Mailer Michael
Michael Mailer has been working extensively in the independent film business since graduating from Harvard University in 1987. He co-wrote and produced his first feature film, A Fool and His Money, starring Sandra Bullock and George Plimpton, in 1988. Since then he has produced over twenty feature films, including the critically acclaimed Two Girls and a Guy, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Heather Graham (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). Additionally, Michael recently had another two films released through Sony, the mixed martial arts/urban western, Blood and Bone, as well as the Hitchcock remake, The Lodger. Michael screened his latest feature film, The Ledge, starring Liv Tyler, Terrence Howard, Patrick Wilson, and Charlie Hunnam, in the main dramatic competition at the Sundance Film Festival 2011. The film was released in Summer 2011 by IFC. Michael has also written for publications such as Plum and Vanity Fair.