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Competing for Hearts and Minds in the Global Media Age with Nathan Gardels. He has two sons, Brian and Nicky Medavoy. ARNOLD MESSER (Producer) is a native of Lincoln, Nebraska and a graduate of Harvard Law School. He launched his career in the entertainment business as senior counsel at Columbia Pictures Television in 1979. After a stint as vice president of business affairs at Viacom International, Messer returned to Columbia Pictures where he served first as senior vice president and later as executive vice president of worldwide business affairs. In 1983, he was named senior executive vice president of TriStar Pictures and president of its telecommunications group, where he oversaw the business of theatrical production as well as all ancillary marketing and television activities for the company. In 1987, Messer returned again to Columbia Pictures as executive vice president. He supervised worldwide television production and distribution activities and negotiated major international television agreements for the company. In 1989, Messer was named president of the international releasing group for Sony Pictures Entertainment where he was responsible for all international activities and ancillary market operations. In 1992, he led this division to well over $1 billion in gross revenues worldwide. That year Messer was promoted to executive vice president of Sony Pictures Entertainment, taking charge of long-term global strategy and overseeing international production. In 1994, Messer teamed with his friend and colleague, Mike Medavoy, to launch Phoenix Pictures. Under that banner, they have produced such films as Oscar nominees THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT and THE THIN RED LINE, as well as APT PUPIL, HOLES, ALL THE KING’S MEN, ZODIAC (which Messer also produced) and Martin Scorsese’s hit thriller SHUTTER ISLAND. BRIAN OLIVER (Producer) is President of Cross Creek Pictures and a member of the investment committee of Cross Creek Partners, a film fund formed by the Thompson family and a consortium of private business investors from Louisiana and Texas. Mr. Oliver is involved in all aspects of Cross Creek’s film development, acquisitions, financing, and production. A veteran feature film executive and producer, Mr. Oliver brings a tremendous amount of feature film production and financing expertise to Cross Creek Pictures. Mr. Oliver started his entertainment career at Paramount Pictures and has been working in the entertainment industry as either an executive or a producer for over 12 years. He has also been involved in the development, financing, production, and distribution of over 20 films. Prior to forming Arthaus Pictures, Mr. Oliver was the V.P. of Production at Propaganda Films, after working in the Motion Picture Department at the William Morris Agency. Mr. Oliver has been involved in numerous high profile films while serving as executive at Propaganda. Mr. Oliver has developed and produced the Paul Schrader directed AUTO FOCUS starring Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, THE BADGE starring Billy Bob Thornton and Patricia Arquette, and GIVE’EM HELL MALONE starring Thomas Jane and Ving Rhames. Mr. Oliver founded Arthaus Pictures to develop and produce feature length films and acquired and developed a diverse slate of 12 feature films that he has brought with him to Cross Creek Pictures to produce. 25
Mr. Oliver received his J.D. with Honors specializing in Entertainment Law from Whittier College School of Law. Prior to attending law school he also studied at the University of California at Berkeley and has a B.A. in Political Science. SCOTT FRANKLIN (Producer) was born and raised in New York where he has established himself as a well-respected veteran of the NYC filmmaking community. Franklin’s last film, THE WRESTLER, starred Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, and Evan Rachel Wood. THE WRESTLER was the recipient of the Golden Lion award at the 2008 Venice Film Festival. Other awards included Best Picture, Best Actor (Mickey Rourke), and Best Cinematography (Maryse Alberti) at the Independent Spirit Awards 2009. Rourke and Tomei also received Academy Award nominations for their performances as well as a win for Rourke at the Golden Globes along with Bruce Springsteen for Best Song (The Wrestler). His previous film HOUNDDOG, starring Dakota Fanning, Robin Wright-Penn, and David Morse premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival where it was a finalist for the Grand Jury Prize. Before that, Franklin served as a co-producer on Aronofsky’s REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, which premiered at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and was named in over 150 Top Ten Lists of 2000. It received many international awards, five Independent Spirit Award nominations, and star Ellen Burstyn received Golden Globe and Academy Award Best Actress nominations. As the Associate Producer, his collaboration on Aronofsky’s debut, π, premiered at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival where it won the festivals Best Director’s Award. It went on to win several international awards including Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay and the Open Palm Gotham Award. BRADLEY J. FISCHER (Executive Producer) Brad Fischer began his career at Phoenix Pictures in 1998, rising through the ranks to Co-President of Production in 2007, reporting directly to Phoenix Pictures Chairman and CEO Mike Medavoy. During his tenure at Phoenix, Fischer has been instrumental in discovering, developing, packaging and producing many high-profile motion picture projects, producing a total of seven films over the last seven years. Most recently, Fischer produced Martin Scorsese’s latest film SHUTTER ISLAND, based on the New York Times bestseller by Dennis Lehane, acclaimed author of MYSTIC RIVER and GONE BABY GONE. After securing film rights to the book, Fischer sent it to screenwriter Laeta Kalogridis with whom he developed the project. Scorsese and DiCaprio quickly signed on and the fully packaged project was set up on a productioncommitment basis at Paramount Pictures shortly thereafter. Following its world premiere Gala Screening at the Berlin International Film Festival, SHUTTER ISLAND was released on February 19, 2010 and debuted to a $41 million dollar opening weekend, ranking at that time as the biggest opener for Scorsese and star Leonardo DiCaprio in their individual careers. It has since gone on to gross almost $300 million dollars worldwide, making it Scorsese’s highest grossing movie ever. Among Fischer’s other recent credits is the critically acclaimed David Fincher film ZODIAC, which he produced. An Official Selection of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, ZODIAC stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr. It was released by Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures to massive worldwide critical acclaim, and was one of the best-reviewed films of 2007. In 2010, ZODIAC was named one 26
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