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CEO and founder of United Pictures Group, Producer Michael Doven is a 25 year movie industry executive. He has Producing Credits on: The Squeeze & In Search of Fellini and Associate Producer credits on The Last Samurai, Minority Report, Mission Impossible II, Collateral and Vanilla Sky.
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Michael Doven is an American professional photographer who has also worked in the production of several Hollywood movies. He photographed professional golfer Rick Rhoden. Doven's work in film started as personal assistant and chief of staff to Tom Cruise.
The CEO and founder of United Pictures Group credits as Associate Producer in box office movies grossing in the billions of dollars world wide. He is well known as the personal assistant to Tom Cruise in the height of Cruise's movie career from 1992-2004.
Jan 29, 2016 · Michael came up through the industry learning valuable lessons in story telling and movie making and marketing from such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, JJ Abrams, Sydney Pollack and Stanley Kubrick just to name a few.
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After years in the industry helping others get their films realized and made and into public hands, I realized I have a passion and skill for doing this for many filmmakers. I worked with so many over the years and noticed that nearly all of them struggled with film financing and distribution. They had difficulty raising funds and getting fair dist...
I hit the gym early and get the body going, throw some good protein in it and hit the emails, phone calls, and meetings. I plan out the priorities and confront getting each one to a done. I usually have most of the deskwork done by midday so I can take meetings through the afternoon before getting back to the desk in the late afternoon and evening....
I get excited about them and throw them up on dry erase boards as I flesh them out and explore the main thoughts and concepts. The more I work on them, the more life they have. Then I start communicating them to others and getting agreement, they come to life. They only have as much life or survival as I put in.
Crowdsourcing for sure but also, the changing consumption of entertainment by our youth, in particular, provide some remarkable opportunities.
Willingness to be uncomfortable to get a task done, willingness to stay up late and get up early to see something through and deliver the goods.
No job I ever had was the worst. Each life experience was the best I knew to do at the time in order to accomplish some goal. I have learned valuable things in every job I have ever done.
I would start my filmmaking career much younger, get into the business earlier at any level to learn and become a writer as well.
Aim high and never settle for thinking it is good enough. Good is the death of great. How to grow a business? Have a great purpose and plan and build it brick by brick with long-term planning in mind.
I had many deals not work out and “fail”. The answer is to get more going so it does not matter if a few don’t work.
Invent Jarvis (like in Ironman) and have it access and analyze all data on movies and finances and create amazing stories and entertainment that will shift mankind toward higher planes of existence and enlightenment.
Michael Doven is a film producer and photographer, who has worked in the production of several Hollywood movies. He photographed professional golfer Rick Rhoden. Doven's work in film started as personal assistant and chief of staff to Tom Cruise.
CEO of United Pictures Group and Producer Michael Doven has several feature films that are in various stages of development and production. He just completed producing The Squeeze, In Search of...
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