Michael Mailer -- Producer, Screenwriter. The eldest son of Norman Mailer, Michael Mailer has been working extensively in the independent film business since graduating from Harvard University in 1987.   He co-wrote and produced his first feature film, A FOOL AND HIS MONEY, starring Sandra Bullock and George Plimpton, in 1988. Since then, Mailer has produced ten feature films under his former shingle Bigel/Mailer Films.  Such films include the critically acclaimed TWO GIRLS AND A GUY, starring Robert Downey, Jr., Heather Graham and Natasha Gregson Wagner (20th Century Fox, 1998), BLACK AND WHITE, starring Brooke Shields, Elijah Wood and Mike Tyson (Sony Pictures, 1999) and EMPIRE, starring John Leguizamo, Denise Richards and Peter Sarsgaard (Universal Studios, 2002).  He also found success with the films  LOST JUNCTION, with Neve Campbell (MGM, 2000), THE LAST PRODUCER, with Bert Reynolds, Lauren Holly and Benjamin Bratt (Artisan, 2002) and HARVARD MAN, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Joey Lauren Adams and Adrien Grenier (Blockbuster, 2002). His library also includes GIVING IT UP, with Dabney Coleman, Mark Feuerstein and Ali Larter (Lion’s Gate, 2003) and THE MONEY SHOT, with Vincent Laresca and Tamara Tunie.  In 2003, the company produced DEVOUR, starring a cast of Hollywood up-and-comers Jensen Ackles, Shannon Sossamon and Dominique Swain (Columbia Tri-Star, 2004) and LOVERBOY, with an all-star cast made up of Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, Marisa Tomei, Oliver Platt, Sandra Bullock, Campbell Scott and Matt Dillon (Millennium, 2004).  LOVERBOY made its debut at Sundance in January of 2005 and was later released theatrically by Think Films. Michael Mailer Films was established in 2004 to focus on both independent and larger budgeted films.  In addition to actively developing ten future film projects, the company has made its first foray into the television market. Its reality series titled HISTORY HUNTER will be distributed by The History Channel.

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