Michael Mailer

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Michael Mailer
Born1964 (age 5960)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Director, Producer, Writer
Spouse
(m. 2004;div. 2011)
ChildrenCyrus Mailer
Parent(s) Norman Mailer
Beverly Bentley
Relatives Stephen Mailer (brother)
Susan Mailer (half-sister)
Kate Mailer (half-sister)
John Buffalo Mailer (half-brother)

Michael Mailer (born 1964) is an American film producer and director and the oldest son of Beverly Bentley and writer Norman Mailer. He graduated from Harvard in 1987. [1] He has produced and/or directed over 30 films. He has five sisters and three brothers. He is the founder and president of Michael Mailer Films. He married Sasha Lazard in 2004 [2] and they have one son, Cyrus.

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Partial filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

YearFilmCreditNotes
1989 A Fool and His Money
1997 Two Girls and a Guy Executive producer
1999Giving It Up
Black and White
2000Catalina TrustExecutive producer
The Last Producer
2001 Harvard Man
2002 Empire
2003 Lost Junction
2005 Loverboy
Devour Executive producerDirect-to-video
2006 Kettle of Fish
2008 The Golden Boys
2009 The Lodger
Blood and Bone Direct-to-video
2011 The Ledge
Sunny Side Up
2012All Wifed OutExecutive producer
2013The Ghost Club: Spirits Never Die
2014 A Little Game
Friends and Romans
2015Beginner's Guide to Sex
2016 Showing Roots
Wild Oats Executive producer
Blind
2017 Lost in Florence
An Imperfect Murder
2018The Second Sun
TBACutman
Savage Lands
As director
YearFilm
2016 Blind
2021 Heart of Champions
TBACutman
2022 The Minute You Wake Up Dead
As an actor
YearFilmRole
1989 A Fool and His Money Anderson
2004 When Will I Be Loved Michael Burke
As writer
YearFilm
1989 A Fool and His Money
Miscellaneous crew
YearFilmRole
1987 Under Cover Production assistant
Thanks
YearFilmRole
2014 River of Fundament With thanks to

Television

YearTitle
1994 ABC Afterschool Special
As an actor
YearTitleRole
2013Ivy League CrimelordsMike

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References

  1. James Barron (June 27, 2002), "BOLDFACE NAMES. A Mailer Link", The New York Times
  2. Kristina O'Neill (August 1, 2004), "A marriage made in Mexico: New Yorkers Sasha Lazard and Michael Mailer take to Tulum for a storybook wedding--with subplots of dress dramas and a customs crisis and, ultimately, a fairy-tale ending.(Life Style)", Harper's Bazaar