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Steven Reuther is a Producer American born on 2 november 1951 at Saint Petersburg (USA)

Steven Reuther

Steven Reuther
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Birth name Steven Daniel Reuther
Nationality USA
Birth 2 november 1951 at Saint Petersburg (USA)
Death 5 june 2010 (at 58 years) at Santa Monica (USA)

Steven Reuther (1951 – June 5, 2010) was a producer and executive producer.

Reuther came to Los Angeles, California in the late 1970s. He landed his first job in the mailroom at William Morris Agency, quickly becoming the first assistant to Stan Kamen. Leveraging his relationship with Kamen, he worked with such stars as Donald Sutherland, Jon Voight, Goldie Hawn and Sally Field.

He became an expert in film finance and structured numerous movies, pioneering the use of Canadian tax structures.

Reuther served as VP of Galactic Films, where he helped develop Adrian Lyne's 9½ Weeks. He then segued to Vestron Pictures in 1986, exec producing Patrick Swayze starrer Dirty Dancing and other pics. He then partnered with Arnon Milchan at New Regency developing such pics as Sidney Lumet's Family Business and the Kathleen Turner/Michael Douglas starrer War of the Roses. He went on to produce and exec produce more than 35 films in partnership with Milchan, including the 1990 smash Pretty Woman, which launched Julia Roberts. He partnered in a production company with Michael Douglas as Douglas/Reuther Productions.

In 1998, Reuther created Bel-Air Entertainment, and as its chairman and CEO, he was most proud of his movie Pay It Forward, whose title became part of the everyday culture. He also shepherded Proof of Life, Sweet November, Rock Star and Collateral Damage.

His feature film credits include Dirty Dancing (1987), Pretty Woman (1990), Sommersby (1993), The Client (1994), and Face/Off (1997), The Rainmaker (1997) and Sweet November (2001)

Reuther died after a battle with cancer. He left behind his daughter Danielle Reuther.

Best films

Pretty Woman (1990)
(Producer)
Face/Off (1997)
(Executive Producer)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
(Executive Producer)
Under Siege (1992)
(Producer)
Sommersby (1993)
(Producer)
The Client (1994)
(Producer)

Usually with

Arnon Milchan
Arnon Milchan
(12 films)
Leslie Dilley
Leslie Dilley
(2 films)
Allan Graf
Allan Graf
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Steven Reuther (32 films)

