Lou DiBella
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Lou DiBella | |
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Born | Louis John DiBella Jr. New York City, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Boxing promoter, television/film producer |
Louis John DiBella Jr. is an American boxing promoter and television/film producer.
Education
DiBella is a graduate of Regis High School (New York City). He then continued his education at Tufts University before pursuing a Juris Doctor degree at Harvard Law School.
Career
Boxing promotion
DiBella currently promotes the fighters
Past boxers represented by DiBella Entertainment include former WBC Middleweight champion
Producer
DiBella expanded his boxing empire producing television content and films. In 2007, he produced the documentary Magic Man, which depicted the life of
In 2008, DiBella added the credit of executive producer to his list of accomplishments with the 2009 film Love Ranch starring Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci. The film was directed by Taylor Hackford.[3]
DiBella was also the associate producer on the film The Fighter, which was released in 2010 and based on the life of former DBE fighter "Irish" Micky Ward, starring Mark Wahlberg as Ward and Christian Bale as his trainer and brother Dickie Ecklund. The film won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.
DiBella then established the television and film production company BK Blu. In its first year, the company premiered the film Tapia at the LA Film Festival then later, premiered the documentary Maravilla at the Tribeca Film Festival, premiered the documentary Hardy at the DOC NYC Film Festival, and acquired the rights to a number of television and film projects currently in development. The Tapia documentary, which was co-executive produced by DiBella and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, premiered on HBO in December 2014.
Other ventures
As of May 5, 2017, DiBella also owns two minor league baseball teams,
References
- ^ Colin Linneweber. "Guido Brooklynite Paulie Malignaggi Ditches Promoter Lou DiBella". Bleacher Report.
- ^ "Showtime To Air Malignaggi Documentary "Magic Man"".
- ^ "Debut finally here for 'Love Ranch'". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
- ^ Staff, WSFA 12 News. "Montgomery Biscuits Officially Have New Owners". Retrieved May 5, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Benjamin Hill, MILB. "Defenders Relocating to Richmond". Retrieved July 25, 2023.
External links
- DiBella Entertainment
- Lou DiBella at IMDb