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Donald Kushner is a Producer American born on 2 march 1945 at Providence (USA)
Donald Kushner was born March 2, 1945 to Ann Gardner. Donald is one of three children and he is the only son. Donald is an American producer who has worked with animation, live-action and theater productions.
He attended high school in Providence, Rhode Island, received an undergraduate degree from Syracuse University in 1971 and a Boston University law degree in 1973. He then studied art for one year in Florence, Italy.
Upon returning to Boston he set up a law practice which included a number of show business clients. This led to the opportunity to produce plays for the Boston stage, among them P.S. Your Cat Is Dead and the first theatrical adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's Player Piano.
In 1977, Kushner formed a partnership with filmmaker Steven Lisberger. In 1978, the pair moved to the West Coast, where they produced the 90-minute animated film Animalympics for NBC which was aborted. After Animalympics, he conceived and produced his first live-action film Tron for Walt Disney Pictures.
After Tron, Kushner, along with Glen A. Larson and Peter Locke, also produced the 1980s television series Automan, about a holographic crime fighter, that began in December 1983 and ended in August 1984. This series used similar effects to those seen in Tron.
He and his partner, Peter Locke, founded The Kushner-Locke Company in the 1980s and continues to produces film and television series.
He was credited as executive producer for the 2010 sequel to Tron, Tron: Legacy. Kushner is also the co-owner of The Chinese Theater.
Donald has two daughters, Jasper and Alwyn. Alwyn Hight Kushner is also a producer and has worked with Donald on several films. Donald currently has two houses, one in Malibu, which can be viewed here:Donald Kushner's Malibu Dream House
(2010)
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(2004)
(Producer)
(1996)
(Executive producer)
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Donald Kushner was born March 2, 1945 to Ann Gardner. Donald is one of three children and he is the only son. Donald is an American producer who has worked with animation, live-action and theater productions.
He attended high school in Providence, Rhode Island, received an undergraduate degree from Syracuse University in 1971 and a Boston University law degree in 1973. He then studied art for one year in Florence, Italy.
Upon returning to Boston he set up a law practice which included a number of show business clients. This led to the opportunity to produce plays for the Boston stage, among them P.S. Your Cat Is Dead and the first theatrical adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's Player Piano.
In 1977, Kushner formed a partnership with filmmaker Steven Lisberger. In 1978, the pair moved to the West Coast, where they produced the 90-minute animated film Animalympics for NBC which was aborted. After Animalympics, he conceived and produced his first live-action film Tron for Walt Disney Pictures.
After Tron, Kushner, along with Glen A. Larson and Peter Locke, also produced the 1980s television series Automan, about a holographic crime fighter, that began in December 1983 and ended in August 1984. This series used similar effects to those seen in Tron.
He and his partner, Peter Locke, founded The Kushner-Locke Company in the 1980s and continues to produces film and television series.
He was credited as executive producer for the 2010 sequel to Tron, Tron: Legacy. Kushner is also the co-owner of The Chinese Theater.
Donald has two daughters, Jasper and Alwyn. Alwyn Hight Kushner is also a producer and has worked with Donald on several films. Donald currently has two houses, one in Malibu, which can be viewed here:Donald Kushner's Malibu Dream House
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Blitz (2011)
, 1h37Directed by Elliott Lester
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Actors Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, Aidan Gillen, David Morrissey, Zawe Ashton, Luke Evans
Roles Producer
Rating61%
A serial killer targeting police officers is on the loose in South East London. When the killer shoots two police constables in cold blood and bludgeons the recently widowed Chief Inspector Bruce Roberts to death, the hunt for his identity begins.
TRON: Legacy (2010)
, 2h5Directed by Joseph Kosinski
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Films about religion, Transport films, Sécurité informatique, Films about video games, Political films, Road movies, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Children's films, Chase films
Actors Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner, Michael Sheen, Beau Garrett
Roles Executive producer
Rating67%
In 1989, Kevin Flynn, software engineer and the CEO of ENCOM International, disappears. Twenty years later, his son Sam, now ENCOM's primary shareholder, takes little interest in the company beyond playing an annual prank on its board of directors.
