John Goldwyn

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthday: August 10, 1958

Sporting impeccable Hollywood lineage--Goldwyn is the grandson of legendary industry pioneer and long-time independent producer Samuel Goldwyn and son of successful independent producer/distributor Samuel Goldwyn Jr.--he rose from the proverbial mail room at the Ladd Company which he joined in 1981 to vice president of the company's creative affairs department two years later. Goldwyn also served as executive producer of "Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment" (1985) before joining MGM/UA as senior production vice president tha…more

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Credits

Producer

Dexter
Executive Producer

Career Milestones

2007
Co-produced the Todd Haynes directed, "I'm Not There," about the life of Bob Dylan
2006
Executive produced the Showtime series, "Dexter"
1997
Promoted to newly created position of president, motion pictures at Paramount and signed to a five-year contract
1991
Promoted to president of production, Paramount Motion Picture Group in December
1990
Moved to Paramount as executive vice president of production in November