Michael Mailer
{{short description|American Film Director/Producer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Michael Mailer
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1964}}
| nationality = American
| occupation = Director, Producer, Writer
| spouse = {{marriage|Sasha Lazard|2004|2011|reason=div}}
| children = Cyrus Mailer
| parents = Norman Mailer
Beverly Bentley
| relatives = Stephen Mailer (brother)
Susan Mailer (half-sister)
Kate Mailer (half-sister)
John Buffalo Mailer (half-brother)
}}
Michael Mailer (born 1964) is an American film producer and director and the oldest son of Beverly Bentley and writer Norman Mailer. He has been directing, producing and writing extensively in the independent film world since graduating Harvard University. He established Michael Mailer Films in 2004 to focus on both independent, character-driven films and larger, concept-oriented pictures. Mailer is best known for Heart of Champions (2021), Blind (2016), Black & White (1999), Two Girls and a Guy (1997), The Ledge (2011), and Empire (2002).
He was [https://nypost.com/1999/09/16/marla-set-to-tie-the-knot-with-mailer-son/ formerly engaged] to Marla Maples, and married to Sasha Lazard from 2004-2011. He and Lazard have one child together named Cyrus.
Partial filmography
He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
=Film=
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1989 | A Fool and His Money | ||
1997 | Two Girls and a Guy | Executive producer | |
rowspan=2| 1999 | Giving It Up | ||
Black and White | |||
rowspan=2| 2000 | Catalina Trust | Executive producer | |
The Last Producer | |||
2001 | Harvard Man | ||
2002 | Empire | ||
2003 | Lost Junction | ||
rowspan=2| 2005 | Loverboy | ||
Devour | Executive producer | Direct-to-video | |
2006 | Kettle of Fish | ||
2008 | The Golden Boys | ||
rowspan=2| 2009 | The Lodger | ||
Blood and Bone | Direct-to-video | ||
rowspan=2| 2011 | The Ledge | ||
Sunny Side Up | |||
2012 | All Wifed Out | Executive producer | |
2013 | The Ghost Club: Spirits Never Die | ||
rowspan=2| 2014 | A Little Game | ||
Friends and Romans | |||
2015 | Beginner's Guide to Sex | ||
rowspan=3| 2016 | Showing Roots | ||
Wild Oats | Executive producer | ||
Blind | |||
rowspan=2| 2017 | Lost in Florence | ||
An Imperfect Murder | |||
2018 | The Second Sun | ||
rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | {{TableTBA}} | Cutman | ||
Savage Lands |
;As director
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2016 | Blind |
2021 | Heart of Champions |
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2022 |
;As an actor
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1989 | A Fool and His Money | Anderson |
2004 | When Will I Be Loved | Michael Burke |
;As writer
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1989 | A Fool and His Money |
;Miscellaneous crew
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1987 | Under Cover | Production assistant |
;Thanks
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2014 | River of Fundament | With thanks to |
=Television=
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1994 | ABC Afterschool Special |
;As an actor
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2013 | Ivy League Crimelords | Mike |
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0537550}}
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Category:American film producers
Category:American people of South African-Jewish descent
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Harvard University alumni
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