Thom Mount
Thomas Henderson Mount (born 26 May 1948) is a former President of Universal Pictures.[1][2]
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Occupation | studio executive |
Born in Durham, North Carolina, he studied art at Bard College where he received a BA. He received an MFA in Film and Video at the California Institute of the Arts.
After leaving Universal in late 1984,[3] Mount founded his own company, which produced acclaimed films like Bull Durham, Tequila Sunrise, Frantic, Natural Born Killers, Can't Buy Me Love, The Indian Runner, Night Falls on Manhattan, and Death and the Maiden, which he first produced on stage in London's West End and on Broadway.[4]
Mount is a co-founder of the Los Angeles Film School, two-term president of the Producers Guild of America,[5] and has been a consultant for RKO Pictures. He started a new venture in 2012, Day for Night Productions, which focuses on developing and producing "youth" genre films of high quality.
Frequently rumored to be the model for Robert Altman's The Player, Mount said "Not me. I've never murdered a screenwriter".[6]
Filmography
He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Film
Year | Film | Credit |
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1985 | My Man Adam | Executive producer |
1986 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | Supervising producer |
Pirates | Executive producer | |
1987 | Can't Buy Me Love | |
1988 | Frantic | |
Bull Durham | ||
Stealing Home | ||
Tequila Sunrise | ||
1990 | Frankenstein Unbound | |
1991 | The Indian Runner | Executive producer |
1994 | Natural Born Killers | Executive producer |
Death and the Maiden | ||
1996 | Night Falls on Manhattan | |
2007 | Are We Done Yet? | Supervising producer |
Have Dreams, Will Travel | Executive producer | |
2008 | Bathory | Executive producer |
2009 | Chéri | Executive producer |
In Her Skin | Executive producer | |
Good Luck with That |
- Thanks
Year | Film | Role |
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1986 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | Special thanks |
1991 | My Own Private Idaho | |
2019 | Animal Among Us | Very special thanks |
Television
Year | Title | Credit | Notes |
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1988 | Open Admissions | Television film | |
1991 | Son of the Morning Star | Television film | |
1999 | The Mark Twain Prize: Richard Pryor | Co-producer | Television special |
References
- Barbara Zheutlin; David Talbot (1978). Creative differences: profiles of Hollywood dissidents (1st ed.). Boston: South End press. pp. 145ff. ISBN 978-0-89608-043-0. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- Harmetz, Aljean (17 November 1983). "Film Official Dismissed". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- Crowe, Cameron (September 1985). "Independents: Thom and Nicolette Bret Mount". Interview Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- "Death and the Maiden". Playbill. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013.
- Madigan, Nick (29 June 1998). "Mount elected prez of Producers Guild". Variety. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- Neumer, Chris. "Animal House: The Movie that Changed Comedy". Stumped Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
External links
- Thom Mount at IMDb
- Thom Mount at the Internet Broadway Database
- Witchel, Alex (19 August 2007). "His Kind of Town". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 April 2013.