About
Michael Tadross
Overview
Michael Tadross is an American producer, director and sometimes actor. He has played a pivotal role as a leading figure in the film industry for over thirty years.
Warner Bros. films he has produced include Sherlock Holmes, Run All Night, Cop Out, Winter's Tale, Arthur, and I Am Legend - one of the highest-budgeted science fiction movies to be entirely filmed in New York City. Earlier in his career, for Warner Bros., he produced The Devil's Advocate, Jack Frost, and Eraser.
His producing credits also include Hitch, Basic, Rollerball, The Thomas Crown Affair, Indecent Proposal, School Ties, Brenda Starr, and Die Hard: With A Vengeance - the highest grossing worldwide film of 1995.
He was Unit Production Manager for Ghost, Coming To America, Black Rain, Trading Places and Death Wish III, and was First Assistant Director on Cocktail, and Masquerade, to name a few. He's also been awarded one gold and two platinum records.
He began his film career as a camera trainee and assistant film editor. He is now a member of the Producer's Guild of America, the Director's Guild of America, and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences. He also worked as Executive Vice President of Feature Production at Paramount Pictures
He was nominated for the NAACP Image Award and received The Movie Guide Award for best family-oriented film of 2006 (Hitch). He is also cited in the Who's Who of Executives and Professionals.
Known for
Acting |
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2002 | Rollerball | Actor | Starter | 49 Bad |
1995 | Die Hard: With a Vengeance | Actor | Greek Deli Proprietor | 71 Good |
1988 | Coming to America | Actor | Taxi Driver (uncredited) | 67 Fair |
Directing |
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1987 | The Saint in Manhattan | Directing | First Assistant Director | N/A N/A |
Production |
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2024 | Space Cadet | Production | Executive Producer | 57 Average |
2018 | Ocean's Eight | Production | Executive Producer | 69 Fair |
2015 | Run All Night | Production | Producer | 63 Fair |
2014 | Winter's Tale | Production | Unit Production Manager | 61 Fair |
2014 | Winter's Tale | Production | Producer | 61 Fair |
2013 | Gangster Squad | Production | Producer | 63 Fair |
2011 | Arthur | Production | Unit Production Manager | 56 Average |
2011 | Arthur | Production | Producer | 56 Average |
2010 | Cop Out | Production | Producer | 55 Average |
2009 | Sherlock Holmes | Production | Executive Producer | 71 Good |
2007 | I Am Legend | Production | Executive Producer | 71 Good |
2005 | Hitch | Production | Executive Producer | 65 Fair |
2004 | Tony n' Tina's Wedding | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
2003 | Basic | Production | Producer | 63 Fair |
2002 | Rollerball | Production | Executive Producer | 49 Bad |
1999 | The Thomas Crown Affair | Production | Executive Producer | 64 Fair |
1998 | Jack Frost | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
1997 | The Devil's Advocate | Production | Unit Production Manager | 73 Good |
1997 | The Devil's Advocate | Production | Executive Producer | 73 Good |
1996 | Eraser | Production | Executive Producer | 60 Fair |
1995 | Die Hard: With a Vengeance | Production | Producer | 71 Good |
1995 | Die Hard: With a Vengeance | Production | Unit Production Manager | 71 Good |
1994 | Lassie | Production | Executive In Charge Of Production | 59 Average |
1994 | Forrest Gump | Production | Executive In Charge Of Production | 84 Very good |
1994 | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Production | Executive In Charge Of Production | 63 Fair |
1993 | Addams Family Values | Production | Production Executive | 68 Fair |
1993 | Indecent Proposal | Production | Unit Production Manager | 62 Fair |
1993 | Indecent Proposal | Production | Co-Producer | 62 Fair |
1990 | When Will I Be Loved? | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
1990 | Ghost | Production | Unit Production Manager | 71 Good |
1989 | Black Rain | Production | Unit Production Manager | 63 Fair |
1989 | Let It Ride | Production | Production Supervisor | 59 Average |
1988 | Coming to America | Production | Unit Production Manager | 67 Fair |
DRAGN | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
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Sesame Street | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
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Editing |
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1972 | Bone | Editing | Assistant Editor | 59 Average |