Michael De Luca

Michael De Luca

1965-08-13 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. 98 Credits

Biography

Michael De Luca (born August 13, 1965) is an American film studio executive, producer, and screenwriter. He is also the former production president at New Line Cinema and DreamWorks. De Luca has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Picture. De Luca formerly served as the chairman of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Motion Picture Group and as co-chairperson and CEO of Warner Bros. Pictures Group (now known as Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mi...

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The Fire Inside

The Fire Inside

2024

Producer

7.4
Producing

Claressa Shields, a high school junior from Flint, Michigan, aided by her tough-love coach, Jason Crutchfield, pushes past all limitations to become t...

Ricky Stanicky

Ricky Stanicky

2024

Producer

6.5
Producing

When three childhood best friends pull a prank gone wrong, they invent the imaginary Ricky Stanicky to get them out of trouble. Twenty years later, th...

Licorice Pizza

Licorice Pizza

2021

Thanks

7.0

The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando V...

The Rescue

The Rescue

2021

Executive Producer

7.9
Producing

The enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded...

Reminiscence

Reminiscence

2021

Producer

6.6
Producing

Nicolas Bannister, a rugged and solitary veteran living in a near-future Miami flooded by rising seas, is an expert in a dangerous occupation: he offe...

12 Mighty Orphans

12 Mighty Orphans

2021

Producer

7.2
Producing

Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depres...

The Kitchen

The Kitchen

2019

Producer

6.1
Producing

The mobster husbands of three 1978 Hell's Kitchen housewives are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but a sharp ax to grind, the ladies take ...

The Sisters Brothers

The Sisters Brothers

2018

Producer

6.8
Producing

Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the...

Under the Silver Lake

Under the Silver Lake

2018

Producer

6.4
Producing

Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next...

Fifty Shades Freed

Fifty Shades Freed

2018

Producer

6.7
Producing

Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and shared life ...

Fifty Shades Darker

Fifty Shades Darker

2017

Producer

6.5
Producing

When a wounded Christian Grey tries to entice a cautious Ana Steele back into his life, she demands a new arrangement before she will give him another...

Fifty Shades of Grey

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

Producer

5.9
Producing

When college senior Anastasia Steele steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent businessman Christian Grey for their campus paper, little d...

Dracula Untold

Dracula Untold

2014

Producer

6.4
Producing

Vlad Tepes is a great hero, but when he learns the Sultan is preparing for battle and needs to form an army of 1,000 boys, he vows to find a way to pr...

Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips

2013

Producer

7.5
Producing

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship...

Butter

Butter

2012

Producer

5.9
Producing

An adopted girl discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their Iowa town's annual contest.

Moneyball: Playing the Game

Moneyball: Playing the Game

2012

as Self

6.7
Acting

Cast and crew discuss the film's authentic recreation of baseball scenes and the landscape of the 2002 baseball season, sets and filming locales, cost...

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

2011

Producer

5.0
Producing

When the devil resurfaces with aims to take over the world in human form, Johnny Blaze reluctantly comes out of hiding to transform into the flame-spe...

The Sitter

The Sitter

2011

Producer

5.6
Producing

Noah, is not your typical entertain-the-kids-no-matter-how-boring-it-is kind of sitter. He's reluctant to take a sitting gig; he'd rather, well, be do...

Moneyball

Moneyball

2011

Producer

7.3
Producing

The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-gen...

Fright Night

Fright Night

2011

Producer

6.2
Producing

A teenager suspects his new neighbour is a vampire. Unable to convince anyone, he tries to enlist the help of a self-proclaimed vampire hunter and mag...

Priest

Priest

2011

Producer

5.8
Producing

In an alternate world, humanity and vampires have warred for centuries. After the last Vampire War, the veteran Warrior Priest lives in obscurity with...

Drive Angry

Drive Angry

2011

Producer

5.5
Producing

Milton is a hardened felon who has broken out of Hell, intent on finding the vicious cult who brutally murdered his daughter and kidnapped her baby. H...