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Producer

The Ugly Truth, 1h36
Directed by Robert Luketic
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Gerard Butler, Katherine Heigl, Bonnie Somerville, Yvette Nicole Brown, Eric Winter, Kevin Connolly
Roles Producer
Rating64% 3.200713.200713.200713.200713.20071
Abby Richter (Katherine Heigl) is a morning show TV producer in Sacramento, California. Abby firmly believes in true love and is a big supporter of complex self-help books such as Chicken Soup for the Soul and Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. Coming home from a disastrous date, she happens to see a segment of a local television show, The Ugly Truth, featuring Mike Chadway (Gerard Butler), whose cynicism about relationships prompts Abby to call in to argue with him on-air. The next day, she discovers the TV station is threatening to cancel her show because of its poor ratings. The station owner has hired Mike to do a segment on her show.
Man of the House, 1h40
Directed by Stephen Herek
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Dance films, Sports films
Actors Tommy Lee Jones, Christina Milian, Cedric the Entertainer, Paula Garcés, Monica Keena, Vanessa Ferlito
Roles Producer
Rating54% 2.7028052.7028052.7028052.7028052.702805
At the beginning of the film, two lonesome Texas Rangers, Roland Sharp (Tommy Lee Jones) and Maggie Swanson (Liz Vassey), are going to a church in order to question Percy Stevens (Cedric the Entertainer) about the whereabouts of his former prison roommate, Morgan Ball, who they want to testify against organized crime boss John Cortland. Percy is indignant, telling Sharp and Swanson that he is a "man of God" and hasn't spoken with Ball in years. However, Percy's cellphone rings, displaying Ball's name. Sharp and Swanson track down Ball to the warehouse, where Ball gives Sharp a key in an attempt to buy him off. Instead, Sharp takes the key and forces Ball outside, where FBI agent Eddie Zane (Brian Van Holt) is waiting. As they talk, a sniper begins shooting, wounding Swanson and giving Ball a chance to escape. It is revealed the sniper is after Ball, and a group of cheerleaders from the University of Texas at Austin witness his murder. Agent Zane is found shot in the arm next to Ball's body and claims he didn't see the sniper.
Collateral Damage, 1h48
Directed by Andrew Davis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about terrorism, Films about the labor movement, Disaster films
Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elias Koteas, Francesca Neri, Cliff Curtis, John Leguizamo, John Turturro
Roles Producer
Rating55% 2.7525452.7525452.7525452.7525452.752545
A bomb detonates in the plaza of the Colombian Consulate building in Los Angeles, killing nine people, including a caravan of Colombian officials and American intelligence agents. Among the civilians killed are the wife and son of LAFD firefighter, Captain Gordon "Gordy" Brewer, who was injured in the explosion. A tape is sent to the U.S. State Department, in which a masked man calling himself "El Lobo" (The Wolf) claims responsibility, explaining it was in retaliation for the oppression of Colombia by the United States. The FBI believes El Lobo is a Colombian terrorist named Claudio Perrini. CIA Special Agent Peter Brandt, the Colombia Station Chief, is harshly reprimanded for the incident by a Senate Oversight Committee, who promptly terminate all CIA operations in Colombia. Brandt angrily returns to Mompós and meets with his paramilitary allies to plan a major offensive to take down Claudio.
Chain of Fools, 1h36
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Steve Zahn, Salma Hayek, David Cross, Elijah Wood, Jeff Goldblum, Tom Wilkinson
Roles Executive Producer
Rating59% 2.9982452.9982452.9982452.9982452.998245
Thomas Kresk is a loser—he isn't good at his job, he's been tossed out of his home, and his wife just dumped him for the marriage counselor. Now he's depressed, and contemplating suicide. And yes, things get worse: a criminal named Avnet (Jeff Goldblum) has stolen three priceless coins, and decided to blackmail Bollingsworth (Tom Wilkinson), his billionaire partner in crime. After Kresk overhears this, he almost gets shot—and Avnet ends up impaled on a pair of barbers' scissors.
Rock Star
Rock Star (2001)
, 1h45
Directed by Stephen Herek
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Dominic West, Timothy Spall, Timothy Olyphant, Blas Elias
Roles Executive Producer
Rating63% 3.152963.152963.152963.152963.15296
Chris Cole (Mark Wahlberg) is a Pittsburgh fanatical admirer of a 1980s heavy metal band called Steel Dragon. By day, Chris is a photocopier technician and by night, he is the lead singer of a Steel Dragon tribute band called Blood Pollution (the name is taken from a Steel Dragon song).
Sweet November, 2h
Directed by Pat O'Connor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, Jason Isaacs, Greg Germann, Lauren Graham, Liam Aiken
Roles Producer
Rating67% 3.351053.351053.351053.351053.35105
Nelson Moss meets Sara Deever, a woman very different from anyone he has met before. His ignorance leads to her failing her driving test. She beguiles him and continually asks him to spend a month with her on the promise that she will change his life for the better. On the first night of November, after Nelson is fired and dumped on the same day, she sleeps with him, and the next day Chaz, a close friend of Sara's, arrives and identifies Nelson as Sara's "November".
Ready to Rumble, 1h47
Directed by Brian Robbins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors David Arquette, Oliver Platt, Scott Caan, Bill Goldberg, Richard Lineback, Rose McGowan
Roles Executive Producer
Rating53% 2.6503252.6503252.6503252.6503252.650325
For most of their lives, Sewage workers Gordie Boggs (David Arquette) and Sean Dawkins (Scott Caan) have been avid wrestling fans. When WCW Monday Nitro comes to their home state of Wyoming, they attend the show to watch their favorite wrestler, WCW World Heavyweight Champion Jimmy King (Oliver Platt) get cheated out of the title by Diamond Dallas Page (playing himself), and WCW CEO Titus Sinclair (Joe Pantoliano), and DDP's partners. After the match, the two wrestling fans humorously express their rage in their septic truck, resulting in a car crash.
The Replacements, 1h58
Directed by Howard Deutch
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Dance films, Sports films, Films about the labor movement, American football films, Political films
