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The Journey of Remarkable Producer: Ryan Kavanaugh

After watching any film, everyone applauds the actors, the writers, and the director. Of course, they play an essential role and are crucial parts of the movie, but what about the person binding all of them? The person who is the backbone of any film, the producer, too holds the credit. Talking of them, Ryan Kavanaugh is one of the finest producers, and read on to get a glimpse of his journey.

Hitting the box office as 25th highest-grossing producer, Ryan Kavanaugh is the current executive of Warner Bros. Pictures. Founder and former CEO of Relativity Media, Ryan is known for his ‘Moneyball’ model of film finance. A former consultant to some small businesses and venture capitalists, he founded Relativity Media in the year 2014. After this, he created a Monte Carlo model, now known as ‘the model,’ designed to predict the profitability of films.

Every film from Relativity Media needs to pass the profitability prediction test from the model. During its first year of operation, Ryan executed a finance deal for Marvel Studios, leading to the creation of Marvel Cinematic Universe. He has also structured the deals for several companies, some of which are Universal, Sony, and Warner Brothers.

He created marketing, production, and promotional partnership with Virgin Produced and Virgin Mobile, where Relativity owns a stake. He has also launched a partnership for Relativity with Huaxia Film Distribution Co. Ltd.

Ryan holds the credit of producing several superlative films, including Limitless, Beyond the Lights, Safe Haven, Mirror Mirror, Immortals, and The Fighter. He is also an executive producer of the film, The Social Network, which received eight Oscar nominations.  He has produced several films including, Dear John, Grown Ups, 3:10 to Yuma, and Mamma Mia.

His noteworthy films honored him with many awards, including the 2009 Hollywood Producer of the Year presented at the 13th Annual Hollywood Awards and the Leadership Award produced by the Hollywood Reporter.  Media houses including the Dailey Variety and Daily Reporter published special issues about him, one of which was 'Billion Dollar Producer’.  In the year 2010, he had his name on Fortune’s 40 Under 40 Most Influential People and also in Forbes’ Future 400: Ones To Watch. In the year 2011, he was named 'Showman of the Year' by Variety.

Involved in several charitable causes, Ryan Kavanaugh was honored with Hollywood Humanitarian Award, Community Champion Award, and the 2011 Entertainment Industry Award. He also serves several charitable institutions such as the Board of Governors for Cedars- Sinai and as a Chairman for The Art of Elysium.

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