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Michael Paseornek is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American

Michael Paseornek

Michael Paseornek
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Nationality USA

Michael Paseornek est un réalisateur, producteur et scénariste américain. Il est l'actuel président de Lions Gate Films.

Biography

Débuts
Paseornek sort diplômé de l'université de New York en 1974 et devient l'éditeur de Michel Choquette. En 1985, il décroche son premier travail dans le monde du cinéma en étant scénariste de Toubib Academy numéro un. Il devient scénariste pour des films à petits budgets ou pour la télévision.

En 1991, il ouvre une société de production Cinepix Film Properties qui devient une branche de Lions Gate Entertainment, prenant le nom de Lions Gate Films en 1995.


Producteur
En 1996, il se lance dans la réalisation du téléfilm Vibrations pour lequel il a écrit le scénario mais ce sera sa seule réalisation. Ensuite, il tente une carrière de producteur après être devenu une branche de LionsGate, spécialisé dans les films. En 1998, il se spécialise comme producteur exécutif dans les films de LionsGate, place qu'il ne quitte plus.

Même si Paseornek s'implique dans son rôle de producteur exécutif, il est aussi président de la production de LionsGate pour Appel au meurtre (Liberty Stands Still) en 2002 et exécutif chargé de la production pour La Défense Lincoln en 2011.

Best films

The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
(Executive Producer)
Killers (2010)
(Executive Producer)
The Possession (2012)
(Executive Producer)
Alpha and Omega (2010)
(Executive Producer)
Monster's Ball (2001)
(Executive Producer)
Warrior (2011)
(Executive Producer)

Usually with

Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry
(10 films)
Brian Taylor
Brian Taylor
(3 films)
Tom Rosenberg
Tom Rosenberg
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Michael Paseornek (70 films)

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Director

Vibrations
Vibrations (1996)
, 1h44
Directed by Michael Paseornek
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors James Marshall, Christina Applegate, Faye Grant, David Burke, Paige Turco, Scott Cohen
Rating47% 2.3689252.3689252.3689252.3689252.368925
Rising rock star, TJ Cray, gets the shot of a lifetime, an audition with a A & R man. On the way into the city, a carload of drunks smash into his car, severing his hands. He drops out of the business and becomes a homeless drunk. Cray wakes up to a pulsing beat in an abandoned warehouse, where a "rave" party is in full action. To his rescue comes Anamika, a computer artist, who takes him outside for fresh air. They become friends and eventually reinvent TJ's career. With the help of friends, they replace his hands with prosthetics and design a metallic cyber looking suit. TJ quickly becomes an overnight sensation, known as Cyberstorm. The finale is a dramatic scenario where TJ has to make crucial decisions about his new life.

Scriptwriter

Vibrations
Vibrations (1996)
, 1h44
Directed by Michael Paseornek
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors James Marshall, Christina Applegate, Faye Grant, David Burke, Paige Turco, Scott Cohen
Roles Writer
Rating47% 2.3689252.3689252.3689252.3689252.368925
Rising rock star, TJ Cray, gets the shot of a lifetime, an audition with a A & R man. On the way into the city, a carload of drunks smash into his car, severing his hands. He drops out of the business and becomes a homeless drunk. Cray wakes up to a pulsing beat in an abandoned warehouse, where a "rave" party is in full action. To his rescue comes Anamika, a computer artist, who takes him outside for fresh air. They become friends and eventually reinvent TJ's career. With the help of friends, they replace his hands with prosthetics and design a metallic cyber looking suit. TJ quickly becomes an overnight sensation, known as Cyberstorm. The finale is a dramatic scenario where TJ has to make crucial decisions about his new life.
Snake Eater, 1h34
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Lorenzo Lamas, Ronnie Hawkins, Ron Palillo, Mark Roberts
Rating45% 2.26482.26482.26482.26482.2648
Lamas plays "Soldier" Jack Kelly, a police officer who served in the Marine Special Forces "Snake Eater" team. Soldier uses the talents that he learned in the Snake Eaters to hunt down the criminals who killed his parents and kidnapped his sister.
Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster, 1h33
Origin Canada
Genres Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Lorenzo Lamas, Ron Palillo, Michele Scarabelli, Larry B. Scott, Kathleen Kinmont, Harvey Atkin
Roles Writer
Rating42% 2.127592.127592.127592.127592.12759
In this installment of the series Jack Kelly tries to exterminate a major drug cartel after one of the students he is training in the martial arts dies of a suspected drug overdose. Kelly immediately leaps into action by uncovering a cache of weapons he saved from his marine days, and busting into a drug stronghold, guns blazing. Alas, after this battle he is arrested but saved from jail by the quick thinking of his lawyer, who gets him into an insane asylum. Here he will meet many "crazy" characters who will both assist and hinder his quest for justice. After escaping, Kelly continues his fight and eventually discovers that the drugs are laced with rat poison. After some more fighting he uses the drugs to kill the top men of the drug operation.
Meatballs III: Summer Job, 1h36
Directed by George Mendeluk
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about virginity
Actors Sally Kellerman, Patrick Dempsey, Al Waxman, Shannon Tweed, Maury Chaykin, Caroline Rhea
Roles Writer
Rating34% 1.7151651.7151651.7151651.7151651.715165
When porn star Roxy Doujor is denied entrance into the afterlife, she is given one last chance to help some poor soul on Earth. She finds Rudy Gerner (whose character was the center of the original film as an adolescent) working at a summer river resort. Roxy is given the task of helping Rudy lose his virginity in order to be allowed into the afterlife.

