Gary Magness

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Gary Magness is an American businessman and film producer. [1] [2]

Magness was born in Texas and grew up in Bozeman, Montana. [2] [3] His father was Bob Magness, the founder of Tele-Communications Inc. [2] He attended the Western State College of Colorado, but dropped out. [4]

Through his inheritance, he is a large stockholder in Tele-Communications Inc. He also chairs the Magness Investment Group, whose portfolio includes Magness Land & Cattle, Fortrust, a Denver-based state-of-the-art data center, and aquaculture breeding farms. [2] In 2007, he founded Smokewood Entertainment with his wife, Sarah Siegel-Magness. [2] He has produced three films and he is producing a fourth one. [1] He has made charitable donations to the Food Bank of the Rockies, the University of Denver, and The Fresh Air Fund. [2] He collects vintage cars. [4]

He is married with three children, and they live in Denver, Colorado. [4]

Filmography as producer

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References

  1. 1 2 IMDB profile
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Smokewood Entertainment biography
  3. Official website biography
  4. 1 2 3 "Gary Magness". Forbes . Archived from the original on April 8, 2023.