The Hard Corps (2006)
, 1h50Directed by Sheldon Lettich
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Razaaq Adoti, Vivica A. Fox, Peter James Bryant, Peter Bryant, Ron Bottitta
Roles Executive producer
Rating52%
Phillip Sauvage (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is an American soldier suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder caused by his time in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sauvage snaps out of his stupor just long enough to join Clarence Bowden (Julian D. Christopher), his former commanding officer, to work as a bodyguard for former World Heavyweight boxing champion and now successful businessman Wayne Barclay (Raz Adoti).
Incubus (2006)
, 1h24Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Actors Tara Reid, Christian Brassington, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Martin Sherman
Roles Producer
Rating30%
Seeking refuge from a torrential storm, Jay, her brother, and three friends break into what they think is an abandoned recycling plant. (A fourth friend, Karen, decides not to enter the building and leaves.) They find two dead people, who appear to have killed each other, and a Sleeper - a coma patient hooked up to life support in a triple-locked, shatter-proof observation room. Closer examination reveals a disturbing truth: the Sleeper is Orin Kiefer, a murderer executed by lethal injection six years earlier.
Second in Command (2006)
, 1h31Directed by Simon Fellows
Origin USA
Genres War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Julie Cox, Razaaq Adoti, Vlad Ivanov, Ian Virgo, Velibor Topic
Roles Producer
Rating50%
Navy Seal Commander Samuel "Sam" Keenan (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a decorated U.S. Navy SEAL, sent to the Eastern European nation of Moldavia to become the new security attaché at the U.S. Embassy.
Hard Luck (2006)
, 1h41Directed by Mario Van Peebles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Serial killer films, Gangster films
Actors Wesley Snipes, Cybill Shepherd, Mario Van Peebles, James Hiroyuki Liao, Luis Guzmán, Kevin Thoms
Roles Producer
Rating52%
As the film begins. A former criminal and drug dealer Lucky (Wesley Snipes) was released from prison and tries to lead a respectable life despite his troubled past. However, Lucky once or twice reflects on the wisdom of his grandfather who supposedly told him "sometimes without bad luck, it would seem you don't have any luck at all." Shortly after his release from prison, Lucky tries to get back on his feet but inexplicably ends up a victim of Hurricane Katrina's wrath, and loses his newly found life.
The Detonator (2006)
, 1h31Directed by Po-Chih Leong, Po-Chih Leong
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Actors Wesley Snipes, William Hope, Tim Dutton, Silvia Colloca, William Hope, Matthew Leitch
Roles Producer
Rating48%
Undercover C.I.A. agent Sonni Griffith (Wesley Snipes) travels alone to Romania to expose an arms dealer and stop the sale of a nuclear weapon. When the arms dealer is tipped off to Griffith's identity, he lands himself in prison...but is quickly released by the C.I.A. only to be given a new mission: to escort a beautiful Russian woman named Nadia (Silvia Colloca) back to the United States.
Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes (2006)
, 1h31Directed by Jake West
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Horror
Actors Doug Bradley, Lance Henriksen, Lisa McAllister, Ioana Ginghină, Emil Hostina
Roles Producer
Rating43%
Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes plotline follows more closely to the first film, with townspeople angered over the local mortician stealing and selling the organs of their loved ones and then dumping the corpses in a swamp, rather than cremating them. When the townspeople find out, they have the old witch Haggis summon Pumpkinhead through the mummified body of Ed Harley (played by Lance Henriksen, who reprises his role from the first film). Pumpkinhead then proceeds to go on his killing rampage murdering all those responsible for the desecration, while Doc Frasier (played by Hellraiser's Doug Bradley) hurries to murder those who summoned Pumpkinhead, which will effectively kill the demon in the process.