The Social Network

The Social Network

2010

Producer

7.4
Producing

In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network k...

Brothers

Brothers

2009

Producer

7.3
Producing

When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to ...

The Love Guru

The Love Guru

2008

Producer

4.1
Producing

Born in America and raised in an Indian ashram, Pitka returns to his native land to seek his fortune as a spiritualist and self-help expert. His skill...

21

21

2008

Producer

6.7
Producing

Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine ...

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Jonathan Hensleigh

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Jonathan Hensleigh

2007

Acting

After ditching his law career, Jonathan Hensleigh (Die Hard: with a Vengeance, Armageddon) went on to become a widely respected and successful action-...

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Jeff Nathanson

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Jeff Nathanson

2007

as Himself

Acting

Jeff Nathanson is easily among the A-list of Hollywood screenwriters, His script for Catch Me If You Can earned him much critical praise, as well as t...

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter David Seltzer

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter David Seltzer

2007

as Himself

Acting

David Seltzer knows Hollywood. He knows the business, the tricks of the trade and all the hidden truths. He's got the stories from working with Jacque...

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Simon Kinberg

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Simon Kinberg

2007

as Himself

Acting

Simon Kinberg recently burst onto the scene with his script for XXX: State of the Union, and has since worked on comic-to-film adaptations for Elektra...

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Paul Attanasio

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Paul Attanasio

2007

as Himself

Acting

Paul Attanasio's nuanced screenplays for Quiz Show and Donnie Brasco earned him Oscar nominations, and he recently wrote The Good German for Steven So...

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Billy Ray

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Billy Ray

2007

as Himself

Acting

BILLY RAY has written or co-written the screenplays for Color of Night, Volcano and Hart's War and also created the sci-fi series Earth 2. In 2003, Ra...

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Nia Vardalos

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Nia Vardalos

2007

as Himself

Acting

NIA VARDALOS was nominated for the Academy Award® and the Writers Guild Award in 2003 for her breakthrough screenplay My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which ...

Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider

2007

Producer

5.6
Producing

In order to save his dying father, young stunt cyclist Johnny Blaze sells his soul to Mephistopheles and sadly parts from the pure-hearted Roxanne Sim...

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel

2006

as Himself

Acting

Few screenwriters can concentrate for more than a few hours, let alone sustain a career in Hollywood for over 30 years. But the blockbuster comedy wri...

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter John Hamburg

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter John Hamburg

2006

as Himself

Acting

Hamburg wrote and directed the crime comedy Safe Men, which played at Sundance and spawned a devoted cult following. A sure-thing comedy closer, the N...

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter David Goyer

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter David Goyer

2006

as himself

Acting

David Goyer knows how to bring comic book heroes to kicking, screaming, vengeful life, as he did in The Crow: City of Angels, the Blade series, and Ba...

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Stuart Beattie

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Stuart Beattie

2006

as himself

Acting

After 15 years in the business, Stuart Beattie has learned a thing or two about how to make characters sing (or sting) on the page. Listen in as he de...

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Paul Haggis

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Paul Haggis

2006

as Himself

Acting

Oscar-winning writer, director and producer Paul Haggis (Crash) reflects on his remarkable journey from television to feature film in this lively conv...

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Sheldon Turner

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Sheldon Turner

2006

as Himself

Acting

Sheldon Turner is the prototype for the smart, brash, ambitious young screenwriter. He recently broke through with his script for the remake of The Lo...

Zathura: A Space Adventure

Zathura: A Space Adventure

2005

Producer

6.4
Producing

After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay ...

A Man Apart

A Man Apart

2003

Executive Producer

6.1
Producing

When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks ha...

S1m0ne

S1m0ne

2002

Executive Producer

6.0
Producing

The career of a disillusioned producer, who is desperate for a hit, is endangered when his star walks off the film set. Forced to think fast, the prod...

Unconditional Love

Unconditional Love

2002

Executive Producer

5.9
Producing

After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox, she's adored all her life. There, she meets the l...

