Michel Litvak
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Michel Litvak (born August 1951) is a Belgian businessman who made his fortune in commodity logistics. He is the founder and chairman of Bold Films.[1][2][3] The Russian actress Svetlana Metkina is his life partner.
Early life
Litvak was born in
Career
Businessman
While in Belgium in 1974, Litvak managed secured financing to start his first business venture - a chain of medical laboratories. In parallel, he became a
OTЭKO
In 2000 Litvak began acquiring vast plots of land suitable for a deep sea harbor by the Black Sea. In 2004, OTEKO started building its harbor in Taman. It was a hugely complex engineering program, which today is one of Russia’s largest private investment projects. The project, from its inception, never received public funding in any form whatsoever. Following its massive private investment, in 2012 OTEKO opened its energy terminal; in 2019 it opened its dry bulk terminal, and plans to open a grain and dry bulk cargo terminal are in progress.[5] On July 4, 2019, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya honored Litvak for his contributions to society.[5]
Bold films
Litvak established Bold Films, a Hollywood film production company that has produced several notable movies over the years such as Bobby, Drive, Nightcrawler, and Whiplash, which was nominated for five Academy Awards and won three (see below).[5]
Notable feature films
- Bobby (2006)[6][7][circular reference]
- Legion (2010)[8]
- Drive (2011)
- Whiplash (2014)[9][10][circular reference]
References
- ^ "Bold Films - Production Company - Backstage". Backstage.com. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "Michel Litvak". Backstage.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ Thompson, Simon. "Bold Films CEO Talks 'Stronger,' Superhero Movie 'Samaritan' and Jake Gyllenhaal's Documentary Debut". Forbes.com. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "Michel Litvak" Donor Recognition. Reichman University.
- ^ a b c "מר מישל ליטבק" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-11-11.
- ^ "Bobby (2006) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ Bobby (2006 film)
- ^ "Legion (2010) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "Whiplash (2014) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ Whiplash (2014 film)