Michael Cerenzie is a seasoned film producer, financier and a versatile
entrepreneur who has excelled across a wide range of creative
endeavors. He has over 20 years of experience in producing for theatre,
films and television. He brings a diverse network of both creative and
business relationships, keen industry acumen, and a pervasive awareness
of developing trends and new opportunities to film and television
development, packaging, productions, financing, treaty and non-treaty
co-productions and distribution.
Mr.Cerenzie has developed, produced and financed more than a dozen
films both independently and in partnership with almost every major
studio in Hollywood. He has collaborated with some of the most talented
filmmakers in the business including Jim Sheridan, Robert Altman and
Sidney Lumet. He has worked with an extensive list of Academy Award
winning and nominated actors that include Philip Seymour Hoffman, James
Franco, Matt Dillon, Albert Finney, Michael Shanon, Marisa Tomei, Amy
Ryan, James Caan, Ethan Hawk, Bob Hoskins, Stellan Skarsgard, Natascha
McHelhone and Gerard Depardieu.
His films have premiered or competed at Cannes, Venice, Deauville,
Sundance and Toronto International Film Festival; additionally they
have been awarded top honors from AFI, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and
New York Film Critics Associations and the Independent Spirit Awards
among many others.
Cerenzie has been responsible for raising in excess of $500 million in
production funding and has developed and produced critically acclaimed
theatrical motion pictures over the past decade. Included among his
productions is "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" directed by
legendary Academy Award winning filmmaker Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men,
Dog Day Afternoon, Network). The film garnered Michael a prestigious
AFI Award and made it onto 115 critics "Top Ten Films) lists and Time
Magazine named it #3 on their top ten films for 2007.
Variety Magazine named Mr. Cerenzie as one of its "50 Creatives to
Watch" after his second film "City of Ghosts" for MGM/UA. The
California Independent Film Festival named him "Maverick Producer of
the Year" for 2007, the same year Michael was also awarded the AFI
Award for his production of "Before The Devil Knows You're Dead".
Mr.Cerenzie has contributed as an on-air entertainment industry expert
for Fox Business News, CNBC and Bloomberg.com, as well as numerous
financial and trade publications including Forbes, the Financial Times
of London, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Business Journal.
