The Founder of MMF

Background:

Film producer hailed from Florida Michael Mailer, the eldest son of novelist Norman Miller and brother of actor Stephen Mailer, co-founded Bigel/Mailer films before establishing Michael Mailer Films (MMF) in 2004, which focused on both independent, character driven films and larger budgeted, concept oriented studio pictures. Since entering the industry in the late 1980s with “Religion, Inc./A Fool and His Money,” which he produced and co-wrote in addition to having a small part, Mailer has produced about twenty movies, including the critically acclaimed “Two Girls and a Guy” (1997), the well-liked “The Last Producer” (2000), “Harvard Man” (2001) and “Lost Junction” (2003), as well as the Sundance-premiered “Loverboy” (2005). His more recent and upcoming library include “The Golden Boys” (2008), “Blood and Bone” (2008), “The Night Job” (2008), “The Lodger” (2009) and “Border Crosses” (2009).

Mailer has one son with his wife Sasha Lazard, whom he married in 2004. He was once engaged to Marla Maples.

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Childhood and Family:

Michael Mailer was born on March 5, 1966, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. His parents are novelist Norman Mailer and actress Beverly Bentley. The oldest of four children, he has two brothers, Stephen and Matthew, and a sister, Kate. He graduated from Harvard University in 1987.

On May 15, 2004, Michael was married to Sasha Lazard. They have one son named Cyrus.

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Career:

Harvard graduate Michael Mailer launched his cinematic career in 1989 with “Religion, Inc./A Fool and His Money,” which starred George Plimpton and Sandra Bullock. He served as producer, co-writer as well as appeared in the film playing a character named Anderson.

After co-founding Bigel/Mailer Films, Mailer resurfaced in 1996 with the production of “The Money Shot,” staring Vincent Laresca and Tamara Tunie. He then executive produced the critically hailed “Two Girls and a Guy”(1997), starring Robert Downey, Jr., Natasha Gregson Wagner and Heather Graham, and “Catalina Trust” (1999), and produced “Giving It Up/ Casanova Falling” (1999), starring abney Coleman, Mark Feuerstein, and Ali Larter and “Black and White” (1999), starring Brooke Shields, Elijah Wood, and Mike Tyson.

Entering the new millennium, Mailer enjoyed success as the producer of “The Last Producer/ The Final Hit,” which was known as the vehicle of Burt Reynolds, Lauren Holly, and Benjamin Bratt. His raising fame was further verified with the success of “Harvard Man,” which starred Sarah Michelle Gellar, Adrien Grenier and , Joey Lauren Adams, and “Lost Junction” (2003), which starred Neve Campbell. In between the projects, Mailer lent his producing talent for Universal Studios’ “Empire” (2002), starring John Leguizamo, Denise Richards and Peter Sarsgaard.

Next up for Mailer, he served as the producer of the Sundance-screened “Loverboy” (2005), which starred such big names as Matt Dillon, Sandra Bullock, Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, Marisa Tomei, Oliver Platt and Campbell Scott. Also in that same year, he produced “Devour,” a vehicle for Hollywood up-and-comers Jensen Ackles, Shannon Sossamon and Dominique Swain. Mailer briefly returned to acting in 2004’s “When Will I Be Loved,” where he was cast as Michael Burke.

2006 saw the release of “Kettle of Fish” thorough Michael Mailer Films (MMF), a production company Mailer set up in 2004. The romantic comedy starred Gina Gershon and Matthew Modine. Under the MMF banner, Mailer has also produced “The Golden Boys” (2008), starring David Carradine, Bruce Dern and Rip Torn, “To Kill an American” (2008) and “The End of America” (2008) and has completed producing the psychological thriller “The Lodger” (2009). Several other credits are “Blood and Bone” (2008), “The Night Job” (2008), “Border Crosses” (2009) and “The Hunt” (2009). The company has branched out into the small screen with the reality series “History Hunter.”

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