Dan Halsted
Dan Halsted (born July 12, 1962) is an American film producer and manager who started the company Manage-ment in 2004.
Career
Dan Halsted was born in New York and moved to Beverly Hills, California in 1976. After graduating from UCLA with a B.A. in Political Science, Halsted started his Hollywood career in 1984 as an assistant to Scott Rudin at 20th Century Fox before becoming an agent at United Talent Agency (formerly Bauer Benedek Agency).[1] At 20th Century Fox and UTA he packaged and sold films such as There's Something About Mary, New Jack City, The Fabulous Baker Boys, K-9, RoboCop, Casualties of War, Jumping Jack Flash, Predator and The Untouchables.[2][3]
Switching from UTA to Hollywood Pictures, a division of Walt Disney Studios, in 1990 Halsted worked with Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg. As an Executive Vice President, he was involved with overseeing various films including The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Tombstone, Evita, Mr. Holland's Opus, Encino Man, Son in Law, The Joy Luck Club and While You Were Sleeping.
After working for Disney, Halsted formed a partnership with Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone and the two created a production company named Illusion Entertainment.[4] Together they produced films such as Nixon, U-Turn, The Art of War, The Corruptor, Beyond Borders (starring Angelina Jolie), Freeway, Any Given Sunday, and the award-winning documentary The Last Days of Kennedy and King for TBS.
In 1999, with the help of Paramount Pictures, Halsted ventured out on his own with a multi-year, first-look production deal with Mandalay Pictures. That same year, Halsted produced the award-winning, critically-acclaimed The Virgin Suicides,[5] and the blockbuster action film S.W.A.T., starring Colin Farrel and Samuel L. Jackson. During this time he also executive produced the hit TNT series Witchblade and the movie Serving Sarah, starring Matthew Perry and Elizabeth Hurley.[6] At Sundance 2004, Halsted's film Garden State sold for $5 million as a joint acquisition by Miramax Films and Fox Searchlight Pictures.[7][8] Halsted has worked on numerous films that have premiered at Sundance.
MANAGE-MENT
In 2004, with 20-years industry experience Halsted formed the company MANAGE-MENT. Representing writers and directors as clients, the company also produces film, television and web-based projects. Some of the television shows that Manage-ment clients write for include: Mad Men (Golden Globe and Emmy winner for writing,) Arrested Development, Weeds, The United States of Tara, Hung, The Flight of the Conchords, The L Word, Rescue Me, Royal Pains, and In Treatment.
Manage-ment also provides equity consulting and investment banking services to financiers, listing the following film projects he has worked on: Michael Clayton, The Namesake, Garden State, Crips and Bloods, Amreeka, and the recent Jessica Biel project F**king Engaged, and FilmNation.
References
- ^ Variety staff (February 19, 1993). "H'w'd Pix ups Halsted". Variety. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
- ^ Christensen, Mark (June 1988). "Fine Young Cannibals". American Film. p. 36.
- ^ Stadiem, William (August 1989). "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Agent". Interview. p. 156.
- ^ Hindes, Andrew; Petrikin, Chris (May 18, 1999). "Halsted homestead: Producer inks 1st-look deal with Mandalay". Variety. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
- ^ Zacharek, Stephanie (April 21, 2000). "The Virgin Suicides, Sofia Coppola finds the bare-bones poetry of Jeffrey Eugenides' novel". Salon. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
- ^ Sokolosky, Bob (August 27, 2000). "Imagery, special effects and acrobatics on 'Switchblade'". The Press-Enterprise.
- ^ Gallagher, Steve (January 19, 2004). "Sundance Acquisitions". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
- ^ Harris, Dana; Dunkley, Cathy (January 18, 2004). "Co-hosted 'Garden' party tops 'Dance deal blizzard: M'max, Fox joint procurement sets tone for active fest". Variety. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
External links
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- Dan Halsted at Rotten Tomatoes