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A very talented painter, Kathryn spent two years at the San Francisco Art Institute. At 20, she won a scholarship to the Whitney Museum's Independent Study Program. She was given a studio in a former Offtrack Betting building, literally in an old bank vault, where she made art and waited to be critiqued by people like Richard Serra, Robert Rauschenberg and Susan Sontag. Later she earned a scholarship to study film at Columbia University School of Arts, graduating in 1979. She was also a member of the British avant garde cultural group, Art and Language. Kathryn is the only child of the manager of a paint factory and a librarian.

Georgina Rose Chapman (born 14 April 1976) is an English fashion designer and actress. Together with Keren Craig, she is a co-founder of the fashion label Marchesa.

Chapman was born in London, England, the daughter of Caroline Wonfor, a journalist, and Brian Chapman, a co-owner of the coffee company Percol. Chapman grew up in Richmond, southwest London. Chapman attended Marlborough College in Wiltshire. In her 20s, Chapman model-led in an advertisement for Head & Shoulders, a dandruff shampoo, and one for throat lozenges Soothers. Chapman met future business partner Keren Craig while they were students at Chelsea College of Art and Design. Chapman graduated from Wimbledon School of Art in 2001 and began her career as a costume designer. After graduation, Chapman appeared in various television shows and films.

American actor and producer Harvey Keitel was born on May 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York City, to Miriam (Klein) and Harry Keitel. An Oscar and Golden Globe Award nominee, he has appeared in films such as Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets (1973) and Taxi Driver (1976), Ridley Scott's The Duellists (1977) and Thelma & Louise (1991), Peter Yates' Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976), Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Pulp Fiction (1994), Jane Campion's The Piano (1993), Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant (1992), Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), James Mangold's Cop Land (1997), Paolo Sorrentino's Youth (2015). He is regarded as one of the greatest method actors ever. Along with actors Al Pacino and Ellen Burstyn, he is the current co-president of the Actors Studio.

Keitel studied under both Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg and at the HB Studio, eventually landing roles in some Off-Broadway productions. During this time, Keitel auditioned for filmmaker Martin Scorsese and gained a starring role as "J.R.", in Scorsese's first feature film, Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967). Since then, Scorsese and Keitel have worked together on several projects. Keitel had the starring role in Scorsese's Mean Streets (1973), which also proved to be Robert De Niro's breakthrough film. Keitel re-teamed with Scorsese for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), in which he had a villainous supporting role, and appeared with Robert De Niro again in Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976), playing the role of Jodie Foster's pimp.

Marina Sirtis was born in London, England, to Greek parents, Despina (Yianniri), a tailor's assistant, and John Sirtis. Her parents did not want her to become an actress. As soon as Marina completed high school, she secretly applied to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. After her graduation, she worked in musical theater, repertory and television. In 1986, she moved to Los Angeles, California to boost her career. For six months, she auditioned for roles but was unsuccessful. Just before she planned to go back home, she got the role of Counselor Deanna Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). After the series ended, she reprised her role for a string of successful Star Trek films: Star Trek: Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002). In 1992, Sirtis married rock guitarist Michael Lamper. She occasionally attends Star Trek conventions so that her loving fans can meet her, and she can meet the fans.

Diego Klattenhoff (born 1979) is best known for his role as Mike Faber in the TV series Homeland (2011). He plays the role of a Marine captain whose best friend returns to the US after disappearing in Iraq seven years earlier. Klattenhoff was born in Nova Scotia, Canada. As a kid, he always wanted to be a professional baseball player. But he chose to pursue an acting career after moving to Toronto at the age of 19. He started attending theater workshops for a number of years while working as a bartender. In his early career he studied with some of Canada's most respected acting coaches, including David Rotenberg, Bruce Clayton and Rae Ellen Bodie. He appeared in TV shows like Smallville (2001) and Stargate SG-1 (1997).

