Gary Lucchesi

Gary Lucchesi
Born	(1955-01-04) January 4, 1955 (age 70) [1] San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film producer

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

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. He served as both President and President Emeritus of the Producers Guild of America. Lucchesi has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1988.

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]}

Lucchesi was awarded the Order of the Star of Italy (Ondine della Stella d'Italia) for his contributions to the Italian and American film industries on November 12, 2025.

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year	Film	Credit	Notes
1992	Jennifer 8
1995	Virtuosity
	Three Wishes
1996	Primal Fear
1998	Cats	Executive producer	Direct-to-video
	Just the Ticket
1999	Runaway Bride	Executive producer
2000	Passion of Mind	Executive producer
	The Next Best Thing	Executive producer
	Autumn in New York
	The Gift
2002	The Mothman Prophecies
2003	The Human Stain
	Underworld
2004	Wicker Park
	Madhouse	Executive producer
	Suspect Zero	Executive producer
	Million Dollar Baby	Executive producer
2005	Undiscovered
	The Cave
	The Exorcism of Emily Rose
	Æon Flux
2006	Underworld: Evolution
	She's the Man	Executive producer
	Crank
	The Covenant
	The Last Kiss
	The Dead Girl
2007	Blood & Chocolate
	Feast of Love
2008	Henry Poole Is Here
	Untraceable
	Elegy
	Pathology
	The Midnight Meat Train
2009	Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
	Crank: High Voltage
	The Ugly Truth
	Gamer
	Fame
2011	The Lincoln Lawyer
	Underworld: Endless War		Direct-to-video
2012	Underworld: Awakening
	One for the Money
	Gone
	Stand Up Guys
2014	I, Frankenstein
	Walk of Shame
2015	The Age of Adaline
	The Vatican Tapes
2016	The Boy
	American Pastoral
	Underworld: Blood Wars
2018	Adrift	Executive producer
	A.X.L.
	Peppermint
2019	The Wedding Year
	The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain	Executive producer
2020	Brahms: The Boy II
2023	57 Seconds
2024	In Our Blood

Thanks

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2011	Underworld: Endless War	Special thanks	Direct-to-video

Television

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
1996	Gotti	Executive producer	Television film
1997	Breast Men	Executive producer	Television film
1998	Great Performances	Executive producer
1999	Vendetta	Executive producer	Television film
2001	Wild Iris	Executive producer	Television film
2004	Independent Lens	Consulting producer	Documentary
2018	Heathers	Executive 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. Archived from the original on April 4, 2018. 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.

External links

• Gary Lucchesi at IMDb