Gary W Goldstein

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Santa Monica, California

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About Gary

FILM PRODUCER & CREATIVE MENTOR

Pretty Woman + Under Siege + The Mothman Prophecies

Gary W. Goldstein builds and tells stories.

He has produced some of Hollywood’s biggest box-office hits, generating well over One Billion Dollars in worldwide revenue, receiving multiple Academy Award nominations, People’s Choice Awards, a Golden Globe and various other awards.

Long before Gary produced his first low-budget film “Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death”, he founded his own literary management firm representing talent -- writers, directors and select actors -- across film and television.

Gary recently authored Conquering Hollywood: The Screenwriters Blueprint for Career Success, the top-selling book teaching aspiring creative talent how to turn their talent into a business and a career.

As strategist and storyteller, Gary’s consults companies and startups in media, entertainment and technology, and is a devoted champion and mentor to aspiring screenwriters and other creatives through his recent course-works and live interview series: Breaking Into Hollywood.

In addition to the slate of films Gary later produced at various major studios – including PRETTY WOMAN which went on to become the highest grossing live-action film in Disney’s history -- he also served as president of , an Internet entertainment company successfully funded at $50MM.

Attorney-turned-filmmaker, Gary’s spoken at TEDx, been invited to the Annenberg Forum, served as Vice Chairman of The Elevision Network, been published by the Huffington Post as well as Inc. magazine, was a contributing author for the Napoleon Hill Foundation’s newest publication “Stickability”, as well as Harper Collin’s “The Writer Got Screwed (but didn’t have to)”.

Gary W. Goldstein

Breaking Into Hollywood

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The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
Film by Lakeshore Entertainment / Sony Screeen Gems Producer
Ringmaster (1998)
Film by Artisan Entertainment Producer
The Hunted (1995)
Film by Universal Pictures Producer
Under Siege 2: In Dark Territory (1995)
Film by Warner Bros. Executive Producer
Under Siege (1992)
Film by Warner Bros. Executive Producer
Victim of Love (1991)
Television by CBS Producer
Pizza Man (1991)
Film by The Goldstein Company Producer
Pretty Woman (1990)
Film by Touchstone Pictures Producer
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)
Film by Paramount Home Media Producer

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Awards

THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES
(2002)
Golden Reel Award - Winner - Best Sound Editing
(2002)
UNDER SIEGE
(1992)
Academy Awards - Oscar Nomination - Best Sound
(1992)
BMI Film & TV Awards - Winner - Film Music
(1992)
MTV Movie Awards - Nomination - Best Action Sequence
(1992)
Motion Picture Sound Editors - Winner Golden Reel Award
(1992)
American Film Institute' - Nomination - "100 Years, 100 Thrills" List
(1992)
PRETTY WOMAN
(1990)
Academy Awards - Oscar Nomination - Best Actress
(1990)
People's Choice Award - Winner - Favorite Motion Picture
(1990)
Golden Globes - Nomination - Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
(1990)
Golden Globes - Winner - Best Actress
(1990)
Golden Globes - Nomination - Best Actor & Supporting Actor
(1990)
Writers Guild of America - Nomination - Best Screenplay
(1990)
British Academy of Film &TV Award - Nominations • Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Actress
(1990)
BMI Film & TV Awards - Winner
(1990)
Cesar Awards (France) Nomination - Best Foreign Film
(1990)
Kid's Choice Awards - Winner - Favorite Actress
(1990)