Michael Mailer Films

Michael Mailer has been working extensively in the independent film industry since graduating from Harvard University in 1987. In 1988, he co-wrote and produced his first feature film, A Fool And His Money, starring Sandra Bullock and George Plimpton.

Since then, Mailer has produced over 20 feature films, including the critically acclaimed Two Girls and a Guy, starring Robert Downey Jr., Heather Graham, and Natasha Gregson Wagner (20th Century Fox, 1998), Black and White, starring Ben Stiller, Brooke Shields, Elijah Wood, and Mike Tyson (Sony Pictures, 1999), and Empire, starring John Leguizamo, Denise Richards, and Peter Sarsgaard (Universal Studios, 2002). He also found success in films such as Lost Junction starring Neve Campbell (MGM, 2000), The Last Producer starring Burt Reynolds, Lauren Holly, and Benjamin Bratt (Artisan, 2002), and Harvard Man, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Joey Lauren Adams, and Adrien Grenier (Blockbuster, 2002).

In 2003, Mailer produced Loverboy, which featured an all-star cast of Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, Marisa Tomei, Oliver Platt, Sandra Bullock, Campbell Scott, and Matt Dillon. Loverboy made its debut at Sundance in January of 2005 and was later released theatrically by Think Films.

Michael Mailer Films was established in 2004 to focus on both independent, character-driven films as well as larger, concept-oriented studio pictures. Since its formation, MMF has produced films including the romantic comedies Kettle of Fish, starring Matthew Modine and Gina Gershon (2006), and The Golden Boys starring David Carradine, Rip Torn, and Bruce Dern (2008). In addition, Mailer recently had two films released through Sony: the mixed martial arts urban western Blood and Bone (2009), and the Hitchcock remake and psychological thriller, The Lodger (2009).

Mailer’s most recent films include The Ledge, a suspenseful drama starring Liv Tyler, Patrick Wilson, Terrence Howard, and Charlie Hunnam that played in the US Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2011 and was released by IFC Films in June 2011, and Sunny Side Up, an offbeat comedy starring Parker Posey, which is currently in post-production.