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Jay McGraw
Jay McGraw (born 1979), son of Dr. Phil McGraw, is an American television producer and author; Emmy-winning creator-executive producer of The Doctors, president/CEO of Stage 29 Productions, and co-founder of Doctor on Demand.
Jeff Zucker
Jeff Zucker (born 1965) is an American television executive, former Today executive producer, NBC Universal CEO (2007–2011), CNN Worldwide president (2013–2022), and now RedBird IMI CEO and Banijay chair.
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Jeffrey Katzenberg (born 1950) is the American executive behind the Disney animation revival, DreamWorks SKG co-founder with Spielberg and Geffen, DreamWorks Animation CEO sold to Comcast for $3.8 billion, and Quibi founder; distinct from other Katzenbergs by these studio roles.
Jemima Goldsmith
Jemima Goldsmith (Jemima Khan), born 1974, is a British screenwriter and producer, founder of Instinct Productions, ex-wife of Imran Khan, writer of What's Love Got to Do With It? and creator of the podcast A Muslim & A Jew Go There.
Joe Roth
Joe Roth (Joseph Emanuel Roth, born 1948, New York) is an American film producer and former studio executive: Morgan Creek co-founder, chairman of 20th Century Fox and Disney, founder of Revolution Studios and Roth/Kirschenbaum Films.
John Davis (producer)
John Andrew Davis (born 1954, Denver) is an American film producer, founder of Davis Entertainment (1984), producer of Predator, The Firm, I, Robot, Game Night, Jungle Cruise, Prey, and TV's The Blacklist; over 100 projects grossing more than $5 billion.
John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne
John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne (1924–2005), known as John Brabourne, was a British film and television producer whose credits included A Passage to India and Thames Television chairmanship.
Jonathan Cavendish
Jonathan Cavendish is a British independent film producer, co-founder of Imaginarium Studios with Andy Serkis, known for Bridget Jones's Diary, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Breathe (about his father Robin Cavendish), and Animal Farm.
Kalanithi Maran
Kalanithi Maran (கலாநிதி மாறன்; born 1964) is an Indian media proprietor who founded Sun TV Network in 1993 and chairs the Sun Group, with stakes in Sunrisers Hyderabad and, until 2015, SpiceJet.
Kerstin Emhoff
Kerstin Emhoff (born 1967) is an American producer, co-founder and CEO of PRETTYBIRD and Ventureland, maker of Formation's Cannes Grand Prix-winning video, documentaries like Manhunt, and ex-wife of Doug Emhoff.
Kevin A. Mayer
Kevin A. Mayer is an American media executive, former Disney chief strategy officer and Disney+ launch chairman, brief TikTok CEO, and co-founder of Blackstone-backed Candle Media with Tom Staggs.
Kevin Tsujihara
Kevin Tsujihara, born 1964 in Petaluma, California, led Warner Bros. as chairman and CEO from March 2013 to March 2019, the first Asian American to run a major Hollywood studio, leaving after sexual misconduct allegations.
Kirk Kerkorian
Kirk Kerkorian (1917–2015), American billionaire investor and aviator, founder of MGM Resorts and Tracinda Corporation; built the International and two MGM Grand hotels, bought and sold MGM three times, and gave $1.1 billion through the Lincy Foundation.
Kristin Dolan
Kristin Dolan is an American media executive, CEO of AMC Networks since February 2023, former Cablevision COO through its $17.7B Altice sale, and founder of audience-measurement firm 605; wife of chairman James Dolan.
Linda Yaccarino
Linda Yaccarino is an American media and advertising executive who was CEO of X (formerly Twitter) from June 2023 until her 2025 resignation, after 12 years at NBCUniversal.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Lorenzo di Bonaventura, American film producer and former Warner Bros. President of Worldwide Production; CEO of di Bonaventura Pictures at Paramount; producer of the Transformers, G.I. Joe, and Red franchises and films including The Matrix-era studio slate.
Louis B. Mayer
Louis B. Mayer (born Eliezer Meir) was the head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1924 to 1951, co-founder of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and Hollywood's 'czar' during the studio's Golden Age.
Marcus Loew
Marcus Loew (1870–1927), American film exhibitor and founder of Loew's Theatres, built 100 nickelodeons and created MGM through the 1924 Goldwyn and Mayer mergers.
Mark Goodson
Mark Goodson (1915–1992), American game show producer who with Bill Todman founded Goodson-Todman Productions in 1946, creating What's My Line?, The Price Is Right, Password, Match Game, and Family Feud.
Martin Melcher
Martin Melcher (1915–1968), also Marty Melcher, American film producer and talent agent, husband and manager of Doris Day; produced Pillow Talk and That Touch of Mink; his death revealed squandered finances and lawsuits against lawyer Jerome Rosenthal.
Marvin Davis
Marvin Harold Davis (1925-2004), American oilman and entertainment mogul known as Mr. Wildcatter; pioneered the third-for-a-quarter drilling deal, bought 20th Century Fox in 1981 with Marc Rich, sold it to Rupert Murdoch in 1985, and owned Aspen Skiing and Pebble Beach.
Matt Kaplan
Matt Kaplan (Matthew Kaplan) is an American film producer, founder and CEO of ACE Entertainment (2017), known for Netflix's To All the Boys I've Loved Before, XO Kitty, and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, and co-founder with wife Alex Cooper of Trending.
Megan Ellison
Megan Ellison (born 1986), American film producer, daughter of Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison; founded Annapurna Pictures in 2011, producing Zero Dark Thirty, Her, American Hustle, and Phantom Thread, and later led the company through a costly distribution expansion, restructuring, and 2026 film-division relaunch.
Michael De Luca
Michael De Luca (born 1965, Brooklyn) is an American film producer and studio executive, ex-New Line, DreamWorks, Sony, MGM, and Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group co-chair (2022–2026), three-time Best Picture Oscar nominee.
Michael Eisner
Michael Dammann Eisner (born 1942) is an American entertainment executive: ABC programmer under Barry Diller, Paramount president 1976-84, Disney chairman and CEO 1984-2005, then founder of Tornante and the intergenerational Eisner Foundation.
Michael Ovitz
Michael Ovitz (born 1946, Chicago) is an American talent agent who co-founded and led Creative Artists Agency (CAA) 1975–1995, pioneered film packaging, briefly served as Walt Disney Company president, and later became a Silicon Valley investor and adviser.
Michael Wayne
Michael Wayne (Michael A. Morrison, 1934-2003), eldest son of John Wayne, was an American film producer and president of Batjac Productions, producing McLintock!, Chisum, Big Jake, and The Green Berets, and managing his father's legacy.
Michael Whitehall
Michael Whitehall (born 12 April 1940, Exeter) is an English theatrical agent, TV producer, author and personality; founded Havahall Pictures and Whitehall Films, represented Judi Dench and Colin Firth, and is Jack Whitehall's father.
Mike Hopkins (executive)
Mike Hopkins is an American media executive, Head of Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios since February 2020; formerly CEO of Hulu (2013-2017) and chairman of Sony Pictures Television, and architect of Amazon's MGM acquisition.
Mike Todd
Mike Todd, born Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen, was an American Broadway and film producer who won Best Picture for Around the World in 80 Days and died in a 1958 plane crash.