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Michael Deeley (born 6 August 1932) is an Academy Award-winning British film producer known for motion pictures such as The Italian Job (1969), The Deer Hunter (1978), and Blade Runner (1982). He is also a founding member and Honorary President of British Screen Forum.
- 6 August 1932 (age 91), England
- Film producer
Oscar-winning film producer Michael Deeley has produced more than 20 movies, including such classics as The Italian Job, The Deer Hunter and Blade Runner. He has made films for Universal, Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Brothers, Columbia, United Artists, EMI, HBO, CBS and NBC.
- January 1, 1
- 6 min
- Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Michael Deeley Biography (1932-) Born August 6, 1932, in London, England; son of John Hamilton-Deeley and AnneDeeley; married Teresa Harrison, 1955 (marriage ended); married Ruth Stone-Spencer, 1970; children: (first marriage) one son, two daughters.
After Roy Scheider withdrew from the cast two weeks before the start of filming over creative differences, producer Michael Deeley pursued De Niro, who was paid one million dollars for the role, in search of star power to sell a film with a "gruesome-sounding storyline and a barely known director."
- $49 million
- Stanley Myers
- $15 million
In September 1991, cross-dressing sexual sadist Michael Bambrick suffocates his common-law wife Patricia McGauley following a bondage session. Over the following days, he dismembered her corpse and buried it in an illegal dump.
Blade Runners, Deer Hunters and Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: My Life in Cult Movies, by Michael Deeley and Matthew Field, is out now, published by The History Press.
Jul 5, 2016 · He was 86. The University of Malta, where Mr. Hardy had spoken recently, announced on its Facebook page that Victoria Webster, Mr. Hardy’s wife, had informed the school of his death. She did not...
