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Julius R. Nasso

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Julius R. Nasso
In 1976, Julius graduated from St. John's University with a Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy. He then earned an advanced Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Connecticut. While attending college in 1974, he founded Universal Marine Medical Supply, Co. (UMMSC), which is now the largest international medical supply company servicing cruise ships, oil rigs, super yachts, merchant vessels, tankers, and freighters. Julius is CEO of UMMSC, which maintains offices in New York, Miami, Houston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Southampton England, Singapore and Athens.

In 1977, Julius and his college professor Dr. Satish Patel formed Tishcon Corporation, one of the nation's largest private labeling vitamin and health supplement manufacturing plants, headquartered in Westbury, New York. In 1978, along with Xavier Roberts, he capitalized on the the worldwide Cabbage Patch craze by opening the Cabbage Patch Babyland General Hospital Store, formerly located on 41st Street and 5th Avenue in Manhattan. At Babyland General Hospital Julius met Steve Ross, then CEO of Time Warner, who became instrumental in Julius' acquisition of an overall production deal at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California.

In 1980, while continuing his career in pharmaceutical distribution, Julius accepted a position as a personal assistant to director Sergio Leone. Under Leone, Julius worked on the New York portion of Once Upon a Time in America (1984) and participated in the development of two films: In God's Name and Saint Peter's Banker. At this time, Julius began to attend courses and seminars in film production at Cinecittà Studios in Rome, Italy. From 1981 to 1983, while still developing projects with Leone, Julius went on to produce a television pilot for a Fox TV show entitled "Behind the 8 Ball," starring Jerry Orbach, John Amos, and Jimmy Baio.

Julius's next venture was as Head of International Promotions for the action film Above the Law (1988). This led to a 17-year producing partnership with Warner Brothers Studios, where Julius was responsible for producing a series of action blockbusters including: Hard to Kill (1990), Marked for Death (1990), Out for Justice (1991), Under Siege (1992), On Deadly Ground (1994), Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995), The Glimmer Man (1996), Fire Down Below (1997) and The Patriot (1998).

After his 17-year tenure at Warner Brothers Studios as a producer, Julius returned to New York and co-founded Manhattan Pictures. Julius then produced and distributed Enigma (2001), starring Kate Winslet, The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002) and Éloge de l'amour (2001), a Jean-Luc Godard film. In concurrence with Manhattan Pictures, Julius founded Julius R. Nasso Productions, which produced award-winning films including: Prince of Central Park (2000), starring Kathleen Turner, Danny Aiello, Cathy Moriarty, Jerry Orbach and Harvey Keitel; and One Eyed King (2001), starring William Baldwin, Dash Mihok, Armand Assante, Jason Gedrick, Connie Britton, and Chazz Palminteri.

Julius' most acclaimed achievement is his production of Narc (2002), starring Jason Patric, Ray Liotta, and Busta Rhymes, which was nominated for the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Award and won the Special Prize Policier Award at the Cognac Film Festival in France. Following Narc, Julius produced In Enemy Hands (2004), starring William H. Macy, Til Schweiger, Lauren Holly, and Scott Caan; and Hearts of War (2007), starring Roy Schneider and Daryl Hannah, and Nina Dobrev.

Since 2006, Julius has been working as Harry Belafonte's producer on a number of projects including Sing Your Song (2011) and Another Night In The Free World. Sing Your Song is a biographical documentary that surveys the life and times of singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte. Another Night In The Free World will be Julius' first movie documentary promoting nonviolence.

Julius has produced multiple films premiering in 2013, including Accidental Love (2015), starring Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel; Squatters (2014), starring Academy Award winner Richard Dreyfuss and Thomas Dekker; Breakout (2013), starring Brendan Fraser and Dominic Purcell; Pride of Lions (2014) starring Louis Gossett Jr. and Bo Svenson; and Getaway (2013), inspired by the Steve McQueen hit of the same name, starring Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez and Jon Voight.

Julius has recently teamed up with Whoopi Goldberg to produce The Christmas Pearl, based on the bestselling novel written by Dorothea Benton Frank and scheduled to be released Christmas 2014.

Julius has earned numerous critical honors, including the 2012 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Documentary for his work with Harry Belafonte on Sing Your Song (2011). He is a 20-year Directors Guild of America member and a highly respected philanthropist, having been honored by countless civic leaders and institutions for his tireless charitable works. Julius recently co-founded Belafonte Arts and Media, located in Manhattan, has multiple movie projects in development and remains CEO of UMMSC International.
BornOctober 19, 1952
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Tony Schiena in Darc (2018)
Darc
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  • 2018

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Producer

  • Following Harry
    • producer
    • Post-production
  • Andrea Bocelli and Matteo Bocelli in CCTV Spring Gala Festival (2021)
    CCTV Spring Gala Festival
    • producer
    • TV Special
    • 2021
  • Andrea Bocelli Asian Cultural Carnival (2019)
    Andrea Bocelli Asian Cultural Carnival
    • producer
    • TV Special
    • 2019
  • Tony Schiena in Darc (2018)
    Darc
    • producer
    • 2018
  • Re-Kill (2015)
    Re-Kill
    • executive producer
    • producer (as Jules R. Nasso)
    • 2015
  • Paul Reubens, Catherine Keener, Jessica Biel, James Marsden, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Tracy Morgan in Accidental Love (2015)
    Accidental Love
    • executive producer
    • 2015
  • Trailer Park Boys: Live at the North Pole (2014)
    Trailer Park Boys: Live at the North Pole
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2014
  • Pride of Lions (2014)
    Pride of Lions
    • executive producer
    • 2014
  • Richard Dreyfuss and Gabriella Wilde in Squatters (2014)
    Squatters
    • producer
    • Video
    • 2014
  • Destiny (2014)
    Destiny
    • executive producer
    • 2014
  • Brendan Fraser, Dominic Purcell, Holly Deveaux, and Christian Martyn in Breakout (2013)
    Breakout
    • executive producer
    • 2013
  • Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez in Getaway (2013)
    Getaway
    • executive producer
    • 2013
  • Sing Your Song (2011)
    Sing Your Song
    • producer
    • 2011
  • Cordelia Reynolds, Anastasia Ganias, Voula Wolf Duval, and Christina Jeffs in Trophy Wife (2010)
    Trophy Wife
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2010
  • City of Light (2010)
    City of Light
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2010
  • Daryl Hannah, Kim Coates, Jonathan Scarfe, and Nina Dobrev in Hearts of War (2007)
    Hearts of War
    • executive producer
    • 2007

Director

  • Andrea Bocelli Asian Cultural Carnival (2019)
    Andrea Bocelli Asian Cultural Carnival
    • co-director
    • TV Special
    • 2019
  • Tony Schiena in Darc (2018)
    Darc
    • Director
    • 2018

Actor

  • Fire Down Below (1997)
    Fire Down Below
    • Actor
    • 1997
  • Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
    Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
    • Hostage #2
    • 1995
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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    • Andrea Bocelli Nessun Dorma Beijing Mood Reel
    • Andrea Bocelli performs "Nessun Dorma" live at the Asian Culture Carnival
  • Alternative names
    • Jules R. Nasso
  • Height
    • 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
  • Born
    • October 19, 1952
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