Gianni Nunnari

Gianni Nunnari (born 10 August 1959) is an Italian-American film producer and executive.[1]

He is the president, founder, and CEO of Hollywood Gang Productions, a film and television production company. His films have generated over $2 billion dollars in box office[2] and in 2013 he was honored as producer of the year at the 2013 Ischia Global Fest.[3]

Early Career

Nunnari started working in US cinema with Cecchi Gori Pictures where he served as president and co-founder from 1987-2007. During his tenure at Cecchi Gori Pictures he produced a series of Italian films aimed at the US market including Mediterraneo, an Italian movie he sold to Miramax for worldwide distribution that would go on win an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film; Il Postino, a Pablo Neruda inspired book adaption that won an Oscar, and was nominated for four more including Best Picture; and Life is Beautiful, a $6 million budget movie that has grossed over $229.2 million worldwide and has earned multiple awards including the Academy Award for Best Actor, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Music, and Original Dramatic Score.[4] In addition to spearheading all US activities for Cecchi Gori Pictures, Nunnari was also the president of Penta Pictures, a joint venture with Cecchi Gori and Silvio Berlusconi.

Career

Regularly written about in trade publications, Nunnari’s development slate has many of the most anticipated feature tent-poles in Hollywood including David Fincher’s Seven starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Kevin Spacey; Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn starring Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, and Quentin Tarantino. His highest grossing feature 300 was based on the Frank Miller’s graphic novel of the same name.[5] Nunnari convinced Miller to turn his graphic novel into a movie. Nunnari then developed the script and attached Zack Snyder to direct. They then went on to set the project up at Warner Bros. The original ancient Greek epic has global sales of approximately $700 million. The film had the most successful domestic March theatrical opening in history and grossed $300 million in just twenty-two days.[6] Nunnari has also produced a couple of Martin Scorsese’s films including Shutter Island, an Academy Award winner for Best Picture, and The Departed starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, and Alec Baldwin.

With the two companies he owns and operates, Tex Films and Hollywood Gang Productions, Nunnari has developed and produced many other mainstream Hollywood movies including 300: Rise of An Empire starring Sullivan Stapleton and Lena Headey; Alexander directed by Oliver Stone, starring Anthony Hopkins, Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, and Val Kilmer; Everybody’s Fine starring Robert De Niro, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, and Drew Barrymore; and Immortals starring Henry Cavill and Mickey Rourke.

Nunnari is currently in production with his latest movie The Domestics for MGM, and Hollywood Gang’s first TV series StartUp is currently streaming on Sony’s Crackle, which recently got picked up for a second season.[7][8] Silence, directed by Martin Scorsese and executive produced by Gianni Nunnari, is being released in December, 2016 and was under development for more than 20 years. He is also currently developing 300 III and Robotech.[9]

Lawsuits

In 2010 Nunnari sued fellow producer Vittorio Cecchi Gori over Gori terminating him from Cecchi Gori Pictures in 2008.[10] Gori counter-sued Nunnari for fraud, alleging that Nunnari had been funneling profits from Cecchi Gori Pictures into Nunnari's own production company, Hollywood Gang Productions.[11] The courts dismissed Nunnari's claims and awarded Gori $13,226,125 in damages, as well as $2,608,075 in interest and rights to the film adaptation of Shūsaku Endō's Silence.[11] The case was eventually settled and both, Nunnari and Gori, were awarded credit on Silence.[12]

Personal Life

In 2015, Nunnari welcomed the birth of his second daughter, his first child with actress and model Vanessa Hessler.[13]

Producing Credits

Film Credits

Year Title Director Box Office Notes
1992 Folks! Ted Kotcheff $6.1 million[14] as co-executive producer
1993 Man Trouble Bob Rafelson $4.1 million[15] as co-executive producer
1993 House of Cards Michael Lessac $0.3 million as co-executive producer
1995 Se7en David Fincher $327.3 million[16] as executive producer
1996 From Dusk Till Dawn Robert Rodriguez $25.8 million[17] as producer
1997 The Blackout Abel Ferrara $0.1 million as co-executive producer
1999 From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money Scott Spiegel as producer
1999 From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter P. J. Pesce as producer
2004 Alexander Oliver Stone $167.3 million[18] as co-executive producer
2005 O Casamento de Romeu e Julieta Bruno Barreto as executive producer
2006 The Departed Martin Scorsese $289.8 million[19] as executive producer
2006 N (Io e Napoleone) Paolo Virzì as producer
2006 300 Zack Snyder $456.1 million[20] as producer
2009 Everybody's Fine Kirk Jones $16.4 million[21] as producer
2010 Shutter Island Martin Scorsese $294.8 million[22] as executive producer
2011 Immortals Tarsem Singh $226.9 million[23] as producer
2014 300: Rise of an Empire Noam Murro $337.6 million[24] as producer
2016 Silence Martin Scorsese as executive producer

Television Credits

Year Title Director Original Release date Notes
2016 StartUp Ben Ketai September 6, 2016[25] as executive producer

References

  1. ↑ Simpson, David (November 8, 2011). "Gianni Nunnari & Mark Canton: 'Immortals' Producers". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Gianni Nunnari Movie Box Office Results". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  3. ↑ Lyman, Eric (July 8, 2013). "Gianni Nunnari Tapped as Producer of the Year at Ischia Global Fest". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Life Is Beautiful | PowerGrid". powergrid.thewrap.com. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  5. ↑ "Gianni Nunnari Movie Box Office Results". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  6. ↑ "300 (2007) - Weekend Box Office Results - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  7. ↑ Jr, Mike Fleming (2016-03-24). "Mike P. Nelson To Write & Direct Post-Apocalyptic 'The Domestics' For MGM/Hollywood Gang". Deadline. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  8. ↑ StartUp, 2016-09-06, retrieved 2016-12-02
  9. ↑ ""Robotech" Producer Offers Update On Live-Action Adaptation". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  10. ↑ "Long Partnership Between Italian Filmmakers Vittorio Cecchi Gori And Giannani Nunnari Unravels In Court". Deadline. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  11. 1 2 "Vittorio Cecchi Gori Claims Lawsuit Win Over Gianni Nunnari". Deadline. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  12. ↑ Cieply, Michael (2016-05-29). "Gawker Case Calls Attention to a Go-To Hollywood Lawyer". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  13. ↑ "Vanessa Hessler è mamma: "Lei è puro amore". E papà Gianni Nunn...". Oggi - Gossip. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  14. ↑ "Folks! (1992) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  15. ↑ "Man Trouble (1992) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  16. ↑ "Seven (1995) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  17. ↑ "From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  18. ↑ "Alexander (2004) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  19. ↑ "The Departed (2006) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  20. ↑ "300 (2007) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  21. ↑ "Everybody's Fine (2009) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  22. ↑ "Shutter Island (2010) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  23. ↑ "Immortals (2011) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  24. ↑ "300: Rise of An Empire (2014) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  25. ↑ StartUp, 2016-09-06, retrieved 2016-12-01

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