Arnon Milchan

An eclectic film producer and theatrical entrepreneur, Milchan started out producing and financing features in the Israeli film industry. As a producer and executive producer, he has been responsible for numerous features, including adventurous works by some of the world's most celebrated directors: Sergio Leone ("Once Upon a Time in America" 1984); Martin Scorsese ("The King of Comedy" 1983); Terry Gilliam ("Brazil" 1985); Ridley Scott ("Legend" 1985); and Sidney Lumet ("Q&A" 1990). Milchan has collaborated with Oliver Stone on "JFK" (1991), "Heaven and Earth" (1993), and "Natural Born Killers" (1994) and Jon Amiel on "Sommersby" (1993) and "Copycat" (1995).

Moving from Israel to Paris, Milchan produced commercials for French TV and various plays for the Paris stage including a production of "Amadeus" starring Roman Polanski. He also produced the play "Ipi Tombi" and the New York production of "It's Nice to Be Civilized" before segueing into a successful career in Hollywood film production. Milchan's hits include "The War of the Roses" (1989), "Pretty Woman" (1990), "Under Siege" (1992), "Free Willy" (1993), "The Client" (1994) and "Heat" (1995). In recent years, he has branched out into feature financing through his New Regency Productions, which has overseen such films as "Carpool", "Northstar", "Bogus" and "A Time to Kill" (all 1996). In early 1996, he made a bid to purchase Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

• Born:
  December 6, 1944 in Palestine
• Job Titles:
  Producer, Film financier, Actor, Businessman

Family

• Daughter: Alexandra Milchan. formed production company Regency Vision with sister Elinor
• Daughter: Elinor Milchan. formed production company Regency Vision with sister Alexandra

Significant Others

• Companion: . divorced c. 1975

Milestones

• 1977 First screen credit, producer of "Black Joy"
• 1981 TV producing debut, the ABC miniseries "Masada"
• 1983 Hollywood producing debut, "King of Comedy"
• 1991 Helped form the Summit Group, a joint venture with Andrew Vajna's Cinergi Productions and Bernd Eichinger's Constantin Films to work with Milchan's Regency Intl. in order to handle foreign distribution rights on films they produce as well as select other items
• 1995 TV series debut as executive producer, "John Grisham's The Client"
• 1996 Made bid to purchase MGM
• 1997 Co-produced the acclaimed contemporary noir drama "L.A. Confidential"
• Began producing and financing films in Israel in his early thirties
• Educated in England and Switzerland
• Fought in The Six Day War and The Yom Kippur War
• Grew up in Israel
• Produced commercials for French TV
• Produced plays in Paris and NYC, including a Parisian production of "Amadeus" starring Roman Polanski
• Returned to Israel when his father died
• Took over his father's fertilizer company; later expanded his business holdings to include over 15 companies throughout the world