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Ryan Kavanaugh

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Ryan Kavanaugh
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Ryan Kavanaugh was founder and CEO at Relativity Media, which was engaged in multiple aspects of entertainment, including film and television financing; production and distribution; music publishing; sports management and digital media.

Relativity produced, distributed or structured financing for more than 200 motion pictures generating over $17 billion in worldwide box-office revenue and earning 60 Oscar® nominations. In 2011, Kavanaugh was named Variety's Showman of the Year. The Hollywood Reporter honored him with its 2010 Leadership Award and he was honored with the 2009 Hollywood Producer of the Year Award at the 13th Annual Hollywood Awards Gala.

Kavanaugh served as chairman of the board for The Art of Elysium, an organization that encourages artists to donate their time and talents to children battling serious medical conditions. He is a recipient of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Board of Governors' Hollywood Humanitarian Award and the Anti-Defamation League's 2011 Entertainment Industry Award. In recognition of his dedication to helping inner-city youth, Kavanaugh was presented with the Sheriff's Youth Foundation Community Champion Award.
BornDecember 4, 1974
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BornDecember 4, 1974
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    • 3 wins & 3 nominations

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Ryan Kavanaugh
Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, Jared Hess, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Kavanaugh, and Mary Elizabeth Ellis at an event for Masterminds (2016)
Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, Jared Hess, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Kavanaugh, and Mary Elizabeth Ellis at an event for Masterminds (2016)
Marilyn Manson and Ryan Kavanaugh at an event for Masterminds (2016)
Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, Jared Hess, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Kavanaugh, and Mary Elizabeth Ellis at an event for Masterminds (2016)
Ryan Kavanaugh and Jessica Roffey at an event for The Oscars (2015)
Tucker Tooley and Ryan Kavanaugh at an event for Black or White (2014)
Ryan Kavanaugh at an event for Black or White (2014)
Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Tucker Tooley, Olga Kurylenko, and Ryan Kavanaugh at an event for The November Man (2014)
Pierce Brosnan, Roger Donaldson, Bill Smitrovich, Beau St. Clair, Olga Kurylenko, and Ryan Kavanaugh at an event for The November Man (2014)
Minnie Driver and Ryan Kavanaugh
Minnie Driver and Ryan Kavanaugh

Known for

Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brothers (2009)
Brothers
7.1
  • Producer
  • 2009
Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale in The Fighter (2010)
The Fighter
7.8
  • Producer
  • 2010
Will Ferrell in Land of the Lost (2009)
Land of the Lost
5.3
  • Producer
  • 2009
Joan Allen, Jason Statham, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson, and Natalie Martinez in Death Race (2008)
Death Race
6.4
  • Producer
  • 2008

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Producer

  • Home School
    • producer
    • Pre-production
  • Skill House
    • producer
    • In Production
  • Triller Fight Club: Paul vs. Askren (2021)
    Triller Fight Club: Paul vs. Askren
    • executive producer
    • TV Special
    • 2021
  • Gary Oldman and Gerard Butler in Hunter Killer (2018)
    Hunter Killer
    • executive producer
    • 2018
  • Damian Maffei, Lea Enslin, and Emma Bellomy in The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)
    The Strangers: Prey at Night
    • producer
    • 2018
  • The Space Between Us (2017)
    The Space Between Us
    • executive producer
    • 2017
  • The Disappointments Room (2016)
    The Disappointments Room
    • producer
    • 2016
  • I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2016)
    I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
    • executive producer
    • 2016
  • Jennifer Carpenter and Jake McDorman in Limitless (2015)
    Limitless
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2016
  • The First Monday in May (2016)
    The First Monday in May
    • executive producer
    • 2016
  • Pink Panther Mafia
    • producer
    • 2015
  • Natalie Portman and Joel Edgerton in Jane Got a Gun (2015)
    Jane Got a Gun
    • executive producer
    • 2015
  • Bob Thunder: Internet Assassin (2015)
    Bob Thunder: Internet Assassin
    • executive producer
    • 2015
  • Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, and Kristen Wiig in Masterminds (2016)
    Masterminds
    • executive producer
    • 2016
  • Leanne Best in The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014)
    The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
    • executive producer
    • 2014
  • James Marsden, Michelle Monaghan, Liana Liberato, and Luke Bracey in The Best of Me (2014)
    The Best of Me
    • producer
    • 2014
  • Nate Parker and Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Beyond the Lights (2014)
    Beyond the Lights
    • producer
    • 2014

Editorial Department

  • Ashleigh Banfield in Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield (2020)
    Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield
    • assistant editor
    • TV Series
    • 2020
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Limitless on CBS
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Limitless on CBS

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  • Height
    • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
  • Born
    • December 4, 1974
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Parents
      Leslie Kavanaugh
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    Ryan's father, Jack Kavanaugh, was reportedly fluent in nine languages, could bench-press 565 pounds and had an IQ of 180. Originally named Jack Konitz, the son of Holocaust survivors, he changed his surname to Kavanaugh as an adult, and Ryan and his siblings were born with that surname. Ryan's mother is Leslie Levin Kavanaugh.
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    [on the Mike Tyson says and Roy Jones Jr. fight] This is a real fight in every way. The word exhibition does not actually have a definition in boxing except that it's not going on a professional record.

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