John Bard Manulis
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John Bard Manulis September 8, 1956 Los Angeles |
| Residence | Los Angeles |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Occupation | Producer, director, social/political activist, entrepreneur |
| Organization | Writer's Guild of America East Producer's Guild of America Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
| Board member of | The Liberty Hill Foundation The Getty House Foundation |
| Spouse(s) | Liz Heller |
| Website | Official website |
John Bard Manulis (born September 8, 1956) is an American film, television and theater producer, director, entrepreneur and activist. Working with actors including Angelina Jolie, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Christian Bale, Manulis has produced or executive produced more than 20 films, television programs, and theater productions, including Charlotte Sometimes, The Basketball Diaries, Swing Kids, Arctic Tale, Foxfire, HBO's Blindside, and The Umbilical Brothers: THWAK.
Manulis has been noted for creating a body of work over the course of his career that integrates social and political themes within popular entertainment, including these: drug addiction (The Basketball Diaries); repression and rebellion (Swing Kids); AIDS, individual freedom, and bi-racial relationships (Daybreak); the Vietnam conflict (Intimate Strangers); positive Latino role models (Tortilla Soup); female empowerment (Foxfire, V.I. Warshawski); poverty (American Idol Gives Back) and climate change/environmental consciousness (Arctic Tale).
Manulis was born in Los Angeles to actress Katherine Bard Manulis and Martin Manulis; his father is a film, television, and theater producer best known as the creator of the television program, Playhouse 90. He attended Harvard College after his preparatory school education at Harvard School, in North Hollywood, California.
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