Producer

Chaos Walking
Directed by Doug Liman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Post-apocalyptic films, Sur une planète fictive, Dystopian films
Actors Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, Mads Mikkelsen, Kurt Sutter, Nick Jonas, Demián Bichir
Roles Production Executive
Rating57% 2.8669352.8669352.8669352.8669352.866935
Todd Hewitt est le seul enfant de Prentissville, un village d'hommes d'une planète coloniale surnommée « Nouveau Monde ». On a appris à l'enfant que ces hommes étaient les derniers habitants de la planète et que les Spackles, une race extra-terrestre, a propagé lors d'une guerre contre les hommes un virus qui les a tué eux-mêmes ainsi que toutes les femmes. C'est à ce moment-là que serait apparu « le Bruit ». Après avoir découvert un horrible secret, Todd va devoir fuir avec son chien comme seul compagnon. Il va alors rencontrer pour la première fois une fille, Viola Eade, et découvre ainsi que les femmes et les Spackles existent toujours. Todd et Viola vont alors devoir échapper au cruel maire Prentiss, qui a lancé une véritable armée à leurs trousses.
Blair Witch, 1h29
Directed by Adam Wingard
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Witches in film
Actors Callie Hernandez, Valorie Curry, Heather Donahue
Roles Executive Producer
Rating50% 2.5037652.5037652.5037652.5037652.503765
En 2014, James Donahue trouve sur YouTube une vidéo contenant l'image d'une femme qu'il croit être sa sœur Heather, disparue en 1994 près de Burkittsville (Maryland) alors qu'elle enquêtait sur la légende de la sorcière de Blair. Croyant qu'elle est toujours en vie, il décide de partir à sa recherche, accompagné de son ami Peter Jones, d'Ashley Bennett, la petite amie de Peter, et de l'étudiante en cinéma Lisa Arlington, qui veut faire un documentaire sur l'affaire. Talia et Lane, de jeunes habitants de la région qui ont trouvé et téléchargé la vidéo, se joignent à eux.
Norm of the North, 1h31
Directed by Christopher Nolan, Anthony Bell
Origin Inde
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Actors Rob Schneider, Ken Jeong, Zachary Gordon, Loretta Devine, Heather Graham, Bill Nighy
Roles Executive producer
Rating34% 1.7220451.7220451.7220451.7220451.722045
L'Arctique étant menacé par Monsieur Greene (un ambitieux promoteur qui veut y vendre des maisons de luxe préfabriquées) Normand, un ours polaire ayant la particularité de pouvoir communiquer avec les humains, se rend à New York en compagnie de trois lemmings pour tenter d'alerter l'opinion publique sur les dangers de coloniser l'Arctique. Sur place, l'ours et les lemmings trouvent une alliée en la personne d'Olympia, une fillette passionnée par les questions écologiques, dont la mère travaille comme agent immobilier pour le vil Monsieur Greene. Leur plan : Faire en sorte que Normand devienne le porte-parole du promoteur immobilier pour ensuite profiter de son capital sympathie et retourner le grand public à sa cause.
Mortdecai
Mortdecai (2015)
, 1h47
Directed by David Koepp
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Crime
Themes Spy films, Heist films
Actors Johnny Depp, Olivia Munn, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, Ulrich Thomsen, Guy Burnet
Roles Executive Producer
Rating55% 2.7502352.7502352.7502352.7502352.750235
Lord Charlie Mortdecai, an unscrupulous art dealer and swindler, is accosted in Hong Kong by one of his victims, a gangster named Fang. Jock, Mortdecai's faithful manservant, extricates his master before they can be killed by Fang's gunmen. They return to London, where Mortdecai and his wife, Johanna, consider ways to pay off their crushing debt. A painting by Francisco Goya becomes the target of an elaborate theft which results in the murders of an art restorer and one of the thieves. Inspector Alistair Martland is put on the case. Martland, who has been in love with Johanna since college, asks Mortdecai to assist him. Martland believes the prime suspect to be Emil Strago. Mortdecai agrees to help in exchange for 10% of the insurance money.
The Big Wedding, 1h29
Directed by Justin Zackham
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, Ben Barnes
Roles Executive Producer
Rating56% 2.803192.803192.803192.803192.80319
Don and Ellie Griffin were a New England couple married for twenty years before they divorced. They have three children from their marriage – Lyla, Jared, and adopted son Alejandro, who was from Colombia.
