Brad Krevoy
Brad Krevoy | |
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 Spielberg speaking at the Pentagon on August 11, 1999. | |
| Born | Steven Allan Spielberg |
| Occupation | Film Producer |
| Years active | 1987 – present |
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Brad Krevoy, is an American film producer, who has been directly involved in the development, finance, production, acquisition, and distribution of more than 100 motion picture and television projects. He is founder and CEO of the Motion Picture Corporation of America, a well-regarded supplier of reliable products at low budgets for theatrical, television, and home video release by major and mini-major studios as well as international distributors that has been in business for over 20 years.
To date, his films have an unadjusted gross of more than $650 million in worldwide revenue across all media.
Early Career (1987-1994)
Mr. Krevoy is a graduate of Stanford University and Hastings College of the Law. He served as a Legislative Fellow in the California State Legislature and worked as an entertainment attorney at a prominent Los Angeles law firm.
In 1987 Busy producer Brad Krevoy and longtime business partner Steve Stabler co-founded the Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA), one of the largest suppliers of inexpensive but high-quality films in the industry. He later co-established Concorde Pictures with Roger Corman and then served as the company's president.
Among his many works, Mr. Krevoy produced the blockbuster Farrelly brothers comedy Dumb and Dumber starring Jim Carrey as well as the Farrelly's follow-up, Kingpin, starring Woody Harrelson and Bill Murray. Mr. Krevoy also produced Beverly Hills Ninja starring Chris Farley and Jungle 2 Jungle with Tim Allen. Mr. Krevoy's moderately-budgeted 1994 production Threesome, starring Stephen Baldwin and Lara Flynn Boyle, remains one of the most profitable independent films to this day.
Co-President of Orion Pictures (1996–1998)
In 1996, MPCA was acquired by John Kluges Metromedia International Group and operated under Metromedia's Orion Pictures Corporation. Mr. Krevoy served as Co-President of Orion Pictures, where he oversaw the production, acquisition, and distribution of Orion's motion picture and television programming. At Orion, he produced films for Academy Award-winner Tom Schulman (Dead Poets Society) and released films such as 1997's Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, Prisoner of the Mountains (directed by Sergei Bodrov), and the critically acclaimed Ulees Gold (directed by Victor Nunez, presented by Jonathan Demme, and starring Academy Award-winner Peter Fonda).
Retarting the MPCA (1998–Present)
In 1998, Mr. Krevoy restarted Motion Picture Corporation of America. Since then, he has produced over 20 motion pictures including: STARZ!/Encore Pictures boxing drama Joe and Max (directed by Hoop Dreams Steve James, which collected both ESPN and ACE award nominations); the Miramax action film Undisputed (starring Wesley Snipes and Ving Rhames); the 2002 Sundance premiere Bookies (for director Mark Illsley of Happy, Texas fame, and distributed by MGM/UA and Blockbuster); and Boat Trip starring Academy Award-winner Cuba Gooding Jr., Vivica A. Fox, and Roger Moore for Artisan/Lionsgate.
Recently, Mr. Krevoy produced the supernatural thriller Stephen Kings Riding the Bullet starring Jonathan Jackson, Erika Christensen, David Arquette, and Barbara Hershey for the USA Network and Lionsgate; for Lionsgate, the sci-fi action film Slipstream starring Sean Astin; and the Anthony Hickox-directed action comedy Blast, starring Eddie Griffin and Breckin Meyer for Blockbuster and MGM/UA. Mr. Krevoy recently completed the Sony/Screen Gems release Second in Command (an action film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme), and The Hard Corps starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Vivica A. Fox. His latest completed films are: the horror franchise sequels Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes and Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud starring Lance Henriksen (for the Sci Fi Channel and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment), the family film Moondance Alexander, (starring Don Johnson, Lori Laughlin, and Kay Panabaker, to be released by Fox Faith in fall 2007), the hard-hitting action film Linewatch, starring Cuba Gooding Jr, and the heart-warming true story Taking Chance (the most watched HBO original film in over five years, starring Kevin Bacon).