Samuel L. Jackson is an American producer and highly prolific actor, having appeared in over 100 films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft (2000), Formula 51 (2001), Black Snake Moan (2006), Snakes on a Plane (2006), and the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999-2005), as well as the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Samuel Leroy Jackson was born in Washington, D.C., to Elizabeth (Montgomery) and Roy Henry Jackson. He was raised by his mother, a factory worker, and his grandparents. At Morehouse College, Jackson was active in the black student movement. In the seventies, he joined the Negro Ensemble Company (together with Morgan Freeman). In the eighties, he became well-known after three movies made by Spike Lee: Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990) and Jungle Fever (1991). He achieved prominence and critical acclaim in the early 1990s with films such as Patriot Games (1992), Amos & Andrew (1993), True Romance (1993), Jurassic Park (1993), and his collaborations with director Quentin Tarantino, including Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), and later Django Unchained (2012). Going from supporting player to leading man, his performance in Pulp Fiction (1994) gave him an Oscar nomination for his character Jules Winnfield, and he received a Silver Berlin Bear for his part as Ordell Robbi in Jackie Brown (1997). Jackson usually played bad guys and drug addicts before becoming an action hero, co-starring with Bruce Willis in Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) and Geena Davis in The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996).

With Jackson's permission, his likeness was used for the Ultimate version of the Marvel Comics character, Nick Fury. He later did a cameo as the character in a post-credits scene from Iron Man (2008), and went on to sign a nine-film commitment to reprise this role in future films, including major roles in Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and minor roles in Thor (2011) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). He has also portrayed the character in the second and final episodes of the first season of the TV show, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013). He has provided his voice to several animated films, television series and video games, including the roles of Lucius Best / Frozone in Pixar's film The Incredibles (2004), Mace Windu in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008), Afro Samurai in the anime television series Afro Samurai (2007), and Frank Tenpenny in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004).

Ken Watanabe was born on October 21, 1959 in Uonuma, Japan. Both of his parents were teachers: his mother taught general education and his dad taught calligraphy. He became interested in acting at the age of 24, when a director of England's National Theater Company, where he was studying, told him that acting was his special gift. In 1978, he moved to Tokyo to pursue acting. He drew the attention of the critics when Yukio Ninagawa, a famous Japanese director, chose him for the lead role in one of his plays, even though Ken was still an acting student. He made his first TV appearance in 1982. His big career breakthrough came when he was chosen to play the lead in the Japanese national TV drama series called "Dokugan ryu Masamune". He played a samurai leader hero, making him a household name in Japan. In 1989, he collapsed while filming a movie in Canada due to leukemia. He made a miraculous comeback & co-starred with Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai (2003), which pushed him to the center stage of Hollywood.

Ken has a daughter, model, actress, & singer Anne Watanabe, & a son. He's an avid fan of Hanshin Tigers (Japanese professional baseball team) & Kobe Steel rugby team. He loves noodles.

Dermot Mulroney was born in Alexandria, Virginia, to Ellen and Michael Mulroney, a law professor at Villanova. Since being discovered at Northwestern University by a Hollywood talent agent 28 years ago, Mulroney has been seen in over 70 films. Mulroney is a classically trained cellist who began playing in Alexandria, Virginia's public school system when he was 7 years old. He plays with the scoring orchestras on many films for Academy Award winning composers such as James Newton Howard and Michael Giacchino.

Gwen Renée Stefani was born on October 3, 1969 in Fullerton, California & raised in Anaheim, California. She was one of four children born to Dennis Stefani and Patti Flynn. Her siblings are Eric Stefani, Jill and Todd Stefani. Her father is of Italian descent and her mother's ancestry is English, Irish, Scottish, German, and Norwegian. She and her brother Eric began the band No Doubt when Gwen was a teenager and she moved from backing vocals to lead singer when their original lead, John Spence, committed suicide. She dated band-mate Tony Kanal for seven years, before marrying English rocker Gavin Rossdale on 14 September 2002 in London. They had three children together before divorcing in 2016.

Daniel Henney was born on 28 November 1979 in Carson City, Michigan, USA. He is an actor, known for Big Hero 6 (2014), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and The Last Stand (2013).

One of today's most exciting & versatile actors, voted by Buzzfeed as a Top 10 Asian-American Leading Man, and by TV Guide as "Hollywood's 25 Hottest", James is currently recurring in the Starz hit drama BMF.

