Gary Lucchesi

Gary Lucchesi (born January 4, 1955 in San Francisco, California) is an American film producer who is President of Lakeshore Entertainment and past President of The Producers Guild of America.[2]

Gary Lucchesi
Born (1955-01-04) January 4, 1955[1]
San Francisco, California, U.S.
OccupationFilm producer

Career

Lucchesi began his career at The William Morris Agency as an agent, representing such artists as Susan Sarandon, Kevin Costner, Michelle Pfeiffer and John Malkovich. Lucchesi served as both Vice President and Senior Vice President of Production at TriStar Pictures before becoming President of Production at Paramount Pictures.[3] Following his time at Paramount, Lucchesi founded Gary Lucchesi Productions, where he produced the Oscar nominated film Primal Fear. Lucchesi was also President of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Film Co., producing the film version of the hit musical Cats. In 1997, he was asked by Tom Rosenberg to run Lakeshore.

Lucchesi graduated from Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory in San Francisco in 1973 before attending UCLA. He graduated with a degree in history in 1977.[4][5]

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film
Year Film Credit Notes
1992Jennifer 8
1995Virtuosity
Three Wishes
1996Primal Fear
1998CatsExecutive producerDirect-to-video
Just the Ticket
1999Runaway BrideExecutive producer
2000Passion of MindExecutive producer
The Next Best ThingExecutive producer
Autumn in New York
The Gift
2002The Mothman Prophecies
2003The Human Stain
Underworld
2004Wicker Park
MadhouseExecutive producer
Suspect ZeroExecutive producer
Million Dollar BabyExecutive producer
2005Undiscovered
The Cave
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Æon Flux
2006Underworld: Evolution
She's the ManExecutive producer
Crank
The Covenant
The Last Kiss
The Dead Girl
2007Blood & Chocolate
Feast of Love
2008Henry Poole Is Here
Untraceable
Elegy
Pathology
The Midnight Meat Train
2009Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Crank: High Voltage
The Ugly Truth
Gamer
Fame
2011The Lincoln Lawyer
Underworld: Endless WarDirect-to-video
2012Underworld: Awakening
One for the Money
Gone
Stand Up Guys
2014I, Frankenstein
Walk of Shame
2015The Age of Adaline
The Vatican Tapes
2016The Boy
American Pastoral
Underworld: Blood Wars
2018AdriftExecutive producer
A.X.L.
Peppermint
2019The Wedding Year
2020Brahms: The Boy II

Television
Year Title Credit Notes
1996GottiExecutive producerTelevision film
1997Breast MenExecutive producerTelevision film
1998Great PerformancesExecutive producer
1999VendettaExecutive producerTelevision film
2001Wild IrisExecutive producerTelevision film
2004Independent LensConsulting producerDocumentary
2018HeathersExecutive producer

References
  1. "Gary Lucchesi - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  2. "Officers, Board Members & Staff – Producers Guild of America". Producersguild.org. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  3. "Gary Lucchesi Biography". Madeinatlantis.com. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
  4. "Lucchesi Goal: More Film in the Pipeline : Movies: The former agent and current Paramount producer is on his third Hollywood career". Los Angeles Times. January 6, 1993. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  5. University of California (1868-1952). Southern Branch; University of California (1868-1952). Southern Branch. Associated Students; Associated Students of UCLA (1920). Southern campus. University of California Libraries. [Los Angeles] : University of California, Southern Branch.
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