Alexandra Milchan

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Alexandra Milchan
Born (1972-07-28) July 28, 1972 (age 51)
NationalityAmerican, French
Other namesAlexandra Milchan-Lambert
Alma mater Emerson College
OccupationTelevision & film producer
Parent(s) Arnon Milchan

Alexandra Milchan (born 28 July 1972) is a French-American film and television producer based in Los Angeles and New York. [1] [2]

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Milchan's most recent credits include Tár (2022) and Black Bird (2022), which earned her Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Motion Picture, and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Limited Series, respectively. Milchan is an Executive Producer of the upcoming Apple TV+ anthology series The Crowded Room starring Tom Holland, Amanda Seyfried and Emmy Rossum, and the upcoming Netflix feature The Killer directed by David Fincher and starring Michael Fassbender.

Milchan's credits also include AMC's The Terror: Infamy and The Terror, The Wolf of Wall Street, The 24th, co-written and directed by Oscar-winner Kevin Willmott (Blackkklansman), Intrusion, The Red Sea Diving Resort, The Silence, Street Kings, and Mirrors. Milchan also Executive Produced Starz' Seduced: Inside The NXIVM Cult (2020).

Milchan previously ran EMJAG Productions, and is now the head of Crescent Line Productions, Inc. In 2007, Variety named Milchan to their list of Top 10 Producers to Watch. [3]

Biography

Milchan was born in Tel Aviv, Israel but grew up in Paris. [3] She is the daughter of Arnon Milchan, the founder of Regency Enterprises, and Brigitte Jeanmaire, a French model. She attended Emerson College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1994. [4] Milchan then relocated to Los Angeles to work in the entertainment industry.

Milchan began her film career in 1993 as an assistant at her father, Arnon Milchan's company New Regency, eventually working her way up to senior roles. [5] Arnon Milchan named his daughter vice president in 2000. [6] [1] She left the company in the mid 2000s, but returned as Executive VP of production in 2011. [7] During her first 13-year stint at New Regency, Milchan was involved with films such as Heat, A Time to Kill, and L.A. Confidential. [7]

In 2013, Milchan received her executive producer credit for The Wolf of Wall Street , but only after filing a lawsuit [8] against the main financing company for the film regarding producer credits and fees. [9] [10]

Milchan ran and oversaw the development and production of all of Emjag's projects, and is now the head of Crescent Line Productions, Inc.

She has three children. [11]

Film and television

Executive producer

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2010 Mirrors 2 Victor Garcia executive producer (as Alexandra Milchan-Lambert)
2013 The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese
2018 The Terror TV Anthology Series
2019 The Terror: Infamy TV Anthology Series
2020 Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult Cecilia Peck TV miniseries
2022 Black Bird TV miniseries
2023 The Crowded Room Kornél Mundruczó TV series
2023 The Killer David Fincher
2023 Escaping Twin Flames Cecilia PeckTV miniseries

Producer

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1998 Goodbye Lover Roland Joffé
2007 Chapter 27 Jarrett Schaefer
2008 The Last Word Geoffrey Haley
Street Kings David Ayer
Mirrors Alexandre Aja
Righteous Kill Jon Avnet
2009The Esseker FileAlexandre AjaVideo
Circle of EightStephen Cragg
2012 Bullet to the Head Walter Hill
2013 Paranoia Robert Luketic
2015 Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List Kristin Hanggi
2019 The Silence John R. Leonetti
The Red Sea Diving Resort Gideon Raff
Mary Michael Goi
2020 The 24th Kevin Willmott
2021 Intrusion Adam Salky
2022 Tár Todd Field Produced by Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan & Scott Lambert
2023 The Absence of Eden Marco Perego

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