Nozik, Michael

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Nozik, Michael

PERSONAL

Addresses:

Office—Serenade Films, 2901 Ocean Park Ave., Suite 217, Santa Monica, CA 90405.

Career:

Producer and executive. Orson Welles Movie Theatre, Cambridge, MA, operator, 1970s; former president of Wildwood Enterprises and South Fork Pictures; Serenade Films, Santa Monica, CA, partner. Worked as a production manager, location manager, and assistant director.

Awards, Honors:

Independent Spirit Award nomination (with Mira Nair), best feature, Independent Features Project/West, 1993, for Mississippi Masala; Academy Award nomination and Film Award nomination, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, both best picture, both with others, 1995, for Quiz Show; Independent Spirit Award nomination (with others), best first feature, 1999, for Slums of Beverly Hills; Film Award, best film not in the English language, and Film Award nomination, best film, both British Academy of Film and Television Arts, both with others, 2005, for Diarios de motocicleta.

CREDITS

Film Executive Producer:

U.S. executive producer, Salaam Bombay!, Cinecom International, 1988.

Thunderheart (also known as Askhjaerta, Chemarea strabunilor, Coeur de tonnerre, Coracao de trovao, Corazon de trueno, Corazon trueno, Cuore di tuono, Halbblut, Halbblut Thunderheart, and Ukkossydaen), TriStar, 1992.

She's the One (also known as Aquela que eu quero, C'est elle, Ella es unica, Ha-Ahat V'Ha-Yehida, Hon aer min, Il senso dell'amore, Nosso tipo de mulher, Petits mensonges entre freres, and Se ainoa oikea), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996.

Love in the Time of Money (also known as The End of Love and Nine Scenes about Love), ThinkFilm, 2002.

Game 6 (also known as Game 6—Das Leben ist ein Spiel!), Kindred Media Group, 2005.

The Great New Wonderful, First Independent Pictures, 2006.

Twelve and Holding (also known as 12 and Holding), IFC Films, 2006.

Film Producer:

China Girl (also known as China girl, A rapariga da China, China Girl—vihan maailma, Chinka, and Krieg in Chinatown), Vestron Pictures, 1987.

Crossing Delancey (also known as Ahava mimabat shlishi, Amor a segunda vista, Cruzando la calle, Dall'altro lato della strada, Izzy et Sam, Kaerlek paa Manhattan, Romanssi Manhattanilla, Sarah und Sam, and Zmien kapelusz), Warner Bros., 1988.

Mississippi Masala, Samuel Goldwyn, 1992.

Quiz Show (also known as Kviz, Kviz-show, Quiz Show—A verdade dos bastidores, Quiz Show—Der Skandal, Quiz Show—El dilema, Quiz show—El dilema, Quiz Show—tupla ja kuitti, and Sike), Buena Vista, 1994.

The Perez Family (also known as A Perez csalad, Cuando sali de Cuba, Doti Perez Mehapeset Ahava, La famiglia Perez, La famille Perez, and Tudo por um sonho), Samuel Goldwyn, 1995.

No Looking Back (also known as Long Time, Nothing New, Auch mehr ist nie genug, Nao olhes para tras, No mires atras, Nu privi in urma, Quitte ou double, and Unohda menneet), Gramercy Pictures, 1998.

Slums of Beverly Hills (also known as Beverly Hills slummit, Cocioabele din Beverly Hills, Hauptsache Beverly Hills, L'atra faccia di Beverly Hills, La otra cara de Beverly Hills, Les taudis de Beverly Hills, and Suburbios de Beverly Hills), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998.

How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (also known as Mad Dogs and Englishmen), Artistic License, 2000.

The Legend of Bagger Vance (also known as A lenda de Bagger Vance, Bagger Vance—viherioen legenda, Die legende von Bagger Vance, La legende de Bagger Vance, La leggenda di Bagger Vance, La leyenda de Bagger Vance, Legenden om Bagger Vance, Lendas da vida, Leyendas de vida, and Un caddy exceptionnel), DreamWorks, 2000.

People I Know (also known as Eyewitness, Influences, Der innere Kreis, Gente conhecida, Im innerenKreis, La noche del crimen, O articulador, and Relaciones confidenciales), New Films International, 2002, Miramax, 2003.

Diarios de motocicleta (also known as The Motorcycle Diaries, Carnets de voyage, Dagbok fraan en motercykel, Die Reise des jungen Che, I diari della motocicletta, Jurnal de calatorie, Moottoripyoeraepaeivaekirja, Motocykel dagbogen, and Voyage a motocyclette), subtitled version released by Focus Features, 2004.

Syriana (also known as See No Evil, Sirijana, and Syriana—A industria do petroleo), Warner Bros., 2005.

Worked on other projects.

Film Production Manager:

Old Enough (also known as Girls Wanna Have Fun, Girls wanna have fun, and Jackals), Orion Classics, 1984.

After Hours (also known as Lies, A Night in SoHo, After Hours—quelle nuit de galere, Depois de horas, Despues de hora, Die Zeit nach Mitternacht, En Natt i New York, Fuori orario, Illasta aamuun, Jo, que noche!, Liderces orak, Meta ta mesanyhta, Natt paa Manhattan, Nova Iorque fora de horas, Po godzinach, and Quina nit!), Warner Bros., 1985.

Unit production manager, Angel Heart (also known as Aux portes de l'enfer), TriStar, 1987.

Unit production manager, Crossing Delancey (also known as Ahava mimabat shlishi, Amor a segunda vista, Cruzando la calle, Dall'altro lato della strada, Izzy et Sam, Kaerlek paa Manhattan, Romanssi Manhattanilla, Sarah und Sam, and Zmien kapelusz), Warner Bros., 1988.

Film Location Manager:

Baby It's You (also known as Baby, It's You, Baby, to jestes ty, and Promesse, promesse), Paramount, 1983.

Reckless (also known as Amare con rabbia, Jovens sem rumo, Jung und ruecksichtslos, Kovis, Mindenutt jo, de legjobb mashol, Na oslep, Rebeldes temerarios, and Reckless—Jung und Ruecksichtslos), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1984.

Film Work; Other:

Second assistant director, The Dozens (also known as Auf Bewaehrung), First Run Features, 1981.

Assistant, Little Monsters (also known as Little Ghost Fighters, Kleine Monster, Piccoli mostri, and Un monstro no meu quarto), United Artists, c. 1989.

Television Work; Movies:

Associate producer and production manager, Death of a Salesman (also known as Der Tod eines Handlungsreisenden), CBS, 1985.

Producer and unit production manager, Criminal Justice (also known as Giustizia criminale, Innocent coupable, Justica criminal, Os bastidores da justica, Prawo dowetu, and Raaka ratkaisu), HBO, 1990.

Executive producer, Skinwalkers (also known as Skinwalkers—kostajat haudan takaa), broadcast on Mystery! (also known as An American MYSTERY! Special), PBS, 2002.

Consulting producer, A Thief of Time, broadcast on Mystery! (also known as An American MYSTERY! Special), PBS, 2004.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, The Making of "The Motorcycle Diaries," 2004.

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