1996 | Was an executive producer of the HBO TV-movie "Soul of the Game" |
1996 | First Phoenix Pictures, "The People vs. Larry Flynt" and "The Mirror Has Two Faces" released |
1995 | Formed Phoenix Pictures; signed distribution deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment |
1994 | Announced resignation from TriStar and Columbia |
1990 | Named to Columbia Pictures board of directors |
1990 | Appointed chairman of TriStar Pictures |
1982 | With partners Krim, Pleskow and Bernstein, purchased Filmways, Inc., a distributor and formed Orion Pictures Corporation, publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange |
| Founded Orion Pictures in partnership with Warner Communications (with other former UA executives Arthur Krim, Eric Pleskow, William Bernstein and Robert Benjamin); served as executive vice president, Orion Pictures Co., Burbank |
| Became senior vice president of West Coast production, United Artists Corp. |
| Worked as vice president, motion picture department International Famous Agency (represented international as well as American talent) |
| Served as vice president, motion picture department General Artists Corp. and Creative Management Agency |
1963 | Became an agent trainee with Bill Robinson Associates, Los Angeles |
1963 | Worked in casting department at Universal Studios |
| Began career in Universal Studios mailroom |
1956 | Moved to the USA; settled in California |
1947 | With family, moved from China to Chile |
| Born to Russian parents in China |
