Katz, Gail

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KATZ, Gail


PERSONAL


Education: University of California, Berkeley, B.A., economics and political science; Yale University, M.B.A., 1980.


Addresses: Office c/o Radiant Productions, 914 Montana Ave., Santa Monica, CA 904031505.


Career: Producer. Embassy Communications, worked in corporate finance and planning; New World Pictures, vice president of finance, then vice president of production; Radiant Productions, cofounder (with Wolfgang Peterson), 1990; Radiant Television, cofounder (with Peterson); previously worked as an investment banker.


Awards, Honors: Apex Award nomination, picture producer, 1997, for Air Force One.


CREDITS


Film Work:

(With Ortwin Freyermuth) Coproducer, Shattered (also known as Plastic Nightmare ), MetroGoldwynMayer, 1991.

(With Wolfgang Peterson and David Valdes) Executive producer, In the Line of Fire, Columbia, 1993.

(With Arnold Kopelson and Peterson) Producer, Outbreak, Warner Bros., 1995.

Producer, Air Force One (also known as AFO ), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1997.

Executive producer, Red Corner, MetroGoldwynMayer, 1998.

Executive producer, Mighty Joe Young (also known as Mighty Joe ), Buena Vista, 1998.

Executive producer, Instinct, Buena Vista, 1999.

Producer, Bicentennial Man (also known as Der 200 Jahre Mann ), Buena Vista, 1999.

Producer, The Perfect Storm (also known as Der Sturm ), Warner Bros., 2000.

Producer, Troy, Warner Bros., 2004.


Film Appearances:

Herself, In the Line of Fire: The Ultimate Sacrifice, 2000.


Television Work:

Executive producer, The Agency (pilot), CBS, 2001.

Executive producer, The Agency (series), CBS, 2001.


Also worked as a script supervisor, The Cosby Show.


Television Appearances; Specials:

Herself, In the Line of Fire: Behind the Scenes with the Secret Service, 1993.

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