Highway

Highway

2002

Executive Producer

5.5
Producing

Jack is caught with the wife of his employer, a Vegas thug. The thug sends goons after Jack, who convinces his best friend, Pilot, to flee with him. P...

Blade II

Blade II

2002

Executive Producer

6.6
Producing

Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires.

John Q

John Q

2002

Executive Producer

7.1
Producing

John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because ...

Run Ronnie Run

Run Ronnie Run

2002

Executive Producer

6.0
Producing

A redneck with an uncanny knack for getting arrested becomes the star of his own reality program.

I Am Sam

I Am Sam

2001

Executive Producer

7.6
Producing

Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. ...

Knockaround Guys

Knockaround Guys

2001

Executive Producer

6.0
Producing

Four sons of well-known New York mobsters must retrieve a bag of cash from a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff.

Storytelling

Storytelling

2001

Executive Producer

6.5
Producing

College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.

Life as a House

Life as a House

2001

Executive Producer

7.1
Producing

When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in ...

Rush Hour 2

Rush Hour 2

2001

Executive Producer

6.8
Producing

It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the lad...

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

2001

Executive Producer

7.4
Producing

Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an 'internati...

Town & Country

Town & Country

2001

Executive Producer

4.4
Producing

Porter Stoddard is a well-known New York architect who is at a crossroads... a nexus where twists and turns lead to myriad missteps, some with his wif...

Blow

Blow

2001

Executive Producer

7.4
Producing

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family....

Thirteen Days

Thirteen Days

2000

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases establishe...

Little Nicky

Little Nicky

2000

Executive Producer

5.9
Producing

After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his throne to any of his three sons, the two most powerful of them escape to Earth to create a kin...

Lost Souls

Lost Souls

2000

Executive Producer

5.0
Producing

A young woman becomes aware of a conspiracy to enable the Devil to walk the Earth in human form. To defeat the prophesy, she must convince a respected...

Magnolia

Magnolia

1999

Executive Producer

7.7
Producing

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy geniu...

The Bachelor

The Bachelor

1999

Executive Producer

5.2
Producing

Jimmie is seeing his single friends get married one by one. He isn't too worried until his girlfriend Anne catches the bouquet at his friend Marco's w...

Body Shots

Body Shots

1999

Executive Producer

4.6
Producing

The Los Angeles club scene is a place of booze-fueled decadence and debauchery. In a night full of possibilities, eight 20-somethings take to the club...

Detroit Rock City

Detroit Rock City

1999

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the four teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets to the sold-out show becomes the focal ...

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

1999

Executive Producer

6.3
Producing

When diabolical genius Dr. Evil travels back in time to steal superspy Austin Powers's ‘mojo,’ Austin must return to the swingin' '60s himself - with ...

La Magra

1998

as Self

Acting

This short documentary shows the original ending to 'Blade' (1998) and explains why it is not in the final film.

Pleasantville

Pleasantville

1998

Executive Producer

7.3
Producing

Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and...

Blade

Blade

1998

Executive Producer

6.8
Producing

The Daywalker known as "Blade" - a half-vampire, half-mortal man - becomes the protector of humanity against an underground army of vampires.

American History X

American History X

1998

Co-Executive Producer

8.3
Producing

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we le...

Lost in Space

Lost in Space

1998

Executive Producer

5.4
Producing

The prospects for continuing life on Earth in the year 2058 are grim. So the Robinsons are launched into space to colonize Alpha Prime, the only other...

Dark City

Dark City

1998

Executive Producer

7.3
Producing

A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic ...

Wag the Dog

Wag the Dog

1997

Executive Producer

6.9
Producing

During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President...

One Night Stand

One Night Stand

1997

Co-Executive Producer

5.7
Producing

In Los Angeles, Max Carlyle makes a good living directing commercials and has a happy home life with his wife, Mimi, and two children. When Carlyle tr...

Boogie Nights

Boogie Nights

1997

Co-Executive Producer

7.6
Producing

Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his cra...