The Last Stand, 1h47
Directed by Kim Jee-woon
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville, Rodrigo Santoro, Luis Guzmán, Jaimie Alexander
Roles Executive producer
Rating62% 3.1478153.1478153.1478153.1478153.147815
Sheriff Ray Owens (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a man who has resigned himself to a life of fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction, Arizona. He left his LAPD post following a bungled operation, and leaving him wracked with failure and defeat after his partner was crippled and his team decimated. The crimes experienced in Sommerton range from the Mayor parking his red Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in the fire lane and vintage arms collector Lewis Dinkum (Johnny Knoxville) firing off guns at slabs of meat with the deputies.
Nurse 3-D
Nurse 3-D (2013)
, 1h20
Directed by Douglas Aarniokoski
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Serial killer films, Comedy horror films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Katrina Bowden, Judd Nelson, Paz de la Huerta, Corbin Bleu, Kathleen Turner, Boris Kodjoe
Roles Executive producer
Rating45% 2.264732.264732.264732.264732.26473
The film opens with Abby Russell at a night club where she explains to the audience via a narration that her "job" is to murder cheating men in order to "keep scum off of the streets"- a job that she thoroughly enjoys. She then murders a man by slicing through his femoral artery and then throwing him off the roof of the club. The following day she attends a ceremony where she watches Danni Rodgers, a nurse she had been mentoring, graduate. She then approaches her and meets Danni's mother and stepfather Larry Cook. Despite this joyful moment and all of her preparation, Danni is ill prepared for her first true day of nursing duty and is berated by Dr. Morris for her inability to respond quickly to an emergency situation. Abby views the situation with disgust, as she knows that Dr. Morris is a sadist that enjoys harassing new nurses.
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor, 1h51
Directed by Tyler Perry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films based on plays, HIV/AIDS in film
Actors Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Lance Gross, Kim Kardashian West, Vanessa Williams, Robbie Jones, Brandy
Roles Executive Producer
Rating49% 2.461052.461052.461052.461052.46105
Years ago, Judith (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) is a therapist working at a matchmaking agency owned by Janice (Vanessa L. Williams). She is married to her childhood sweetheart Brice (Lance Gross) whom she has known since she was 6. Brice and Judith attend the same church as her mother Miss Sarah (Ella Joyce), a devout Christian with strong beliefs. Brice is a pharmacist and is soon introduced to a new employee, Melinda (Brandy Norwood). Melinda soon reveals that she is on the run from an abusive boyfriend, who had tried to kill her. Judith is dissatisfied with her job and anxious to start her own business in marriage counseling, but Brice is cautious and tells her to wait until they are more financially stable, which frustrates Judith. She is further frustrated when Brice refuses to confront men who catcall her on their way home from dinner.
The Possession, 1h32
Directed by Ole Bornedal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Natasha Calis, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick, Nana Gbewonyo, Rob LaBelle, Grant Show
Roles Executive Producer
Rating59% 2.9511952.9511952.9511952.9511952.951195
A newly separated couple Clyde (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Stephanie Brenek (Kyra Sedgwick) live in different homes. After Clyde picks up their two children, Emily "Em" (Natasha Calis) and Hannah (Madison Davenport), for the weekend, they stop at a yard sale where Em becomes intrigued by an old wooden box that has Hebrew letters engraved on it. Clyde buys the box for Em, and they later find that there seems no way to open it. That night, Em hears whispering coming from the box. She is able to open it, and finds a tooth, a dead moth, a wooden figurine, and a ring, which she begins to wear. Em becomes solitary, and her behavior becomes increasingly sinister; she stabs her father in the hand with a fork. The house becomes infested with moths.