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Producer

Sidney Kimmel

Bio

Producer Sidney Kimmel is chairman and CEO of Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, the Los Angeles and New York-based production, finance and distribution company. Active in the motion picture industry for more than 20 years, Kimmel is responsible for such pictures as Blame It On Rio, 9½ Weeks and The Emperor’s Club. His passion as an independent producer eventually led to the founding of Sidney Kimmel Entertainment in October 2004. Producing up to ten features per year, the company works with esteemed filmmaking talent to create quality, commercial films. Kimmel and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, in association with Universal Pictures, financed Academy Award nominee Paul Greengrass’ critically acclaimed United 93, as well as executive producing Billy Ray’s Breach, starring Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe and Laura Linney. Universal also released Nick Cassavetes’ Alpha Dog, the controversial film starring Emile Hirsch, Bruce Willis, Sharon Stone and Justin Timberlake, which Kimmel produced and financed. Kimmel is producing a diverse slate of films including Frank Oz’ Death at a Funeral, starring Matthew Macfadyen and Peter Dinklage released by MGM, Kasi Lemmons’ Talk to Me, starring Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor, released by Focus Features, Jon Poll’s Charlie Bartlett, starring Anton Yelcin, Robert Downey Jr. and Hope Davis to be released by MGM in 2008, Ira Sachs’ Married Life, starring Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson and Rachel McAdams; The Kite Runner directed by Marc Forster which is being produced with DreamWorks Pictures, Participant Productions and Parkes/MacDonald Productions to be released by Paramount Vantage and Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut Synecdoche, New York starring Academy-Award winning actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman. In addition to his success in filmed entertainment, Kimmel founded Jones Apparel Group in 1975, which has since grown into a $4.5 billion diversified fashion industry empire. Still active as the chairman of Jones’ board of directors, he has also established the Sidney Kimmel Foundation and its subsidiary, the Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research, which is one of the nation'slargest individual donors to cancer research. Kimmel is extremely involved in philanthropic endeavors benefiting his hometown of Philadelphia as well as Jewish education and continuity. He recently oversaw the opening of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, home of the world-renowned Philadelphia Orchestra. He is also a partner in Cipriani International, the acclaimed international restaurant and catering establishment, and is a part owner of The Miami Heat. IMDb profile

Producer- Job Description

The chief of a movie production in all matters save the creative efforts of the director. A producer is responsible for raising funding, hiring key personnel, and arranging for distributors.