also known as Austin Powers Deluxe), 1999
• Television Work
• Series
• Executive consultant, Freddy's Nightmares(also known as Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series), syndicated,1988
• Executive story consultant, Dark Justice, CBS, 1991
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare(also known as A Nightmare on Elm Street 6), 1991
• John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness(also known as In the Mouth of Madness), 1995
• (Story) Judge Dredd,1995
• Television Episodes
• Premiere, Freddy's Nightmares(also known as Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series), syndicated, 1988
• Dark Justice, CBS, 1991
• (Story) Star Trek: Voyager, UPN, 1995

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• The New York Times, July 18, 1995.
• Newsweek International, September 13, 1999, p. 58.
• Variety, August 23, 1999, p. A3.