Michael Phillips

Producer

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Also Known As

Michael S Phillips, Michael Steven Phillips

Birth Place

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Born

June 29, 1943

Biography

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After a brief career as a securities analyst, joined with then-wife Julia Phillips and actor Tony Bill in producing a string of box office and critical successes including "Steelyard Blues" and the Oscar-winning "The Sting" (both 1973). With Julia Phillips he also produced Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver" (1976) and Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977) and solo p...

Filmography

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The Last Mimzy (2007)

Impostor (2002)

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

The Companion (1994)

Executive Producer

Jane's House (1994)

Executive Producer

Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)

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Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977) -- (Movie Clip) Can You Tell Me Where Cornbread Is?

Taxi Driver (1976) -- Martin Scorsese Intro

Family & Companions

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Julia Phillips

Wife

Producer. Divorced.

Juliana Maio

Wife

Entertainment attorney.

Biography

After a brief career as a securities analyst, joined with then-wife Julia Phillips and actor Tony Bill in producing a string of box office and critical successes including "Steelyard Blues" and the Oscar-winning "The Sting" (both 1973). With Julia Phillips he also produced Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver" (1976) and Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977) and solo produced the 1981 comedy "Heartbeeps," the delightful coming-of-age-in-the-60s comedy/drama, "The Flamingo Kid" (1984) and "Mom and Dad Save the World" (1992).

Filmography

Producer (Feature Film)

The Last Mimzy (2007)

Impostor (2002)

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

The Companion (1994)

Executive Producer

Jane's House (1994)

Executive Producer

Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)

Executive Producer

Eyes of An Angel (1991)

Executive Producer

Eyes of An Angel (1991)

The Flamingo Kid (1984)

Cannery Row (1982)

Heartbeeps (1981)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

The Big Bus (1976)

Executive Producer

Taxi Driver (1976)

The Sting (1973)

Steelyard Blues (1973)

Director (Special)

Trailer Park (1996)

Cast (Special)

The Golden Globes: Hollywood's Dirty Little Secret (2003)

Producer (Special)

The Flamingo Kid (1989)

Executive Producer

Cast (Short)

The Making of Cannery Row (1982)

Life Events

1968

Worked as a securities analyst in NYC

1970

Formed Bill/Phillips production company with then-wife Julia Phillips and actor Tony Bill

1973

Co-produced first feature, "Steelyard Blues"

1973

Had box-office success with the Oscar-winning "The Sting"

1976

Co-produced Martin Scorsese's acclaimed "Taxi Driver"

1977

Served as a producer on Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

1982

Solo producing credit on "Cannery Row"

1984

Had critical success as producer of Garry Marshall's nostalgia-laden "The Flamingo Kid"

Videos

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977) -- (Movie Clip) Can You Tell Me Where Cornbread Is? On the first night of blackouts sweeping across Indiana, lineman Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) encounters director Steven Spielberg’s gimmick with the headlights, and a famous sequence from special effects expert Douglas Trumbull, in Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, 1977.

Steelyard Blues (1973) -- (Movie Clip) You Ain't Even Dangerous Opening in jail, Melvin Stewart the inmate harassing top-billed Donald Sutherland, whom we learn has been a demolition derby driver, among other things, from Steelyard Blues, also starring Jane Fonda, an early effort from the prolific TV director and professor Alan Myerson.

Steelyard Blues (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Where There Ain't No Jails Veldini (Donald Sutherland), just out of jail, with his crew (Jane Fonda as girlfriend Iris, John Savage his younger brother, Peter Boyle his often-institutionalized pal “Eagle”) visiting mechanic-thief Duval (Garry Goodrow), who’s proposing they rehabilitate a “flying boat” plane, in Steelyard Blues, 1973.

Steelyard Blues (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Put Your Thing On The Table Just-paroled Veldini (Donald Sutherland) visits his hooker girlfriend Iris (Jane Fonda) on the job, Roger Bowen her “John,” having a laugh, early in Steelyard Blues, 1973, co-starring Peter Boyle, John Savage and Howard Hesseman.

Taxi Driver (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Put Your Glasses On First scene for Albert Brooks as Tom and first speaking scene for Cybil Shepherd as Betsy, at the campaign office, certainly the funniest piece of Paul Schrader’s script, Robert DeNiro as title character Travis Bickle lurking outside, in Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, 1976.

Taxi Driver (1976) -- (Movie Clip) You Talkin' To Me? Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) in his apartment rehearsing, with profanity, in the most famous scene from Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, 1976, from Paul Schrader's screenplay.

Taxi Driver (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Forget About This The fleeting first appearance of Iris (Jodie Foster) and Matthew (Harvey Keitel) in the cab driven by Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, 1976.

Taxi Driver (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Travis Hypnotic opening sequence featuring Bernard Hermann music, and Travis (Robert De Niro) applying for a job with a fellow ex-Marine (Joe Spinell) in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, 1976.

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Get Creative Following weird events in Mexico, at Indianapolis air traffic control and in rural Muncie, we meet Indiana power company lineman Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr his wife Ronnie), called in to help with mass blackouts, early in Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, 1977.

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977) -- (Movie Clip) At Devil's Tower First Roy (Richard Dreyfuss), taking a break to beg his wife to come home, then Jillian (Melinda Dillon), see TV news reports identifying the mountain with which they’ve both been obsessed with since their UFO experiences, in Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, 1977.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind - (Special Edition Trailer) This is the theatrical trailer for the "Special Edition" of Steven Spielberg's 1977 sci-fi classic starring Richard Dreyfuss and Melinda Dillon.

Cannery Row - (Original Trailer) A marine biologist (Nick Nolte) falls for a prostitute in an offbeat waterfront town in Cannery Row, from the John Steinbeck novel.

Family

Lawrence Phillips

Father

Shirley Lee Phillips

Mother

Kate Elizabeth Phillips

Daughter

Born c. 1974.

Natasha Phillips

Daughter

Mother, Juliana Maio.

Companions

Julia Phillips

Wife

Producer. Divorced.

Juliana Maio

Wife

Entertainment attorney.

Bibliography

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