He recently co-starred in the feature thriller Werewolves with Frank Grillo, and was recently seen in Netflix movie Yes Day with Jennifer Garner, and the HBO show Lovecraft County. He guest starred in AMC's Preacher (2016), CBS' Elementary (2012) and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2016), FOX's Sleepy Hollow (2013), NCIS: Los Angeles (2009), the Nickelodeon sitcom School of Rock (2016), the FX drama Justified (2010), and is beloved to many for his 5-year run on NBC's Heroes (2006) as 'Ando'.

James returned to the stage, in La Jolla Playhouse's production of Wild Goose Dreams, directed by two time Tony nominee Leigh Silverman. He stars in the feature 7 Days to Vegas (2019), and Banana Season (2018), where he had to train as a Mixed Martial Arts fighter. He also stars in the romantic comedy Another Time (2018), along side Justin Hartley and Arielle Kebbel.

A native of NYC, James graduated from Bronx H.S. of Science, then went on to study communications & broadcasting at New England Institute of the Arts. After a stint in a hip-hop group in college, James moved to LA on a one-way ticket & a suitcase, where he began his training in music, dance, and acting. His first ever TV audition landed him on CBS's JAG (1995).

James is a commissioned poet of LA County of Arts, and the founder of both Music & Flow - an interactive, live-music and creative-writing experience - and Chromatic, an experimental performance troupe that improvises a musical show.

An athlete & avid runner, James has ran the LA Half Marathon for Good Neighbors and their Water for Life campaign, is a player for The Hollywood Knights, a charity celebrity basketball team for USO tours, and participated in Robbie Williams' Soccer Aid for UNICEF, at Manchester United's Old Trafford in the UK. His favorite hobbies include scuba diving and ultimate frisbee, and he loves playing guitar and the piano.

James is an ambassador for the Mercy for Animals foundation in Los Angeles, and featured speaker for the Creative Coalition and their Arts Education program in Washington DC, as well as Creative Mornings Nashville.

David Lee McInnis a Korean American actor, born in Green Bay, WI. Known for his roles in South Korean dramas Descendants of the Sun (2016) (as Argus) , Mr Sunshine (2018) (as Major Kyle Moore) and different advertisements for Samsung and Daniel Cremieux. Now based in Seoul, South Korea and Los Angeles, CA. David spends time in his hometown Honolulu, HI and Stevensville, Montana through out the year.

Godfrey Gao was born on 22 September 1984 in Taiwan. He was an actor, known for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013), The Jade Pendant (2017) and Toy Story 3 (2010). He died on 27 November 2019 in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.

The Philippines' 'Rockcoustic Heartthrob', Sam Milby is an established actor and multi-awarded singer who is one of the few homegrown actors to venture into Hollywood while maintaining a successful career in the Philippines.

From being just another Pinoy Big Brother housemate, the Filipino-American looker has eclipsed even his own popularity with sold-out concerts and Platinum albums, top-rating TV soaps (including Maging Sino Ka Man with John Lloyd Cruz, Bea Alonzo and Anne Curtis, which launched his career as a dramatic television actor), blockbuster movies and big product endorsements to his name.

His fan following is loyal and solid, and consists of various fan groups that stretch from the Philippines to countries around the globe.

The previous years stand to be even more awesome for Sam, who headlined the romantic comedy "Kahit Konting Pagtingin," opposite Angeline Quinto and also starring Paulo Avelino, on ABS-CBN. He starred in his first antagonist role as Eros in the dark melodrama "Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala" with Kc Concepcion & Judy Ann Santos. Sam also finished "Death March", his fourth independently-produced film (Cannes Film Festival entry) and received good reviews for his action scenes in "Kimmy Dora Ang Kiyemeng Prequel".

Sam also starred in the primetime summer fantaserye, "Dyesebel" with Anne Curtis, Gerald Anderson, Andi Eigenmann. He also headlined in "The Gifted" under Viva Films with Anne Curtis & Cristine Reyes.

Sam will also be bringing his talent overseas, as he prepares to release another solo album, with the album to be marketed in other Asian countries.

Harry Shum Jr. (born April 28, 1982) is a Costa Rican-born Chinese American actor, dancer, and choreographer. He is best known for his roles as Mike Chang on the Fox television series Glee (2009-15) and as Magnus Bane on the Freeform television series Shadowhunters (2016-19). He was nominated for four Screen Actors Guild Awards for his performance in Glee, winning once. He won the award for The Male TV Star of 2018 in the E! People's Choice Awards for Shadowhunters.

