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Morris Mike Medavoy (born January 21, 1941) is an American film producer and executive, co-founder...

Morris Mike Medavoy (born January 21, 1941) is an American film producer and executive, co-founder of Orion Pictures (1978), former chairman of TriStar Pictures, former head of production for United Artists (1974-1978) and current chairman and CEO of Phoenix Pictures. Medavoy was born in Shanghai, China, the son of Dora and Michael Medavoy, and immigrated to the United States in 1957, becoming a citizen in 1962. Medavoy started out in the Universal Studios mailroom in 1964. He rose from the mailroom to become a casting director. In 1965, he became an agent at General Artist Corporation and then vice-president at Creative Management Agency. Joining International Famous Agency as vice-president in charge of the motion picture department in 1971, he worked with such prestigious clients as Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Terrence Malick, Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Gene Wilder, Jeanne Moreau, and Jean-Louis Trintignant among others. United Artists brought him in as senior vice president of production in 1974 where he was part of the team responsible for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Rocky, and Annie Hall all of which won the Best Picture Oscars over three successive years