ARNON MILCHAN (Producer) is widely renowned as one of the most prolific and successful independent film producers of the past 20 years, with over sixty feature films to his credit. Born in Israel, Milchan was educated at the London School of Economics and the University of Geneva. His first business venture was to transform his father's modest business into one of his country's largest agro-chemical companies. This early achievement was a harbinger of Milchan's now legendary reputation in the international marketplace as a keen businessman.
Soon, Milchan began to underwrite projects in an area that had always held a special interest for him - film, television and theater. Early projects include Roman Polanski's theater production of "Amadeus," "Dizengoff 99," "La Menace," "The Medusa Touch" and the mini-series "Masada." By the end of the eighties, Milchan had produced such films as Martin Scorsese's "The King of Comedy," Sergio Leone's "Once Upon a Time In America" and Terry Gilliam's "Brazil."
After the huge success of "Pretty Woman" and "The War of the Roses," Milchan founded New Regency Productions and went on to produce a string of successful films, including "J.F.K.," "Sommersby," "A Time to Kill," "Free Willy," "The Client," "Tin Cup," "Under Siege," "L.A. Confidential," "The Devil's Advocate," "The Negotiator," "City of Angels," "Entrapment," "Pushing Tin," "Tigerland," "Joy Ride," "Fight Club" and the box-office hit "Big Momma's House."
Upcoming projects include "Black Knight,"
a comedy starring Martin Lawrence; "High Crimes," starring
Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Jim Caviezel and Amanda Peet; "Joe
Somebody," a comedy starring Tim Allen; and "Life, Or
Something Like It," a romantic comedy toplining Angelina
Jolie and Edward Burns.
Along the way, Milchan brought on board some powerful investors
and partners who shared his vision: Australian businessman Kerry
Packer's Nine Network, Leo Kirch's Kirch Media Group, Samsung
Electronics, and most recently Twentieth Century Fox. Fox distributes
Regency movies in all media worldwide (excluding output arrangements
Regency has in Germany, Italy and Korea with its other strategic
partners), except U.S. pay television and international pay and
free television.
Milchan also successfully diversified his
company's activities within the sphere of entertainment, most
specifically in the realm of television through Regency Television
("Malcolm in the Middle" and "Roswell"), music
through the acquisition of Restless Records (Warren G), and sports
through an alliance and significant equity investment in PUMA,
the worldwide athletic apparel and shoe conglomerate based in
Germany.