Derek Luke was born on 24 April 1974 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Antwone Fisher (2002), Glory Road (2006) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). He has been married to Sophia Adella Luke since 4 April 1998. They have one child.

Multi talented and award winning actor Neal McDonough has been blessed to have an incredible career in the film industry.

He is now producing films alongside his wife Ruvé for the McDonough company. Films such as THE WARRANT, BREAKERS LAW, REDSTONE, BOON, BLACK SPARTANS ,and most recently the hit film THE SHIFT for Angel Studios.

McDonough is about to start filming THE LAST RODEO which he has written with his partner Derek Presley.

The McDonough company will be producing this film with Jon Avnet directing.

After that they will going into production on their next western he has written called THE WICKED AND THE RIGHTEOUS .

McDonough is well known for performances in productions, such as BAND OF BROTHERS, MINORITY REPORT, WALKING TALL and STAR-TREK FIRST CONTACT. He also started in many stage productions, and most recently playing Whitey Bulger on stage in FINDING WHITEY at the Wilbur theater in Boston.

He also recently played Daddy Warbucks in ANNIE and numerous other stage productions as well.

His voice over career is what really started him. The voice of many cartoons, including Bruce Banner in the INCREDIBLE HULK and in many video games such as CALL OF DUTY ZOMBIES.

He has also been the long term voice of FIDELITY AND CADILLAC.

But he's most proud of his relationship with God, his wife, Ruvé, and their five children.

McDonough trained at Syracuse University and studied at LAMDA in London.

Boaz Yakin was born on 20 June 1965 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Fresh (1994), Remember the Titans (2000) and The Harder They Fall (2021).

Easily the best known actor/martial artist during the 1980s ninja cinema craze, Kosugi was a proficient martial artist & skilled weapons performer which was highlighted in his several starring roles.

Kosugi grew up as the youngest child and only son of a Tokyo fisherman, and began his martial arts training at the age of five studying karate at a local dojo. Sho expanded upon his martial arts studies, also learning judo & kendo, and by his 18th birthday he had achieved the status of All Japan Karate Champion. Intent on entering the world of international finance, Sho left Japan at only 19 years old to study and reside in Los Angeles, USA where he achieved a Bachelor's Degree in Economics, yet he also remained focused on constantly improving his martial arts skills. Throughout the early 1970s, Sho competed in hundred's of martial arts tournaments & demonstrations including winning the L.A. Open in 1972, 1973 & 1974. In addition, he also met a young Chinese woman named Shook, who was eventually to become his wife and mother of his children, plus Sho had his first foray into the cinema with part's in a minor Taiwanese film titled "The Killers", and then in a Korean production, shot in Los Angeles known as "The Stranger From Korea".

Sho's big break came in 1981 when karate legend Mike Stone pitched a screenplay under the title of "Dance of Death" to Cannon Films. Cannon was at the time, a lackluster production house that had two years prior been purchased by film producer cousins Menahem Golan & Yoram Globus. The innovative cousins quickly turned Cannon into a profitable key player in the independently produced film market by latching onto topics popular to the youth market, having rapid shooting schedules, relatively unknown casts and tight budgets. Menehem Golan once remarked that he believed it was impossible to lose money on a film shot for the US market with a budget of under $5 million!!

Cannon Films backed Stone's screenplay and the title was changed to _Enter The Ninja (1981)_ starring Franco Nero, Christopher George & Susan George with filming completed in the Phillipines in early 1981. Sho's role was as the evil black ninja "Hasegawa", and his icy screen presence and martial arts skills grabbed the attention of martial arts film fans, and ignited the huge fascination with ninjitsu that engulfed martial arts for the next decade. With the financial success of their first "ninja" film, Cannon readily backed a further ninja movie, only this time Sho was elevated to being the star of the film and had become a good guy!! Revenge of the Ninja (1983) was shot in Salt Lake City, Utah in late 1982 and featured Sho as a ninja master forced to flee from Japan to America with his only surviving son, after the rest of his family are butchered by opposing ninjas's. Launching into an art importing business with an American business partner, Sho finds out too late that his partner is also a ninja, importing drugs hidden in Sho's Japanese dolls. The second film outstripped the first on box office takings, and Sho Kosugi was now the hottest star in martial arts cinema!