B.A.P.S

B.A.P.S

1997

Executive Producer

5.2
Producing

Two wannabe Black American princesses aim to marry rich men, who will pay for their world's first combination hair salon and soul food restaurant.

The Long Kiss Goodnight

The Long Kiss Goodnight

1996

Executive Producer

6.6
Producing

Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and...

Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing

1996

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances fr...

Bed of Roses

Bed of Roses

1996

Thanks

5.9

The seeds of love are planted when Lisa, a high-powered investment banker, receives flowers from a secret admirer. But when his fairy-tale fantasies c...

Judge Dredd

Judge Dredd

1995

Story

5.8
Writing

In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his m...

In the Mouth of Madness

In the Mouth of Madness

1995

Screenplay, Executive Producer

7.2
Writing Producing

An insurance investigator begins discovering the impact a horror writer's books has on his fans is more than inspirational.

Don Juan DeMarco

Don Juan DeMarco

1994

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

John Arnold DeMarco is a man who believes he is Don Juan, the greatest lover in the world. Clad in a cape and mask, DeMarco undergoes psychiatric trea...

The Mask

The Mask

1994

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

When timid bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss discovers a magical mask containing the spirit of the Norse god Loki, his entire life changes. While wearing the ...

The Nightmare Begins Again

The Nightmare Begins Again

1993

Writer

5.7
Writing

When Fred Krueger is set free on a technicality, the parents of the children he murdered take matters into their own hands, while a high school track ...

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

1993

Co-Executive Producer

6.1
Producing

An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. Two cops partner to find and stop the fiends before the...

Deep Cover

Deep Cover

1992

Co-Executive Producer

6.8
Producing

Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian fore...

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

1991

Screenplay, Executive Producer

5.3
Writing Producing

Just when you thought it was safe to sleep, Freddy Krueger returns in this sixth installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, as psychologist Mag...

Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III

Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III

1990

Executive Producer

5.3
Producing

Two college students driving coast to coast are lured off the main highway and onto a deserted Texas road. Here they are stalked by the menacing Leath...

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child

1989

Production Executive

5.4

Alice finds the deadly dreams of Freddy Krueger starting once again. This time, the taunting murderer is striking through the sleeping mind of her unb...

Freddy's Nightmares: No More Mr. Nice Guy

Freddy's Nightmares: No More Mr. Nice Guy

1988

Writer

Writing

Freddy Kruger explains how he became the bon vivant and fashion plate who we know and hate so well. Freddy's ramblings lead to the evening's drama, al...

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

1988

Production Executive

5.9

Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise, and rapidly tracks down and kills the remainder of the Elm Street kids. However, Kristen, who ...

The Lawnmower Man

The Lawnmower Man

1987

Writer

4.3
Writing

Short film / "Dollar Baby" version of the Stephen King short story from 1987.

The Fortress

N/A

Producer

Producing

A group of refugees hidden aboard a container ship discover their passage to safety is not what it seems.

13 Minutes

N/A

Producer

Producing

Natasha doesn’t know how she ended up in the icy lake that night, but she was presumed dead for 13 minutes because of it. Turning to her old friend Be...

Metro 2033

Metro 2033

N/A

Producer

Producing

An adaption of the book about the Moscow Metro, where the last survivors hide after a global nuclear holocaust.

Untitled John Lennon/Yoko Ono Project

N/A

Producer

Producing

A film documenting the love story between iconic musicians John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

Bloodlines

N/A

Producer

Producing

An FBI agent investigates a Mexican drug cartel's money laundering scheme involving race horses.

An Untamed State

N/A

Producer

Producing

The powerful, unflinching story of a Haitian-American woman kidnapped for ransom in front of her husband and child.

Ground Control to Major Tom

N/A

Producer

Producing

An astronaut and a NASA ground control expert who have never met but fall in love over the course of the astronaut’s classified mission to an abandone...

Cheshire Crossing

N/A

Producer

Producing

The story of Dorothy from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Alice of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Peter Pan's Wendy, who meet in boarding school for...