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Kenneth Atchity

  • Producer
  • Manager
  • Actor
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Judy Cairo in a cameo along with the baker Ken Atchity in  "Hysteria".
Author, producer, literary manager, professor, and editor. He and his companies, Atchity Entertainment, Atchity Productions, Writers Lifeline, and Story Merchant, have developed books, screenplays, and films for television and theatrical. His clients' books include nearly 20 New York Times bestsellers, including Jerry Blaine and Lisa McCubbin's The Kennedy Detail (Emmy-nominated Discovery documentary), Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin's Mrs. Kennedy and Me, Dacre Stoker's Dracula: The Un-Dead, Steve Alten's Meg (in production with Warner Brothers), James Michael Pratt's The Last Valentine (The Lost Valentine with Hallmark Hall of Fame), Jesse Ventura's I Ain't Got Time to Bleed. His own books include Brae Mackenzie: A Romance of Mythic Identity, The Messiah Matrix, A Writer's Time, Writing Treatments that Sell (with Chi-Li Wong), and Sell Your Story to Hollywood.

He also co-owns and manages The Louisiana Wave Studio in Shreveport, LA, the only automatic wave-generating tank in North American.

Georgetown B.A., Yale Ph.D. (winner of the Porter Prize, Yale's highest academic award), in his former career, he was tenured professor of comparative literature at Occidental College, distinguished instructor at UCLA Writers Program, and Fulbright Professor of American Studies at the University of Bologna. With Marsha Kinder, he co-founded and -edited Dreamworks: An interdisciplinary journal of dreams and the arts.

He has given countless webinars on all aspects of entertainment, notably Master Class in Achieving Your Dreams.

He's a member of the Television Academy of Arts & Sciences, and the PGA.
BornJanuary 16, 1944
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    Known for

    The Meg (2018)
    The Meg
    5.7
    • Producer(as Ken Atchity)
    • 2018
    Jason Statham in Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
    Meg 2: The Trench
    5.0
    • Producer(as Ken Atchity)
    • 2023
    Angelina Jolie and Edward Burns in Life or Something Like It (2002)
    Life or Something Like It
    5.8
    • Producer(as Ken Atchity)
    • 2002
    Aaron Eckhart and Olga Kurylenko in Erased (2012)
    Erased
    6.0
    • Producer
    • 2012

    Credits

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    Producer



    • Hatcher: The Search for Thai Horse
      • executive producer
      • Pre-production
    • The Book of Leah
      • producer
      • Post-production
    • The Seeding
      • producer
      • Pre-production



    • Jason Statham in Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
      Meg 2: The Trench
      5.0
      • associate producer (as Ken Atchity)
      • 2023
    • The Meg (2018)
      The Meg
      5.7
      • associate producer (as Ken Atchity)
      • 2018
    • Angels in the Snow (2015)
      Angels in the Snow
      5.7
      TV Movie
      • executive producer (as Ken Atchity)
      • 2015
    • Aaron Eckhart and Olga Kurylenko in Erased (2012)
      Erased
      6.0
      • production executive
      • 2012
    • 14 Days with Alzheimer's (2011)
      14 Days with Alzheimer's
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2011
    • Hugh Dancy and Maggie Gyllenhaal in Hysteria (2011)
      Hysteria
      6.7
      • executive producer (as Ken Atchity)
      • 2011
    • Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kenneth Atchity, and Betty White in The Lost Valentine (2011)
      The Lost Valentine
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • co-producer
      • 2011
    • The Kennedy Detail (2010)
      The Kennedy Detail
      7.9
      TV Movie
      • executive producer (as Ken Atchity)
      • 2010
    • Angela Bassett, Danny Glover, Giancarlo Esposito, and Julia Stiles in Gospel Hill (2008)
      Gospel Hill
      5.5
      • associate producer
      • 2008
    • Texas Battle and Alexandra Merejo in Hitting the Bricks (2008)
      Hitting the Bricks
      • producer
      • 2008
    • Dominique Swain, Ellen Burstyn, and Annabella Sciorra in The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel (2004)
      The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2004
    • Angelina Jolie and Edward Burns in Life or Something Like It (2002)
      Life or Something Like It
      5.8
      • executive producer (as Ken Atchity)
      • 2002
    • Tim Allen in Joe Somebody (2001)
      Joe Somebody
      5.6
      • producer (as Ken Atchity)
      • 2001
    • Veronica Hamel and Jack Scalia in Shadow of Obsession (1994)
      Shadow of Obsession
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • co-producer
      • 1994
    • Falling Over Backwards (1990)
      Falling Over Backwards
      5.7
      • executive producer
      • 1990

    Actor



    • The Book of Leah
      • Official Announcer
      • Post-production



    • Bulletproof Screenwriting Show (2018)
      Bulletproof Screenwriting Show
      TV Series
      • 2018
    • Angels in the Snow (2015)
      Angels in the Snow
      5.7
      TV Movie
      • Mourner (uncredited)
      • 2015
    • Hugh Dancy and Maggie Gyllenhaal in Hysteria (2011)
      Hysteria
      6.7
      • Passing Butcher (uncredited)
      • 2011
    • Dominique Swain, Ellen Burstyn, and Annabella Sciorra in The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel (2004)
      The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • Roulette Player
      • 2004
    • Tim Allen in Joe Somebody (2001)
      Joe Somebody
      5.6
      • Jesse Ventura's Bodyguard (uncredited)
      • 2001
    • Elizabeth Bellm and Ted Wass in Shades of Love: Sunset Court (1988)
      Shades of Love: Sunset Court
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • Artist in the park
      • 1988
    • Liliane Clune and Jean Leclerc in Shades of Love: The Garnet Princess (1987)
      Shades of Love: The Garnet Princess
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • Fashion journalist
      • 1987
    • Joseph Bottoms and Catherine Colvey in Shades of Love: Make Mine Chartreuse (1987)
      Shades of Love: Make Mine Chartreuse
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • Bartender
      • 1987

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    • Alternative name
      • Ken Atchity
    • Born
      • January 16, 1944
    • Spouse
      • Kayoko MitsumatsuJanuary 1, 2003 - present
    • Other works
      The Messiah Matrix

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    • Gender / Gender identity
      • Male
    • Pronouns
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      An author, producer, literary manager, and editor. He and his companies, Atchity Entertainment, The Story Merchant and Story Merchant Books have developed books, screenplays, and films for television and cinema, and consult with writers not yet ready for representation.

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