Gavin Polone

Gavin Polone is an American film and television producer. He began producing films in the late 1990s and television in the 2000s. He has been nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards, of which six were for "Outstanding Comedy Series" for Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm. His production company is Pariah.[1]

Gavin Polone
Other namesGavin Pariah
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Occupations
Years active1998-present
Notable work

Background

Polone graduated from University of California, Berkeley in three years. He earned a realtor's license and applied to work for the Central Intelligence Agency but was not accepted.[2] In 1985, he began work as an assistant at International Creative Management.[3] He eventually became a literary agent at ICM.[4] In 1989, ICM suspected that Polone planned to defect and fired him, though Polone says ICM was wrong about its suspicions.

He joined Bauer-Benedek Agency, and the agency eventually merged with Leading Artists Agency to form United Talent Agency.[3] Polone eventually became a partner at UTA.[4] He was disappointed in how the agency was run and threatened to leave.[3] In April 1996, UTA fired Polone. Polone hired Peter Ostroff to sue UTA in a breach of contract lawsuit, and before the lawsuit was filed, UTA gave Polone a $6 million severance package and made a public admission that "'there were insufficient grounds' to fire him." UTA sued Polone a year later for reneging on the severance contract, and another settlement took place.[5]

After departing from UTA, Polone launched his own management and production company and managed clients in both film and television. He eventually decided to become a film and television producer,[4] and he dropped all of his clients except for Conan O'Brien. In 2007 and beyond, Polone became a pundit who appeared in media to comment on the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, Tiger Woods's infidelity scandal and fallout, and Michael Moore's association with Occupy Wall Street. He also writes an online column for New York Magazine.[3]

In the late 1990s, he was partner with Judy Hofflund to start Hofflund/Polone, with both credited as executive producers on Gilmore Girls through its original run. Hofflund retired in 2013.[6][7] In May 2001, he started Pariah, with an affiliated production company at Columbia TriStar Television.[8] On February 19, 2002, Pariah decided to expand into film production with Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures and Senator International for a production-and-distribution deal.[9] Shortly afterwards, on May 27, 2002, he moved his Pariah Television production division to NBC, creating projects that were designed solely for the network.[10] On July 26, 2004, NBC decided to cut their ties with Pariah Television,[11] and on April 14, 2005, the production company was moved back to Sony Pictures Entertainment for film and television projects.[12]

Polone, formerly a member of Writers Guild of America West, left and maintained financial core status in 2015.[13]

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year Film Credit Notes Other notes Ref.
19998mm
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Stir of Echoes
2002Panic Room
2004Secret Window
Seeing Other People
2005Little Manhattan
2006Population 436Executive producerDirect-to-video
Uncredited
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
2007Primeval
2008Ghost Town
2009Zombieland
2012Premium Rush
2016Nerdland
2017A Dog's Purpose
2019A Dog's Way Home
A Dog's Journey
Zombieland: Double Tap
As an actor
Year Film Role Notes
1997An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood BurnGary Samuels
1998Thick as ThievesSimons
2006Population 436Aames
Uncredited
Thanks
Year Film Role
2016UrgeProducers special thanks

Television

Year Title Credit Notes
1998When Trumpets FadeExecutive producerTelevision film
1999Larry David: Curb Your EnthusiasmTelevision special
2001Sam's CircusTelevision film
More, Patience
2002Family Affair
Life at Five FeetTelevision film
2002−03Hack
2003Untitled Howie Mandel ProjectTelevision pilot
The Ortegas
SuspenseTelevision film
Celebrity Temps
American P.I.
2004Celebrity Blackjack
D.O.T.S.Television film
2005Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search
Revelations
2006Thief
The Angriest Man in SuburbiaTelevision film
More, Patience
2000−07Gilmore Girls
2005−07The Showbiz Show with David Spade
2007Tell Me You Love Me
Backyards & BulletsTelevision film
2006−08Emily's Reasons Why Not
2006−10My Boys
2011Cinema VeriteTelevision film
Bachelorette Party: Las Vegas
2012Jane by Design
2013ZombielandTelevision pilot
2013−14Twisted
2000−presentCurb Your Enthusiasm
As director
Year Title
2012Jane by Design
2013−14Twisted
2015Finding Carter
As an actor
Year Title Role
1993SeinfeldMan in 'Jerry' Audience
1999ActionDodi
Thanks
Year Title Role Notes
2013Twisted: Socio Studies 101ThanksTelevision film

References

  1. "Gavin Polone". Variety. 17 December 2013.
  2. Goldstein, Patrick (2004-05-18). "Gavin Polone, the iconoclast". Los Angeles Times.
  3. Masters, Kim (January 6, 2012). "Dark Prince of Hollywood, Producer Gavin Polone, Opens Up About Unlikely Directorial Debut". The Hollywood Reporter.
  4. Fenjves, Pablo F.; Lang, Rocky (2006). How I Broke into Hollywood: Success Stories from the Trenches. It Books. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-06-078964-0.
  5. Johnson, Ross (May 2000). "Raging Bulls". Los Angeles. p. 108.
  6. Busch, Anita M. (1997-05-23). "'Seven' scripter sells '8'". Variety. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  7. Andreeva, Nellie (22 April 2013). "Judy Hofflund Leaving Biz, Becca Kovacik And Laura Berwick Partnering Up". Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  8. Adalian, Josef; Schneider, Michael (2001-07-16). "Polone picks pal as Pariah prexy". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  9. Brodesser, Claude; Dunkley, Cathy (2002-02-20). "Pariah on pix for Col, Screen Gems". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  10. Adalian, Josef (2002-05-27). "Pariah, Peacock partner". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  11. Adalian, Josef (2004-07-27). "Inside Move: Pariah's no Peacock pal". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  12. LaPorte, Nicole (2005-04-15). "Pariah steps in at Sony". Variety. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  13. https://www.wga.org/members/membership-information/wgaw-financial-core-list
  14. Matt Joseph (January 21, 2019). "First Zombieland 2 Plot Details Tease New Zombies And More". We Got This Covered. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
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