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Michael Alden (born Michael Jay Krieger) [1] produces feature films, [2] Broadway [3] and Off-Broadway productions. [4] Alden served as studio executive at Cannon Films, Pathe International and MGM before moving to New York City in 1991. [2] [5]

Alden has been a producer, executive producer and associate producer on several feature films including, Just Cause with Sean Connery, [6] the fashion documentary UnZipped (Sundance Film Festival)for Mirimax, [7] Stephen Daldry’s The Hours (Academy Award Nom, BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe, AFI Award), [8] the independent feature comedy, Kissing Jessica Stein (GLAAD Media Award, Independent Spirit Awards, Los Angeles IFP/West Film Festival) [9] and Ralph Ziman’s foreign film, The Zookeeper starring Sam Neill. [10]

Alden produced David Seidler’s original play, “The King’s Speech" [11] and “Bat Boy: The Musical” (Lucille Lortel Award, two Richard Rodgers Awards, Outer Critics Circle Awards, Ovation Awards) on London's West End. [12] On Broadway, Alden produced “Grey Gardens (musical)” (TONY Award, Drama Desk Award) [3] and “Bridge and Tunnel (play)" (Obie Award, Special TONY Award). [3] Off-Broadway and regionally he produced the Brochu-Schalchlin musical, “The Last Session” (L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award, GLAAD Media Award), [13] “Bat Boy: The Musical,” [4] “Sarah Jones' Bridge and Tunnel (play),” [4] “Spalding Gray: Stories Left To Tell” [14] and the Los Angeles productions of Howard Crabtree’s “When Pigs Fly” [15] (LA Drama Critics Circle Award) and Theresa Rebeck’s “Bad Dates” directed by Judith Ivey. [16]

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  2. 1 2 "Michael Alden - Filmography - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  3. 1 2 3 "Broadway Cast & Staff Search | IBDB".
  4. 1 2 3 "Michael Alden Theatre Credits". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  5. ↑ Fisher, Phillip. "Michael Alden - a man who doesn't recognise the possibility of defeat". British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Just-Cause - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  7. ↑ "Unzipped - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  8. ↑ "The-Hours - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
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  10. ↑ "The-Zookeeper - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  11. ↑ "A Detour on Road to Broadway for 'The King's Speech'". 7 October 2011.
  12. ↑ Hanks, Robert (2004-09-13). "Bat Boy: The Musical, Shaftesbury Theatre, London - Reviews - Theatre & Dance". The Independent. Archived from the original on November 11, 2012. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
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  14. ↑ Brantley, Ben (7 March 2007). "A Master of Monologues, Living on in His Words". The New York Times.
  15. ↑ David Mermelstein (1999-06-30). "When Pigs Fly". Variety. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  16. ↑ "Bad Dates, at Laguna Playhouse Moulton Theatre, September 13 - October 16, 2005". Abouttheartists.com. 2005-10-16. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
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