Gary Lucchesi serves as President of Lakeshore Entertainment, an independent film company based in Los Angeles. Lucchesi executive produced Million Dollar Baby, which won the Oscar® for Best Picture of 2004.
Lucchesi produced the Underworld franchise and is currently developing the fourth installment of the series. He recently produced the box office hit The Ugly Truth, directed by Robert Luketic and starring Gerard Butler and Katherine Heigl.
Gary also produced Elegy, directed by Isabel Coixet and starring Penelope Cruz and Sir Ben Kingsley and The Dead Girl, which was nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards including Best Feature, directed by Karen Moncrieff with an ensemble cast including Josh Brolin, Toni Collette and James Franco.
Other producing credits include Crank; The Exorcism of Emily Rose; The Mothman Prophesies; Autumn in New York; The Gift; and Runaway Bride.
Lucchesi previously served as president of Gary Lucchesi Productions, where he produced Primal Fear, for which Edward Norton was nominated for an Oscar.
Prior to becoming an independent producer, Lucchesi was President of Production at Paramount and oversaw such films as Ghost, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Fatal Attraction, The Hunt for Red October, Coming to America, The Naked Gun, The Godfather: Part III, Star Trek, and The Untouchables.
Prior to his tenure at Paramount, Lucchesi was a Senior V.P. at TriStar Pictures. Lucchesi began his career as an agent for the William Morris Agency, where he represented such stars as Kevin Costner, Michelle Pfeiffer, Susan Sarandon and John Malkovich.
