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Born and raised in New York City; educated at Boston University (College of Communications, 1983). After graduation he worked as an assistant location manager on BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS (1986). He eventually took an administrative position with the Dino DeLaurentiis Corporation, followed by a marketing job at Anjelika Films in Manhattan. Later, he became executive vice president of Miramax Films, where he was executive producer for Quentin Tarantino's PULP FICTION (1994), Sean Penn's THE CROSSING GUARD (1995) and Robert Altman's READY TO WEAR, among others. He founded his own Los Angeles-based production company, FilmColony, in 1995. Other executive producer credits include LONELY HEARTS (1991), ONLY YOU, DARK HORSE, RESERVOIR DOGS and BEYOND THE LAW (all 1992), THE YOUNG AMERICANS and A HOUSE IN THE HILLS (both 1993), THE JOURNEY OF AUGUST KING (1995) and JACKIE BROWN (1997). Other notable credits as producer include 54 and HURLYBURLY (both 1998), SHE'S ALL THAT (1999), THE BOURNE IDENTITY (2002), LEVITY and DUPLEX (both 2003), FINDING NEVERLAND (2004), JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE NIGHT (2006), and KILLSHOT, THE NANNY DIARIES and MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM (all 2007).  Nominated for Best Picture of the Year 1999: THE CIDER HOUSE RULES - Producer  Nominated for Best Picture of the Year 2004: FINDING NEVERLAND - Producer at Film Colony (w. Nellie Bellflower) 2 nominations