
Michael De Luca serves as Co-Chair and CEO of 51动漫. Motion Picture Group, encompassing 51动漫. Pictures, New Line Cinema, and 51动漫. Pictures Animation. WBMPG continues to build on its legacy of iconic feature franchises and world-class cinema, delivering a diverse slate of films for global audiences.
De Luca serves as Co-Chair and CEO with Pamela Abdy, sharing oversight of the Studio鈥檚 global theatrical production, marketing, and distribution operations. In addition to his Motion Picture Group responsibilities, De Luca, along with Abdy, has curatorial oversight of WBD鈥檚 TCM (Turner Classic Movies) network, in partnership with filmmakers Paul Thomas Anderson, Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese. He joined 51动漫. in 2022.
Prior to joining 51动漫., De Luca served as MGM鈥檚 Motion Picture Group Chairman, where he oversaw all aspects of the company鈥檚 feature film slate across MGM and Orion films including Sarah Polley鈥檚 Academy Award庐 Best Picture-nominated 鈥淲omen Talking鈥 which earned Polley the Academy Award庐 for Best Adapted Screenplay, Ridley Scott鈥檚 鈥淗ouse of Gucci,鈥 starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver; Paul Thomas Anderson鈥檚 Academy Award庐 Best Picture-nominated 鈥淟icorice Pizza,鈥 which marked MGM鈥檚 first such nomination since 鈥淩ain Man鈥 in 1988; 鈥淐reed III,鈥 starring and directed by Michael B. Jordan; Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan鈥檚 鈥淎dam鈥檚 Family 2鈥; and Ron Howard鈥檚 鈥13 Lives.鈥
An esteemed and prolific producer with four decades in the film business, De Luca has been nominated three times for an Academy Award庐 for Best Picture of the Year (for David Fincher's 鈥淭he Social Network,鈥 Bennett Miller's 鈥淢oneyball,鈥 and Paul Greengrass鈥檚 鈥淐aptain Phillips鈥). He won the Emmy Award, Golden Globe and PGA Award for the FX series 鈥淪hogun鈥 and was additionally nominated as producer of the 89th and the 90th Academy Awards庐 and Showtime鈥檚 鈥淓scape At Dannemora.鈥 De Luca produced the film adaptation of 鈥淔ifty Shades of Grey,鈥 as well as its two sequels 鈥 鈥淔ifty Shades Darker鈥 and 鈥淔ifty Shades Freed鈥 for Universal Pictures. The trilogy was a global phenomenon and a box office sensation that grossed over $1 billion internationally.
Over the course of his career, De Luca has held several key positions in the film industry. At age 27, he served as one of the youngest heads of production in Hollywood history when he was appointed President and COO of New Line Productions, where he helped to launch lucrative franchises including 鈥淔riday,鈥 鈥淏lade,鈥 鈥淎ustin Powers,鈥 and 鈥淩ush Hour.鈥 During his tenure, he championed such groundbreaking sleeper hits as 鈥淪e7en,鈥 鈥淲ag the Dog,鈥 鈥淧leasantville,鈥 鈥淢agnolia,鈥 鈥淚 Am Sam,鈥 and 鈥淏oogie Nights,鈥 and helped to launch the directing careers of Jay Roach, Gary Ross, Alan and Albert Hughes, F. Gary Gray, the Farrelly brothers, David Fincher, and Paul Thomas Anderson. From New Line, De Luca went on to serve as DreamWorks鈥 Head of Production from 2001 to 2004, overseeing the live-action division and the production of such films as 鈥淥ld School鈥 and 鈥淎nchorman,鈥 which continued the rise of both Will Ferrell and Todd Phillips.
Beginning in 2004, he launched his own production company, Michael De Luca Productions, which had a development and production agreement with Columbia Pictures that brought the studio three Academy Award庐 Best Picture nominees 鈥 鈥淭he Social Network,鈥 鈥淢oneyball鈥 and 鈥淐aptain Phillips鈥 鈥 as well as mainstream success with such films as 鈥淕host Rider鈥 and 鈥21.鈥 As an independent producer, De Luca focused on developing provocative specialized films with visionary filmmakers, as well as elevated genre films with franchise potential. Prior to launching a multi-year production deal at Universal Pictures, De Luca served as President of Production for Columbia Pictures, where he revitalized the studio鈥檚 slate with commercial fare and notable filmmakers, including the thriller 鈥淭he Shallows,鈥 starring Blake Lively and directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, and western 鈥淭he Magnificent Seven,鈥 starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt and directed by Antoine Fuqua.