Michael Tadross

Michael Tadross, has played a pivotal role as a leading figure in the film industry for the last thirty years. He has most recently produced Ocean's 8, the Warner Bros. film starring Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway and Rihanna. Other Warner Bros. films Tadross has produced include Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law; Run All Night, starring Liam Neeson; Cop Out, starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan; Winter's Tale, starring Colin Farrell and Russell Crowe; Arthur, starring Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, and Greta Gerwig, and I Am Legend starring Will Smith, 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, with Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves; Jack Frost starring Michael Keaton, and Eraser, with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams and James Caan.

Tadross' producing credits also include Hitch for Columbia Pictures with Will Smith and Kevin James; Basic for Columbia Pictures with John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson; Rollerball for M.G.M. with Chris Klein, L.L. Cool J and Jean Reno; The Thomas Crown Affair, for M.G.M. with Pierce Brosnan and Renee Russo; Indecent Proposal, for Paramount Pictures with Robert Redford and Demi Moore; School Ties, for Paramount Pictures with Brendan Frazier, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck; Brenda Starr, for Sony Pictures with Brook Shields and Timothy Dalton; and Die Hard: With A Vengeance, for 20th Century Fox with Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons and Samuel L. Jackson - the highest grossing worldwide film of 1995.

During his tenure as Executive Vice President of Feature Production at Paramount Pictures, Tadross oversaw such blockbusters as Forrest Gump, Naked Gun 33 1/3, The Firm, Clear & Present Danger, the Wayne's World franchise, Searching for Bobby Fischer, Beverly Hills Cop III, Coneheads, and Sliver, to name a few.

Tadross's made-for-television producing credits include When Will I Be Loved? for CBS with Stephanie Powers; and Deadly Illusion for Columbia Television, with Billy Dee Williams.

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 with Tom Cruise and Masquerade with Rob Lowe, also 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 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.

Michael Tadross graduated with a B.A. from Wagner College and received the Wagner College Distinguished Graduate Award. In 2018, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Long Island University.

Along with serving on the Board of Victory Memorial Hospital and Wagner College, his many honors include being made a member of the Honor Legion of the New York City Police Department, being given the State Achievement Award by Florida, The Governor's Appreciation Award by Nevada, having The City of Yonkers declare The Michael Tadross Day (June 12), and receiving the key to more than eight cities!

Tadross was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York.