Michael Costigan | |
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Occupation(s) | Film producer, executive producer |
Years active | 1996-present |
Michael Costigan is a film and television producer.
Costigan graduated from Brown University in 1990. [1] He was a production executive at Columbia Pictures at Sony Pictures Entertainment, [2] where he worked for nine years on films including Bottle Rocket (1996), The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), Gattaca (1997), Girl, Interrupted (1999), and Charlie's Angels (2000). He left Sony and worked as executive producer on Brokeback Mountain (2005). [3] Costigan started a production company, Corduroy Films, in 2002. [4] He then became president at Scott Free Productions from 2005 to 2012. [3] Costigan left Scott Free to work full-time as a film producer. He started the production company COTA Films and signed a two-year deal with Sony. [2]
He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Year | Film | Credit |
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2005 | Brokeback Mountain | Executive producer |
2006 | Deck the Halls | |
2007 | American Gangster | Executive producer |
2008 | Smart People | |
Body of Lies | Executive producer | |
2009 | Tell-Tale | |
The Taking of Pelham 123 | Executive producer | |
Cracks | Co-producer | |
2010 | Welcome to the Rileys | |
Cyrus | ||
Robin Hood | Executive producer | |
2012 | Being Flynn | |
Prometheus | Executive producer | |
2013 | The East | |
Stoker | ||
The Counselor | Executive producer | |
Out of the Furnace | ||
2015 | A Bigger Splash | |
2017 | Ghost in the Shell | |
Woodshock | ||
2018 | Dumplin' | |
2019 | Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile | |
Lying and Stealing | ||
2020 | Uncle Frank | |
2023 | Your Place or Mine | |
Hit Man | ||
Hell of a Summer | Executive producer | |
TBA | Imagination | |
The Girls I've Been | ||
The Pinkerton | Executive producer | |
The Rosie Project |
Year | Film | Role |
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2005 | The Puffy Chair | Thanks |
2007 | The Good Life | Producers gratefully acknowledge the valuable assistance of |
2008 | Baghead | Thanks |
Year | Title | Credit |
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2020 | The Outsider | Executive producer |
A Teacher | Executive producer | |
2022 | Under the Banner of Heaven | Executive producer |
2023 | Outlast | Executive producer |
Florida Man | Executive producer | |
Based on a True Story | Executive producer | |
Lessons in Chemistry | Executive producer | |
TBA | Black Rabbit | Executive producer |
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