Michael Benaroya
{{Short description|American film producer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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Michael Benaroya (born February 23, 1981) is an American film producer.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2918260/ imdb][http://www.benaroyapictures.com/about-us/michael-benaroya-ceo Benaroya Pictures biography][http://www.spiritawards.com/michael-benaroya Independent Spirit Awards][https://archive.today/20130411142645/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1626050/Michael-Benaroya The New York Times][https://movies.yahoo.com/person/michael-benaroya/ Yahoo! Movies] He is chief executive officer at Benaroya Pictures.
Biography
Benaroya was born to a Jewish family[http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywood_jew/article/film_fest_gala_a_spicy_melting_pot_for_sephardic_jews_20101116 Jewish Journal: "Film fest gala a spicy melting pot for Sephardic Jews" By Danielle Berrin] November 16, 2010 on February 23, 1981, in Seattle, Washington, U.S. His grandfather was Jack Benaroya (1921–2012), a real estate developer and philanthropist. Benaroya graduated from Pomona College, where he received a B.A. in economics.
= Career =
He moved to Los Angeles, California, in 2006 to pursue a career in the film industry and founded Benaroya Pictures, a film finance and production company, where he serves as its CEO.
Filmography
=As a producer=
- New York, I Love You (2009)
- The Romantics (2010)
- Margin Call (2011)
- Catch .44 (2011)
- The Words (2012)
- Lawless (2012)
- Kill Your Darlings (2013)
- Hateship, Loveship (2013)
- Felony (2013)
- Parts per Billion (2014)
- Cymbeline (2015)
- Queen of the Desert (2015)
- Idol's Eye (2015)
- Elvis & Nixon (2016)
- Cell (2016)
- Wake (2016) (cancelled){{cite news|last1=Busch|first1=Anita|title=Bruce Willis Thriller 'Wake' Shuts Down Amid Budget Woes|url=https://deadline.com/2015/02/bruce-willis-wake-shuts-down-budget-woes-1201382187/|access-date=March 2, 2015|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|date=February 26, 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Busch|first1=Anita|title=No Second Take For 'Wake': Bruce Willis And Director Leave Project|url=https://deadline.com/2015/04/wake-no-second-take-bruce-willis-and-director-leave-project-1201403390/|access-date=April 5, 2015|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 2, 2015}}
- Salt and Fire (2016)
- Haunting on Fraternity Row (2018)
- Against the Clock (2018)
- “”The Informer”” (2019)
- “”Dangerous”” (2021)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2918260}}
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Category:Businesspeople from Seattle
Category:Film people from Los Angeles
Category:Pomona College alumni
Category:Film producers from California
Category:20th-century American Jews
Category:American people of Lebanese-Jewish descent
Category:Film producers from Washington (state)