Machlis, Neil A. 1945- (Neil Machlis)

PERSONAL

Born 1945, in New York, NY. Education: American University, undergraduate degree, marketing; graduate of the Directors Guild Training Program.

Addresses:

Agent—Mirisch Agency, 1875 Century Park East, Suite 2050, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Career:

Producer, unit production manager, and actor.

CREDITS

Film Work:

(As Neil Machlis) Production assistant, Born to Win (also known as Addict and Born to Lose), 1971.

(As Neil Machlis) Second assistant director, Tom Sawyer (also known as A Musical Adaptation of Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer"), United Artists, 1973.

Second unit director, Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams, Columbia, 1973.

Second assistant director, Gordon's War, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1973.

Unit manager, Lenny, United Artists, 1974.

(As Neil Machlis) Assistant production manager, Huckleberry Finn (also known as Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn: A Musical Adaptation"), 1974.

(As Neil Machlis) Production manager, The Stepford Wives, Columbia, 1975.

Unit production manager, Empire of the Ants (also known as H. G. Wells "Empire of the Ants"), American International Pictures, 1977.

Unit production manager and associate producer, Grease, United International Pictures, 1978.

Unit production manager and associate producer, Steel (also known as Look Down and Die and Men of Steel), World Northal, 1980.

Unit production manager, American Gigolo, Paramount, 1980.

Unit production manager and associate producer, Can't Stop the Music, 1980.

Unit production manager and associate producer, Mommie Dearest, Paramount, 1981.

Unit production manager and associate producer, Grease 2, Paramount, 1982.

Unit production manager and executive in charge of production, Jinxed!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1982.

Production manager and associate producer, Cujo, Warner Bros., 1983.

Production manager and associate producer, Johnny Dangerously, 1984.

Unit production manager and associate producer, 2010 (also known as 2010: The Year We Make Contact), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1984.

Production manager, Gung Ho (also known as Working Class Man), Paramount, 1986.

Coproducer and production manager, The Monster Squad, TriStar, 1987.

(As Neil Machlis) Executive producer and production manager, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Paramount, 1987.

Coproducer and production manager, An Innocent Man, 1989.

Executive producer and unit production manager, Chances Are, TriStar, 1989.

(As Neil Machlis) Executive producer and unit production manger, Postcards from the Edge, 1990.

Coproducer, Three Men and a Little Lady (also known as 3 Men and a Little Lady), 1990.

Unit production manager and supervising producer, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, Orion, 1991.

(As Neil Machlis) Production manager and executive producer, Honeymoon in Vegas, Columbia, 1992.

(As Neil Machlis) Executive producer and unit production manager, Honeymoon in Vegas, Columbia, 1992.

Executive producer and unit production manger, Wolf, Columbia TriStar, 1994.

Coproducer and unit production manager, I.Q., Paramount, 1994.

(As Neil Machlis) Executive producer and unit production manager, The Birdcage (also known as Birds of a Feather), United Artists, 1996.

(As Neil Machlis) Executive producer, Primary Colors (also known as Mit aller macht and Perfect Couple), Universal, 1998.

(As Neil Machlis) Executive producer, Flawless, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1999.

(As Neil Machlis) Executive producer, Bedazzled, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000.

Producer, What Planet Are You From?, Columbia, 2000.

Producer, Dropping Out, Flemington Pictures, 2000.

(As Neil Machlis) Executive producer, Dr. Dolittle 2 (also known as DR.2 and DR2), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001.

Executive producer, The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002.

Executive producer, Garfield (also known as Garfield: The Movie), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2004.

(As Neil Machlis) Executive producer, The Ring Two (also known as Samara, The Ring 2, and Samara: Ring 2), DreamWorks, 2005.

(As Neil Machlis) Executive producer and unit production manager, Zoom (also known as Zoom: Academy for Superheroes), Columbia, 2006.

Producer, The Tripper, Coquette Productions, 2006.

(As Neil Machlis) Executive producer, Are We Done Yet?, Columbia, 2007.

(As Neil Machlis) Executive producer and unit production manager, First Sunday, Screen Gems, 2008.

Film Appearances:

(As Neil Machlis) Rob Sonnenfeld, Postcards from the Edge, 1990.

Sleazy lawyer, Wolf, 1994.

(As Neil Machlis) Dr. Tom, What Planet Are You From?, Columbia, 2000.