Name Michael Kuhn Role Film producer | Spouse Caroline Kuhn (m. 1995) | |
Books One Hundred Films and a Funeral: PolyGram Films Awards BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award Movies The Duchess, Suite Francaise, The Last Days on Mars Similar People Saul Dibb, Gabrielle Tana, Michael Carlin, Ruairi Robinson, Sigurjon Sighvatsson | ||
#59 Michael Kuhn - UK vs Europe - Who Killed British Cinema? DVD Extra
Michael Kuhn is a Kenyan, British film producer based primarily in the United Kingdom.
Contents
- 59 Michael Kuhn UK vs Europe Who Killed British Cinema DVD Extra
- Career
- Personal life
- Filmography
- References
Career
Kuhn was born in 1949 in Nairobi, Kenya. At age 13, he traveled to the UK to study at Dover College and then read law at Clare College, Cambridge. He joined PolyGram in 1975, and in 1991 he set up the subsidiary PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (PFE). In 1999, when PolyGram merged with Universal Music Group, he went independent and formed the production company Qwerty Films. He published his memoir 100 Films and a Funeral in 2001. This was later turned into a documentary of the same name, charting the rise and fall of PolyGram Filmed Entertainment. In 2002 he was appointed Chair of the National Film and Television School.
Personal life
Michael married his wife Caroline in 1995 and has two sons. One, named Jacob, the other George.