Ben Myron

Ben Myron is a film producer. His sixteen credits range from low-budget independent films (One False Move, Signal 7) to big-budget studio films (Cheaper By The Dozen, Cheaper by the Dozen 2).

Ben Myron is an American film producer. He began his career in the film industry as an exhibitor. He owned and operated a 14-screen chain of theatres in the San Francisco Bay Area from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.

In 1985, he produced Rob Nilsson's landmark independent film, Signal 7, which premiered at that year's Telluride Film Festival. The film was the first feature shot on video and successfully transferred to 35 mm. Francis Ford Coppola executive-produced the film. In 1987, he produced Checking Out, a comedy directed by David Leland (Wish You Were Here), starring Jeff Daniels. Warner Bros. released it in 1988. In 1989, Myron and director Roland Joffe started a production company called Lightmotive. Myron was president until early 1992. Films made during Myron's tenure include City Of Joy, Super Mario Brothers, and The Education Of Little Tree.

In 1992, Myron produced One False Move, directed by Carl Franklin and written by Myron’s friend, Billy Bob Thornton. Both Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel named the film the Best Film Of The Year. In 1999, One False Move was chosen by the N. Y. Times as One Of The Best 1000 Movies Ever Made. He left Lightmotive in 1992 to oversee the release of One False Move and to return to producing. Myron’s next project was the infamous Showgirls, written by Joe Eszterhas and directed by Paul Verhoeven, the team responsible for Basic Instinct. He next produced Telling Lies In America, starring Kevin Bacon, Calista Flockhart, and Brad Renfro in 1996. The picture premiered at the N. Y. Film Festival and was released in September 1997. In 1996, he also executive-produced Universal's Leave It To Beaver, which was released in the fall of 1997.

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