Based on those booming ticket sales, Cannon were once again happy to back another ninja movie, and in late 1983 shooting commenced in Phoenix, Arizona on Ninja III: The Domination (1984). The plot line however, was a rather strange affair, with the spirit of dead ninja possessing the body of dance instructor Christie (played by Solid Gold dancer Lucinda Dickey)......it was a misguided attempt by Cannon to combine ninjutsu with the 80s break dancing craze and horror movies about possession. None the less, fans didn't seem to mind, and the third installment in Cannon's ninja trilogy did reasonable business at the box office.

Kosugi then starred in the short lived action TV series _"The Master" (1984)_ alongside legendary screen bad guy 'Lee van Cleef', before going onto star in several more ninja films, including taking on Mafia thugs in the bloody Pray for Death (1985), stopping terrorists as a ninja commando in Nine Deaths of the Ninja (1985) and as a ninja secret agent taking on "the Muscles from Brussels" Jean-Claude Van Damme in the military adventure Black Eagle (1988).

However, by 1990 the US movie going public had grown tired of a decade of black clad ninja's hurling shuriken's and swords at each other, and Sho Kosugi left Hollywood to venture back to Japan where he became involved in numerous TV productions again centered around martial arts. In 1992, Kosugi starred in his biggest budgeted movie to date, a samurai epic titled _Journey of Honor (1992)_ also featuring screen legends Toshirô Mifune and Christopher Lee. Since then, Kosugi has remained very active in Japanese TV, was involved in contributing martial arts choreography for the highly popular Sony Playstation game "Tenchu; Stealth Assassins", plus he returned to Hollywood in the late 1990s to set up the Sho Kosugi Institute to assist Asian actors wishing to break into the mainstream US film market.

Undeniably, many of the ninja films featuring Sho Kosugi were marred by low budgets & cheap production....however his superb martial arts skills and captivating on screen presence have assured him a unique place in the history of martial arts cinema, and his name has become synonymous with the art of ninjitsu.

Yuen Woo-Ping was born on 1 January 1945 in Guangzhou, China. He is a director and actor, known for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), The Grandmaster (2013) and Fearless (2006).

Stan Lee was an American comic-book writer, editor, and publisher, who was executive vice president and publisher of Marvel Comics.

Stan was born in New York City, to Celia (Solomon) and Jack Lieber, a dress cutter. His parents were Romanian Jewish immigrants. Lee co-created Spider-Man, the Hulk, Doctor Strange, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Daredevil, Thor, the X-Men, and many other fictional characters, introducing a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. In addition, he challenged the comics' industry's censorship organization, the Comics Code Authority, indirectly leading to it updating its policies. Lee subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.

He had cameo appearances in many Marvel film and television projects, with many yet to come, posthumously. A few of these appearances are self-aware and sometimes reference Lee's involvement in the creation of certain characters.

On 16 July 2017, Lee was named a Disney Legend, a hall of fame program that recognizes individuals who have made an extraordinary and integral contribution to The Walt Disney Company.

Stan was married to Joan Lee for almost 70 years, until her death. The couple had two children. Joan died on July 6, 2017. Stan died on November 12, 2018, in LA.

Avi Arad is an Israeli film producer and CEO of Marvel Entertainment. He produced dozens of Marvel films including the X-Men original trilogy, Daredevil, Hulk, Elektra, the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy, Blade: Trinity, The Punisher, Ghost Rider and the Tim Story Fantastic Four film series. He now produces several Spider-Man films for Sony including Venom, Into the Spider-Verse and No Way Home.

Frank Miller was born in Olney, Maryland, to a nurse mother and a carpenter and electrician father, and was raised in Montpelier, Vermont. He is of Irish descent. Miller was a big comics writer/artist in the '70s and '80s. He wrote and penciled the Marvel series "Daredevil" for a long time. His friend, Klaus Janson, inked. He also wrote two spinoffs about the character "Electra" and did a miniseries about the "X-Men" character "Wolverine". His hit miniseries "Ronin" was published by DC in the mid-eighties. His greatest success came with DC's character "Batman". In 1980, he wrote the acclaimed "Batman" story "Wanted - Santa Claus - Dead or Alive!" for DC Comics. In 1986, his most notable comic-book work, the groundbreaking "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns", an alternate history story about Batman in a grim future, was published by DC. Miller wrote and penciled. In 1988, he wrote the acclaimed "Batman: Year One", about Batman's first year on the job, for DC. In 1996, he wrote "Spawn versus Batman", a one-shot issue published by DC and Image Comics. He wrote the major motion pictures RoboCop 2 (1990) and RoboCop 3 (1993) and did the "Robocop" comic series for a little while.

Miller directed The Spirit (2008) and co-directed Sin City (2005) and Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)_.

Mace Neufeld was born on 13 July 1928 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Invictus (2009) and No Way Out (1987). He was married to Helen Katz and Diane Conn. He died on 21 January 2022 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

Spanning over six decades, Lawrence Gordon has maintained a career as one of the entertainment industry's most prolific and successful producers and studio executives. The worldwide grosses of his films is in excess of 11 billion dollars. Born in Yazoo City, Mississippi, Mr. Gordon graduated from Tulane University. Upon moving to Los Angeles in the early 1960s, he went to work as executive assistant to the legendary producer Aaron Spelling at Four Star Television and soon became a writer and associate producer of several Spelling shows. He followed with a stint as head of West Coast talent development for ABC Television, and later as an executive with Bob Banner Associates. In 1968, he joined Sam Arkoff and Jim Nicholson at American International Pictures (AIP) as Story Editor and rose to Vice President in charge of development. He then segued to Screen Gems, the television division of Columbia Pictures as Executive Vice President, where he helped put together the classic television movie "Brian's Song," as well as the first "novel for television," the adaptation of Leon Uris' #1 best seller "QB VII." Accepting an offer to become the company's first Executive in charge of Worldwide Production, Mr. Gordon returned to AIP. His many projects included the iconic Pam Grier starrers "Coffy" and "Foxy Brown;" John Milius' first directing assignment, "Dillinger," for which he also served as Executive Producer; and Ralph Bakshi's groundbreaking animated hit "Heavy Traffic," which was among The New York Times' top ten films of 1973. In addition, he also considers himself lucky to have collaborated with the legendary Roger Corman on several films. Mr. Gordon left AIP to form his own production company, Lawrence Gordon Productions and began by giving famed screenwriter Walter Hill his first directing job on 1975's "Hard Times," starring Charles Bronson and James Coburn. Other films that followed in this decade were "Rolling Thunder," starring William Devane and Tommy Lee Jones; the comedy hit "The End," starring Burt Reynolds; "The Driver," starring Ryan O'Neal and Isabelle Adjani; and another collaboration with Reynolds for the box-office smash "Hooper." Cult favorite "The Warriors" rounded out the '70s, inspiring an underground following that resulted in a Rockstar Studios video game and more recently a Lin-Manuel Miranda concept album for a Broadway musical adaptation. The 1980s began with another cult favorite, Olivia Newton-John starrer "Xanadu," which also featured the legendary Gene Kelly.