7 Seconds (2005)
, 1h41Directed by Simon Fellows
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Politic
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Chase films, Gangster films
Actors Wesley Snipes, Tamzin Outhwaite, DeObia Oparei, Pete Lee-Wilson, Adrian Lukis, Stephen Boxer
Roles Executive producer
Rating48%
After professional thief Jack Tulliver and his crew pull off a meticulously planned armored car heist, they are ambushed in Bucharest by a group of Romanian racketeers. This rogue group, tipped off to the heist by an unknown turncoat, kills Tulliver's associate Bull and most of his crew. Tulliver escapes with a mysterious sealed case that was the most valuable part of the stolen loot. After car-jacking Sgt. Kelly Anders' car, he makes a getaway through Bucharest, but leaves Anders under the suspicion of her fellow officers. Meanwhile, Tulliver tries to save a team member who has been captured by Alexie Kutchinov, a sadistic Russian millionaire gangster in charge of the Romanian racketeers that ambushed Tulliver. Jack and Sgt. Anders are saved by Bull's brother Mikail Mercea, a Romanian mobster who shoots Alexie to avenge his brother's death. Ultimately, the content of the case is revealed, and we come to know why it is in such high demand.
Snuff-Movie (2005)
, 1h32Directed by Bernard Rose
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about films, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television
Actors Jeroen Krabbé, Alastair Mackenzie, Lyndsey Marshal, Nick Broomfield, Andrew Tiernan
Roles Producer
Rating38%
The Marksman (2005)
, 1h31Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about terrorism
Actors Wesley Snipes, William Hope, Emma Samms, William Hope, Peter Youngblood Hills, Tim Abell
Roles Producer
Rating41%
When the U.S. is tricked into targeting an 'armed' nuclear reactor captured by Chechen rebels, a Chechen leader is killed and rebel leaders capture the nuclear power plant. Enter Painter (Wesley Snipes), a US Special Forces operative, known as 'The Marksman'. Painter and his Spec-Ops team only have a limited amount of time to resolve the conflict before U.S. military forces wade in. However, when things don't go according to plan, Painter suspects that foul play may be afoot.
Monster (2004)
, 1h49Directed by Patty Jenkins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Crime
Themes Feminist films, Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Serial killer films, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Erotic thriller films, Buddy films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Scott Wilson
Roles Producer
Rating72%
After moving from Michigan to Florida, Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute, meets Selby Wall in a gay bar. After initial hostility and declaring that she is not gay, Aileen talks to Selby over beers. Selby takes to Aileen almost immediately, as she likes that she is very protective of her. Selby invites her to spend the night with her. They return to the house where Selby is staying (temporarily exiled by her parents following the accusation from another girl that Selby tried to kiss her). They later agree to meet at a roller skating rink, and they kiss for the first time. Aileen and Selby fall in love, but they have nowhere to go, so Selby goes back to her Aunt's home.
Method (2004)
, 1h33Directed by Duncan Roy
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Elizabeth Hurley, Jeremy Sisto, Oliver Tobias, Carmen du Sautoy, John Barrowman, Sam Douglas
Roles Producer
Rating44%
During filming the lead actress (Elizabeth Hurley), tries to get deeply into character since the film is very important to her career. She may go too far when incidents on the set begin to pattern themselves after the real-life story.
Harvard Man (2001)
, 1h34Directed by James Toback
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Sports films, Basketball films
Actors Adrian Grenier, Sarah Michelle Prinze, Joey Lauren Adams, Eric Stoltz, Rebecca Gayheart, Gianni Russo
Roles Executive producer
Rating48%
The story concerns Harvard student Alan Jensen, the point guard of the Harvard basketball team. When his parents' house is destroyed by a tornado, Alan is desperate for $100,000 to replace their home. He is approached by his girlfriend Cindy Bandolino, whose father is an organized crime boss. Cindy convinces Alan to throw a game for the money. She tells Alan that her father is behind the deal, but actually she goes to her father's associate, Teddy Carter, and Carter's assistant, Kelly Morgan for funding. What she does not know is that Carter and Morgan are undercover FBI agents.
Wolf Girl (2001)
, 1h37Directed by Thomas Fitzgerald
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film
Actors Grace Jones, Tim Curry, Shawn Ashmore, Victoria Sánchez, Lesley Ann Warren, Tony Denman
Roles Executive producer
Rating58%
Teenage girl Tara has a disease and hair growing all over her body and her face. She was born into a travelling Freak show circus and is the main attraction as Wolf Girl. Tara, often ridiculed by local teens, finds a friend in Ryan whose mother happens to work on an experimental depilatory treatment. Desperately longing to be normal, Tara starts to secretly inject herself with the drug, but unaware of the dangerous side effects... The animal within starts to reveal itself.