Ryan Kavanaugh
Ryan Colin Kavanaugh (born December 4, 1974 ) is an American film producer and entrepreneur . As the founder of his production company Relativity Media , he is currently also its CEO .
Life
After graduating from the University of California, Santa Barbara , Ryan Kavanaugh attended UCLA in 1997 . Since he had already worked repeatedly on the stock exchange during his studies, including for Dean Witter Reynolds , a New York brokerage company with a branch in San Francisco, he broke off his studies and founded a hedge fund with a few fellow students . This was so successful that he became a multi-millionaire. Only after the dot-com bubble and after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and the associated stock market crashes did he lose everything again and had to move back in with his parents.
When the economy recovered and money was back in circulation looking for investment opportunities, Kavanaugh was able to use his geographic proximity to Hollywood to bring his old contacts with the film world together. In 2004 he founded his own production company Relativity Media , with which he produced films such as Zombieland , The Fighter and Without Limit , before the studio went bankrupt in July 2015. Often Kavanaugh appears only as an executive producer and rarely as an actual film producer.
Ryan Kavanaugh is the son of a German doctor who speaks nine languages, helped build the pharmaceutical company Merck and is currently the chairman of a pharmaceutical company.
Filmography (selection)
- 2007: Chuck and Larry - Wie Feuer und Flamme (I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry)
- 2008: The Forbidden Kingdom (功夫 之 王)
- 2009: A Perfect Getaway
- 2009: Brothers
- 2009: Zombie Land
- 2010: The Shine of Silence (Dear John)
- 2010: Spy Daddy (The Spy Next Door)
- 2010: The Fighter
- 2011: War of the Gods (Immortals)
- 2011: Limitless (Limitless)
- 2011: Sanctum
- 2011: Take Me Home Tonight
- 2013: Malavita - The Family (The Family)
- 2013: 21 & Over
- 2013: Safe Haven - Like a Light in the Night (Safe Haven)
- 2013: An Eye for an Eye (Out of the Furnace)
- 2014: 3 Days to Kill
- 2014: The Best of Me - Mein Weg zu dir (The Best of Me)
- 2016: The Disappointments Room
- 2018: The Strangers : Prey at Night
Awards
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Golden Raspberry
- 2008: Worst Film - Chuck and Larry - Like Fire and Flame (nominated)
- 2014: Worst Film - Movie 43 (won)
Web links
- Ryan Kavanaugh in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ryan Kavanaugh at lookupanyone.com , accessed January 17, 2012
- ↑ Ryan Kavanaugh ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on relativitymediallc.com
- ↑ a b Peter Bart: Ever capable entrepreneur: Hollywood is confused by Kavanaugh but awed by his abilities ( Memento of the original from February 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on variety.com from November 19, 2009, accessed June 22, 2011
- ↑ a b c d Sonja Magdevski: Ryan Kavanaugh: The Fall and Rise ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on malibumag.com January 30, 2009, accessed June 22, 2011
- ↑ Ralf Augsburg: Relativity Media apply for insolvency ... studio. In: Spielfilm.de. Retrieved April 13, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kavanaugh, Ryan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kavanaugh, Ryan Colin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th December 1974 |