In 1982, he reunited with his old boss Aaron Spelling to create and executive produce the long-running ABC television series "Matt Houston." The same year saw Mr. Gordon, from his original idea, launch the "buddy movie" genre, teaming Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy in his first movie role, "48 Hrs.," directed by Walter Hill. The film spawned not only a sequel, "Another 48 Hrs.," but also a never-ending trend of pairing opposites that continues to be a staple of filmmaking today. Up next he produced "Streets of Fire," starring Diane Lane and Willem Dafoe, and the comedy "Brewster's Millions" starring Richard Pryor and John Candy. In 1984, Mr. Gordon became President and Chief Operating Officer of Twentieth Century Fox. During his tenure, he started the studio's long running relationship with James Cameron, bringing him in to direct 1986's hit sequel "Aliens." Cameron's relationship with Fox eventually resulted in the global phenomena "Titanic" and the still-ongoing "Avatar" franchise. Mr. Gordon was also instrumental in coaxing James L. Brooks to Fox, where Mr. Brooks wrote and directed "Broadcast News," produced "The War of the Roses" and executive produced Tom Hanks' breakout "Big." Most importantly for the studio, Mr. Brooks co-created and executive produces the longest-running primetime television series of all time, "The Simpsons." In 1986, Mr. Gordon produced the critically acclaimed "Lucas," which marked the film debut of Winona Ryder, was a breakout role for teen idol Corey Haim, and also starred Charlie Sheen. In that same year, he gave Penny Marshall her first directing job, "Jumpin' Jack Flash," starring Whoopi Goldberg. He has also produced for the stage. On Broadway, he produced the musical "Smile" in 1986, with music by Tony, Grammy and Academy Award winner Marvin Hamlisch and book and lyrics by Tony and Academy Award winner Howard Ashman. Off-Broadway, he was awarded the prestigious Drama Desk Award for the revival of Joe Orton's "Entertaining Mr. Sloane." In 1987, he produced the summer hit "Predator," starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and later, its sequel. The ongoing franchise continues to churn out hit films for which he serves as Executive Producer, including 2022's Emmy-nominated "Prey" directed by Dan Trachtenberg, and 2025's "Badlands" starring Elle Fanning. In 1988, he produced the summer blockbuster "Die Hard," which introduced Bruce Willis as an action lead. It was followed by the sequel, "Die Hard 2: Die Harder" in 1990, and launched one of cinema's most successful and imitated franchises. In 1989, together with his brother Charles Gordon, he produced "Field of Dreams," starring Kevin Costner, Burt Lancaster, and James Earl Jones, and written and directed by Phil Alden Robinson. The Universal release received several Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. The title, Field of Dreams, has become part of the American vernacular, as has the phrase, "If you build it, he will come..." Subsequently, he produced "Family Business," directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman and Matthew Broderick; the comedy hit "K-9," starring Jim Belushi and Ed O'Neill; "The Rocketeer," directed by Joe Johnston, for the Walt Disney Company; and "Lock Up," starring Sylvester Stallone and Donald Sutherland. In 1989, Mr. Gordon formed Largo Entertainment with the backing of JVC of Japan, representing the first major Japanese investment in the movie business, which was followed by Sony acquiring Columbia Pictures and Matsushita buying Universal. As the company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, he was responsible for the production of "Point Break," directed by Oscar winner Kathyrn Bigelow and starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze; "Unlawful Entry," starring Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta and Madeleine Stowe; "Used People," starring Shirley MacLaine, Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates, Marcia Gay Harden, and Marcello Mastroianni; and "TimeCop," starring Jean- Claude Van Damme. Largo also co-financed and handled the foreign distribution of the acclaimed "Malcolm X," directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington. In 1994, he left Largo in favor of a long-term producing deal with Universal Pictures. At Universal, his first production was the controversial and much-maligned Kevin Costner starrer "Waterworld," which in actuality grossed over $300 million worldwide and continues to return a profit for the studio. In addition to the film, the live Waterworld show, based on the film, has run continuously for 30 years at the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park. It has also expanded to Universal's theme parks in Singapore, Osaka, Japan, and Beijing, China. Among other Lawrence Gordon Productions are "The Devil's Own," starring Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt and directed by Alan Pakula; the sci-fi thriller "Event Horizon," starring Laurence Fishburn and Sam Neill; and "Mystery Men," starring Ben Stiller and Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush. In 2001, he produced "K-PAX," starring Oscar winners Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey. Another Lawrence Gordon Production was the critically-acclaimed "Boogie Nights," directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Burt Reynolds. Next was the summer hit "Tomb Raider," starring Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie in the first big-budget action film with a female lead. In the summer of 2003, "Tomb Raider II" was released, with Angelina Jolie reprising her role as adventurer Lara Croft. In 2004, he produced "Hellboy," and in 2008, its sequel "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," both directed by Guillermo del Toro. The next year he produced the Zack Snyder-directed adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' monumental graphic novel "Watchmen." More recently, he Executive Produced the well-received documentary "Bill Russell: Legend" chronicling the life of the basketball pioneer and trailblazer for Netflix. In 2016 Mr. Gordon received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Tulane University. He is also a recipient of the ShoWest Lifetime Achievement Award. The Producers Guild of America awarded him its top honor, the prestigious David O. Selznick Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Gordon has served on the Board of Directors of the Producers Guild of America, as well as the Board of the American Film Institute. He is also a former member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.