Kevin McCormick (producer)

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Kevin McCormick is an American film producer. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Biography

McCormick started his career at RSO Records in London. [4] He then co-produced films with actress Sally Field and later had a production deal at Paramount Pictures. [4] He later served as Executive Vice President of Production at Fox 2000. [4] He served as Production President at Warner Bros. from 1999 to 2009. [4] He was appointed as the Executive Vice President of Production and as a senior adviser in May 2017. [5] He is on the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF) Board of Governors [6]

Filmography

He was producer for all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

YearFilmCreditNotesRef.
1977 Saturday Night Fever Executive producer
1978 Moment by Moment Executive producer
1980 Times Square Executive producer
1981 The Fan Executive producer
1983Nick Danger in The Case of the Missing YolkExecutive producerDirect-to-video
1987 Burglar
1991 Dying Young
2001 Hardball Executive producer
[1]
2011 Arthur
2012 The Lucky One
2013 Gangster Squad
2015 Ashby
2019 The Goldfinch Executive producer
Doctor Sleep Executive producer
2020 Lost Girls
[1]
The Way Back Executive producer
2021 The Little Things Executive producer
In the Heights Executive producer
2022 Elvis Executive producer
2023 Wonka Executive producer
TBA
White Smoke
Thanks
YearFilmRole
2016 Gold Thanks

Television

YearTitleNotes
1987 Into the Homeland Television film

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References

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  2. The New York Times
  3. Yahoo! Movies
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Eller, Claudia (October 19, 2009). "Warner Bros. Production President Kevin McCormick to become producer at studio". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  5. Brent Lang (May 15, 2017). "Warner Bros. Officially Taps Courtenay Valenti, Kevin McCormick for Top Production Posts". Variety . Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  6. "About Us". mptf.com. Retrieved 2021-02-04.