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Michael Schaefer (producer)

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Nationality
  
German

Years active
  
1998-present

Occupation
  
Film producer

Upcoming movie
  
Alien: Covenant

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Nominations
  
Academy Award for Best Picture, Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture

Movies
  
The Martian, Morgan, Child 44, Equals, Alien: Covenant

Similar
  
Mark Huffam, Ridley Scott, Simon Kinberg, Aditya Sood, Arthur Max

Michael Schaefer is a german film producer best known for the 2015 film The Martian.

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Career

In July 2012, after leaving Summit Entertainment, Schaefer was hired as the president of the Ridley Scott's company Scott Free Productions.

In 2015, Schaefer produced the science fiction film The Martian starring Matt Damon, which Scott directed. He received an Academy Award nomination for the film for Best Picture at the 88th Academy Awards along with Simon Kinberg, Scott, and Mark Huffam.

Filmography

  • 1998: Beefcake (assistant producer)
  • 2001: Der Madendoktor (TV Movie, producer)
  • 2001: No Regrets (producer)
  • 2001: Mouse (Short, producer)
  • 2004: Annie & Boo (Short, producer)
  • 2006: Winterreise (co-producer)
  • 2013: Now You See Me (executive producer)
  • 2013: The Counselor (executive producer)
  • 2014: Exodus: Gods and Kings (producer)
  • 2015: Child 44 (producer)
  • 2015: Equals (producer)
  • 2015: The Martian (producer)
  • 2015: Concussion (executive producer)
  • 2016: Morgan (producer)
  • 2017: Alien: Covenant (producer)
  • 2017: Murder on the Orient Express (producer)
  • 2017: Newness (producer)

    • References

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