George Linder
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George Linder is film producer[1] and entrepreneur.
Early life and education
Linder was born in Europe to Austrian parents. His father Bert Linder (1911-1997) was a survivor of both Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen death camps.[2]
Linder graduated from California State University Northridge with a degree in Anthropology.[citation needed]
Career
Linder’s first venture after graduation was Euro-Imports, which specialized in distribution of lightweight racing bicycles from overseas and sponsored several teams and events on the nascent American racing circuit. In 1980 Linder segued to Quadra-Medical, which developed and built ultra-light wheelchairs using racing bicycle technology.[3]
The development and production of the feature film The Running Man (1987)[4] was Linder’s first experience as a film producer. As multiple commentators have recounted, Linder discovered the novel written by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, optioned the film rights, and wrote the first draft of the screenplay.[5][6] Once the project was green-lit by a TriStar/Columbia and other companies, Linder’s work as producer included the above-the-line decisions in particular the casting of fellow Austrian Arnold Schwarzegger as the lead character Ben Richards. To underscore the parallel between the futuristic world of the movie and the actual events of World War II, Linder introduced the actor to his father Bert, the holocaust survivor.[7]
During the same period, Linder partnered with writer/director Richard Rothstein on several projects. Together they developed the idea for the Universal Soldier series of films and the pilot Bates Motel, which Universal aired as a television movie. Other projects that Linder has developed include Midnight Graffiti for Peter Guber at Mandalay Entertainment and Club Fed for Bill Mechanic at Pandemonium. In 2003 Linder was Executive Producer of the Austrian feature She Me and Her. Shortly thereafter Linder became a partner with writer/producer/director Alain Silver in Untitled LLC.[8] Their initial project was Nightcomer (aka Blood Cure).[9] Untitled was also a production company on Radio Mary (2017).[10]
References
- ^ George Linder at IMDb
- ^ Linder, Bert. Condemned without Judgment. New York: S.P.I. Books, 1995.
- ^ AFI Catalog
- ^ Brown, Simon. Screening Stephen King: Adaptation and the Horror Genre in Film and Television. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2018, page 92
- ^ The Story Behind the Making of The Running Man
- ^ April 1, 1988, Inc. Magazine
- ^ Leamer, Laurence. Fantastic: the Life of Arnold Schwazenegger. New York: St. Martin’s Press (2005), page 198.
- ^ Company credits on IMDB
- ^ Nightcomer on IMDB
- ^ Radio Mary on IMDB
External links
• George Linder at IMDb
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