Michael Tadross

Biography

Michael Tadross is an American producer, director and sometimes actor. He has played a pivotal role as a leading figure in the film industry for over thirty years. Warner Bros. films he has produced include Sherlock Holmes, Run All Night, Cop Out, Winter's Tale, Arthur, and I Am Legend - one of the highest-budgeted science fiction movies to be entirely filmed in New York City. Earlier in his career, for Warner Bros., he produced The Devil's Advocate, Jack Frost, and Eraser. His producing credits also include Hitch, Basic, Rollerball, The Thomas Crown Affair, Indecent Proposal, School Ties, Brenda Starr, and Die Hard: With A Vengeance - the highest grossing worldwide film of 1995. He was Unit Production Manager for Ghost, Coming To America, Black Rain, Trading Places and Death Wish III, and was First Assistant Director on Cocktail, and Masquerade, to name a few. He's also been awarded one gold and two platinum records. He began his film career as a camera trainee and assistant film editor. He is now a member of the Producer's Guild of America, the Director's Guild of America, and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences. He also worked as Executive Vice President of Feature Production at Paramount Pictures He was nominated for the NAACP Image Award and received The Movie Guide Award for best family-oriented film of 2006 (Hitch). He is also cited in the Who's Who of Executives and Professionals.