Actors Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Brooke Langton, Jon Favreau, Orlando Jones, Faizon Love
Roles Executive Producer
Rating66% 3.3001453.3001453.3001453.3001453.300145
The film opens with Shane Falco, a former star quarterback at The Ohio State University who choked in his final college game and failed to succeed in the pros, doing his job cleaning the bottoms of peoples' boats. While underwater, he finds a metal trophy football labeled "Shane Falco: All American" and pretends he is playing football again.
Pay It Forward, 2h3
Directed by Mimi Leder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about education, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment, Jay Mohr, Jim Caviezel, Jon Bon Jovi
Roles Producer
Rating72% 3.600673.600673.600673.600673.60067
When Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment) begins seventh grade in Las Vegas, Nevada, his social studies teacher Eugene Simonet (Kevin Spacey) gives the class an assignment to devise and put into action a plan that will change the world for the better. Trevor's plan is a charitable program based on the networking of good deeds. He calls his plan "Pay It Forward", which means the recipient of a favor does a favor for three others rather than paying the favor back. However, it needs to be a major favor that the recipient cannot complete themselves.
Proof of Life, 2h15
Directed by Taylor Hackford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Monde imaginaire, Political films
Actors Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, David Morse, David Caruso, Gottfried John, Flora Martínez
Roles Executive Producer
Rating62% 3.148883.148883.148883.148883.14888
Alice Bowman (Meg Ryan) moves to the (fictional) South American country of Tecala because her husband, Peter (David Morse), has been hired to assist with building a dam. Though Alice is unhappy at this most recent move, she agrees to stay. When Peter is in the city one day, a convoy of automobiles (including his) is ambushed by guerrilla rebels of the Liberation Army of Tecala (ELT). Believing that Peter actually works for an oil pipeline company, ELT soldiers abduct him and lead him into the country's jungles.
Face/Off
Face/Off (1997)
, 2h18
Directed by John Woo
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Spy films, Sports films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, L'usurpation d'identité, Films about automobiles, Martial arts films, Road movies, Chase films, Escroquerie
Actors John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Gina Gershon, Dominique Swain, Alessandro Nivola
Roles Executive Producer
Rating72% 3.648253.648253.648253.648253.64825
FBI Special Agent Sean Archer (Travolta) has a personal vendetta against civil freelance terrorist Castor Troy (Cage) who six years earlier killed Archer's son Michael while trying to assassinate Archer. Archer lays an ambush to capture Castor and his younger brother and terrorist accomplice Pollux at a small Los Angeles airport. During the ambush, Castor goads Archer with knowledge of a bomb located somewhere in the city set to go off in a few days, but is knocked into a coma before Archer can learn more.
The Rainmaker, 2h15
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, Teresa Wright, Mary Kay Place, Mickey Rourke
Roles Producer
Rating71% 3.5985853.5985853.5985853.5985853.598585
Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon) was brought up in a slum. His father, who was a severe alcoholic, abused him and his mother. After studying at Austin Peay State University, Rudy, who has an interest in social justice and civil rights, decides to attend law school. When he graduates from the University of Memphis State Law School, he, unlike most of his fellow grads, has no high-paying employment lined up. He is forced to apply for part-time positions while he serves drinks at a Memphis bar.
The Ghost and the Darkness, 1h49
Directed by Stephen Hopkins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about lions, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Brian McCardie, Emily Mortimer, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani
Roles Executive Producer
Rating67% 3.399563.399563.399563.399563.39956
In 1898, Sir Robert Beaumont (Tom Wilkinson), the primary financier of a railroad project in Tsavo, Kenya, is furious because the project is running behind schedule. He seeks out the expertise of John Henry Patterson (Val Kilmer), an Irish military engineer, to get the project back on track. Patterson travels from England to Tsavo, telling his wife, Helena, he will complete the project and be back in London for the birth of their son. He meets supervisors Angus Starling (Brian McCardie) and Samuel (John Kani), (the film's narrator), and the doctor, David Hawthorne (Bernard Hill). Hawthorne tells Patterson of a recent lion attack.
Boys on the Side, 1h55
Directed by Herbert Ross
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Feminist films, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Political films, Road movies, Buddy films, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore, Matthew McConaughey, James Remar, Billy Wirth
Roles Producer
Rating64% 3.2483853.2483853.2483853.2483853.248385
Three unique women embark on a cross-country road trip: Jane (Whoopi Goldberg), a lesbian lounge singer in search of a new life after breaking up with her girlfriend and getting fired; Holly (Drew Barrymore), a pregnant girl who just wants to escape her brutal boyfriend; and Robin (Mary-Louise Parker), an uptight real estate agent who has her own secrets (namely being infected with HIV).
The Client
The Client (1994)
, 1h59
Directed by Joel Schumacher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about children, Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony LaPaglia, J. T. Walsh, Brad Renfro
Roles Producer
Rating66% 3.349883.349883.349883.349883.34988
Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his little brother, Ricky, are smoking cigarettes in the woods near their home when they encounter Mob lawyer Jerome Clifford. Clifford tells Mark that he is about to kill himself to avoid being murdered by Barry "The Blade" Muldanno, the nephew of notorious mob kingpin Johnny Sulari. Ricky becomes catatonic after witnessing the suicide and is hospitalized. Authorities — and the Mob — realize that Clifford may have told Mark where a Louisiana senator who was murdered by Muldanno is buried.