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Marc Abraham (born May 28, 1949 ) is an American film producer , screenwriter , film director , actor and former president of Strike Entertainment .
Career
Abraham began his career as a copywriter for Young & Rubicam in New York City after graduating from the University of Virginia . He left the advertising industry to pursue a writing career and worked as a freelance sports journalist for various newspapers and magazines. He also wrote two books on the International Olympic Games for Universal Press.
Abraham's career in film began with the documentary Playing to Win , a glimpse into the Cuban sports system. He wrote several scripts for film companies such as 20th Century Fox , Warner Bros. Entertainment, and CBS . He has also written scripts for series such as 21 Jump Street - Tatort Klassenzimmer and The Model and the Snoop .
He was one of the founding partners with Armyan Bernstein at Beacon Communications, a finance and manufacturing company founded in 1990.
Abraham released the film Flash of Genius in 2008 , which was his directorial debut. Film stars like Greg Kinnear and Lauren Graham played in it . Abraham also produced Trouble is My Business , an adaptation of Raymond Chandler's classic, for Universal Pictures . He also produced the remake of That Thing From Another World for Strike Entertainment.
Even after Strike Entertainment closed in 2013, Abraham and Newman produced the film RoboCop under the Strike Entertainment name since production began in 2012 .
In 2015 Abraham directed the biopic I Saw the Light . It's about country singer Hank Williams , played by actor Tom Hiddleston . The film is based on the 1994 book Hank Williams: The Biography by Colin Escott.
Beacon Pictures
During his early years, Beacon Communications produced films such as The Commitments , which was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1992 . In a co-production with Turner Pictures, Abraham was executive producer on David Mamet's A Life in the Theater .
Strike entertainment
Abraham and film producer Eric Newman founded Strike Entertainment in 2002. They produced films like Welcome to the Jungle (2003), Slither (2006), Flash of Genius (2008), The Thing (2011) and RoboCop (2014) under Strike's production name.
In March 2013, Abraham and Newman dissolved Strike Entertainment after eleven years. Abraham and Newman said the partnership just went its way and the breakup was amicable. They will continue to work on projects together.
Awards
Abraham is a member of the Writer's Guild, Producer's Guild, and on the board of the Virginia Film Festival and Violence Policy Center . He was honored with the Spirit of Chrysalis Award, which recognizes Abraham for helping thousands of disadvantaged and homeless people and families in Los Angeles .
Filmography
As a producer
- 1991: The Commitments ( The Commitments )
- 1992: Special Unit IQ ( A Midnight Clear )
- 1993: A Life in the Theater (TV movie)
- 1994: Sugar Hill
- 1994: Princess Caraboo ( Princess Caraboo )
- 1994: Welcome to Wellville ( The Road to Wellville )
- 1995: Attack of the Pacifier Brigade ( The Baby-Sitters Club )
- 1997: Air Force One
- 1997: A Thousand Acres ( A Thousand Acres )
- 1997: Playing God
- 1999: Trippin '
- 1999: Love of the Game ( For Love of the Game )
- 1999: Hurricane ( The Hurricane )
- 1999: End of Days - night without morning ( End of Days )
- 2000: Girls United ( Bring It On )
- 2000: Family Man ( The Family Man )
- 2000: Thirteen Days
- 2001: Spy Game - The Final Countdown ( Spy Game )
- 2002: Until All Eternity ( Tuck Everlasting )
- 2002: Club of the Caesars ( The Emperor's Club )
- 2003: Welcome to the Jungle ( The Rundown )
- 2004: Girls United Again ( Bring It On Again )
- 2004: Dawn of the Dead
- 2005: Untitled David Diamond / David Weissman Project (TV movie)
- 2006: Slither - Going for the slime ( Slither )
- 2006: Children of Men
- 2006: Let's Go to Prison ( Let's Go to Prison )
- 2007: The Possibility of Hope (documentary short film)
- 2010: The Last Exorcism ( The Last Exorcism )
- 2011: The Thing
- 2011: In Time - Your time is running out ( In Time )
- 2012: The Man with the Iron Fists
- 2013: The Last Exorcism: The Next Chapter ( The Last Exorcism: Part II )
- 2014: RoboCop
- 2015: The Man with the Iron Fists 2
- 2015: I Saw the Light
As a screenwriter
- 1989: 21 Jump Street - crime scene classroom ( 21 Jump Street , TV series, episode 3x12)
- 1989: The Model and the Snoop ( Moonlighting , TV series, episode 5x11)
- 1990: The Earth Day Special (TV Special)
- 2015: I Saw the Light
As a director
- 2008: Flash of Genius
- 2015: I Saw the Light
As an actor
- 1999: Trippin '
- 2002: Red Dragon ( Red Dragon )
Web links
- Marc Abraham in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Marc Abraham in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Fleming: Kinnear, Graham get 'Flash of Genius'. In: Variety. June 14, 2007, accessed December 20, 2015 .
- ↑ Michael Fleming: Frank Miller takes on 'Trouble'. In: Variety. June 19, 2007, accessed December 20, 2015 .
- ↑ Patrick Goldstein, James Rainey: Can 'The Thing' remake help stop Universal's losing streak? In: Los Angeles Times . March 14, 2010, accessed December 20, 2015 .
- ↑ Brad Miska: Strike Entertainment Producers Call Making 'The Thing' “Irresistible”. bloody-disgusting, March 16, 2010, accessed December 20, 2015 .
- ↑ Dave McNary: 'Robocop' books Marianne Jean-Baptiste. In: Variety. August 16, 2012, accessed December 20, 2015 .
- ^ The 49th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1992). Hollywood Foreign Press Association, accessed December 20, 2015 .
- ↑ Mike Fleming Jr .: Producing Partners Marc Abraham And Eric Newman Dissolve Strike Entertainment. Deadline, March 12, 2013, accessed December 20, 2015 .
- ^ Charles Lyons: Chrysalis Award fete Abraham, Shepherd . In: Variety . August 29, 2000. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Abraham, Marc |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer, screenwriter, film director, and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1949 |