Name Douglas Urbanski Role Film producer | Spouse Diane Wilk | |
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Awards BAFTA Award for Best British Film Nominations Tony Award for Best Play, Tony Award for Best Revival Movies RoboCop, The Social Network, The Contender, Nil by Mouth, Toys in the Attic Similar People Gary Oldman, Jose Padilha, Luc Besson, Vivian Schilling, Tim Bevan | ||
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Douglas Urbanski (born February 17, 1957) is an American film producer, theater impresario, raconteur, and occasional film actor.
Contents
- Bill o reilly s sub douglas urbanski advancing the fearmongering
- Gary Oldman and Douglas Urbanski on Filming Darkest Hour
- Life and career
- Personal life
- References
Gary Oldman and Douglas Urbanski on Filming Darkest Hour
Life and career
Urbanski was born in Somerville, New Jersey. He is a business partner with actor Gary Oldman and he runs a talent management firm, DMG.
Urbanski's film producing credits include The Contender, which received two Academy Award Nominations and starred Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Christian Slater, and Sam Elliott.
In 1997 Urbanski received his first British Academy Award for Outstanding British Film of The Year for Nil By Mouth, written and directed by Gary Oldman, and for which Oldman received the Best Original Screenplay British Academy Award. The film received a total of four nominations for the 1997 BAFTAs. For 1997's Cannes Film Festival, Nil By Mouth was selected to inaugurate the Main Competition and received the 1997 Cannes Film Festival Award for actress Kathy Burke. In 1998 the film received six nominations for the British Independent Film Awards, and won three awards.
During the 1980s, Urbanski and/or his companies were among the most active theatrical producers on Broadway and in London.
In 2010, as an actor he was featured in David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin's Academy Award winning motion picture The Social Network, playing the role of Larry Summers, for which he received personal acclaim and shared the Hollywood Ensemble Acting Award from the Hollywood Film Festival, and also the Ensemble Acting Award from the Palm Springs International Film Festival, shared with Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, and Justin Timberlake.
In 2010/11 he executive produced the film version of John le Carré's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, which stars Gary Oldman as master spy George Smiley, and also features Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Benedict Cumberbatch, John Hurt and Kathy Burke, and was directed by Tomas Alfredson. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy received eleven 2012 British Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director; the film also received three Oscar Nominations for the 2012 Academy Awards. In 2012, Tinker became the second Urbanski film to win the British Academy Award for Outstanding British Film of the Year.
Urbanski was executive producer of the film Criminal, released in late 2015. It was directed by Ariel Vromen and stars Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, and Tommy Lee Jones. In 2016 Urbanski was executive producer of Hitman's Bodyguard, which stars Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds, as well as Hunter Killer, which stars Gerard Butler.
In 2016/17 Urbanski produced Darkest Hour, which stars Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill, and was written by Anthony McCarten and directed by Joe Wright.
In 2018, Urbanski, along with Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will produce John Le Carre's Smiley's People, which will star Gary Oldman, once again recreating George Smiley.
Personal life
Urbanski is married to television producer Diane Wilk (The Nanny). He is Catholic.