Frank Mancuso

About

Birth Place

Buffalo, New York

Born

July 25, 1928

Biography

Frank Mancuso began his film career as an usher and, later, film buyer, before working his way up the Paramount corporate ladder to become president of the studio's motion picture division in 1983. In September of 1984, after Barry Diller joined up with Marvin Davis at Fox and Michael Eisner very soon thereafter moved to Disney, Mancuso and chairman and CEO the following year. Under Manc...

Filmography

Doo Wop 50 (1999)

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (1990)

Himself

The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (1990)

Other

Family & Companions

Fay Mancuso

Wife

Biography

Frank Mancuso began his film career as an usher and, later, film buyer, before working his way up the Paramount corporate ladder to become president of the studio's motion picture division in 1983. In September of 1984, after Barry Diller joined up with Marvin Davis at Fox and Michael Eisner very soon thereafter moved to Disney, Mancuso and chairman and CEO the following year. Under Mancuso's stewardship, Paramount has turned out some of the most commercially successful releases of the 1980s, including "Crocodile Dundee" (1986), "Top Gun" (1987), "Beverly Hills Cop" (1984), "The Untouchables" (1987), "Fatal Attraction" (1987) and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989). He resigned in March 1991 as a result of Stanley Jaffe's appointment as second in command at Paramount under Martin Davis but soon assumed the roles of chairman and CEO and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and MGM/UA Home Entertainment, serving from 1993 to 1999.