Biography
Starting out with Twentieth Century-Fox as a staff writer and contact person, Ganis later held positions with Columbia, Seven Arts and Warner Brothers, where he finally achieved executive status in 1977. Along the way he had more direct contact with filmmaking via production and publicity work on such films as "There Was a Crooked Man" (1970) and "Mame" (1973). Ganis later left Warner Brothers for a position at Lucasfilm where he was …
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Career Milestones
| Formed a lucrative association with comedian Adam Sandler, producing the comic's hit films "Big Daddy" (1999) and "Mr. Deeds" (2002) | ||
| Radio, TV contact and special projects, Columbia Pictures | ||
1961 | Worked as a staff writer, newspaper and wire service contact for 20th Century-Fox | |
1965 | Joined Seven Arts Productions as publicity manager | |
1969 | Appointed production publicity manager, Warners-Seven Arts | |
1970 | Became studio publicity director, Cinema Center Films | |
1970 | Served as an assistant to the producers of feature film, "There Was a Crooked Man" | |
1973 | Director of ad publicity for feature film, "Mame", released by Warner Brothers | |
1974 | Became director of advertising, Warner Brothers | |
1976 | Made cameo appearance in feature film, "All the President's Men" | |
1977 | Named vice president, worldwide advertising and publicity, for Warner Brothers | |
1979 | Served as senior vice president, Lucasfilm Ltd. | |
1986 | Joined Paramount Pictures as president of worldwide marketing | |
1988 | Named president, Paramount Motion Picture Group | |
1991 | Moved to Columbia Pictures as executive vice president | |
1992 | Named executive vice president of Columbia Pictures and Columbia's president of marketing and distribution in March; relinquished duties as executive vice president of Sony Pictures Entertainment | |
1996 | Left Columbia in July; formed production company, Out of the Blue Productions; signed production deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment | |
2005 | Elected in his first term as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | |
Awards
1982 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special in Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark |