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Michael Tadross

Producer, Actor, Additional Credits
Michael Tadross is an American producer, director and sometimes actor. He has played a pivotal role as a leading figure in the film industry for over thirty years.

Warner Bros. films he has produced include Sherlock Holmes, Run All Night, Cop Out, Winter's Tale, Arthur, and I Am Legend - one of the highest-budgeted science fiction movies to be entirely filmed in New York City. Earlier in his career, for Warner Bros., he produced The Devil's Advocate, Jack Frost, and Eraser.

His producing credits also include Hitch, Basic, Rollerball, The Thomas Crown Affair, Indecent Proposal, School Ties, Brenda Starr, and Die Hard: With A Vengeance - the highest grossing worldwide film of 1995.

He was Unit Production Manager for Ghost, Coming To America, Black Rain, Trading Places and Death Wish III, and was First Assistant Director on Cocktail, and Masquerade, to name a few. He's also been awarded one gold and two platinum records.

He began his film career as a camera trainee and assistant film editor. He is now a member of the Producer's Guild of America, the Director's Guild of America, and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences. He also worked as Executive Vice President of Feature Production at Paramount Pictures

He was nominated for the NAACP Image Award and received The Movie Guide Award for best family-oriented film of 2006 (Hitch). He is also cited in the Who's Who of Executives and Professionals.

Known For

  • I Am Legend
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • Die Hard with a Vengeance
  • The Devil's Advocate
  • Hitch
  • Gangster Squad
  • Run All Night
  • Eraser
  • Cop Out
  • Winter's Tale
  • Indecent Proposal
  • Basic
  • Rollerball
  • School Ties
  • Lassie
  • Boogie
  • Tony & Tina's Wedding

Michael Tadross Filmography

2025
Motor City · as Executive Producer
2024
K-Pops! · as Executive Producer
2024
Space Cadet · as Executive Producer
2021
2018
Ocean's Eight · as Executive Producer
2015
2014
2013
2010
2009
Sherlock Holmes · as Executive Producer
2007
I Am Legend · as Executive Producer
2005
Hitch · as Executive Producer
2004
2003
2002
Rollerball · as Executive Producer
1999
The Thomas Crown Affair · as Executive Producer
1998
Jack Frost · as Executive Producer
1997
The Devil's Advocate · as Executive Producer
1996
Eraser · as Executive Producer
1995
1993
Indecent Proposal · as Co-Producer
1992
School Ties · as Associate Producer
1990
1989
Brenda Starr · as Associate Producer
1987
Deadly Illusion · as Associate Producer

2002
Rollerball · as Starter
1995
Die Hard with a Vengeance · as Greek Deli Proprietor
1988
Coming to America · as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1988
Masquerade · as Kid On Dock

2019
The Movies That Made Us (TV Series) · as Self - Unit Production Manager
2005

2011
Arthur · as Unit Production Manager
1994
Lassie · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1994
Forrest Gump · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1994
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult · as Executive In Charge Of Production
1993
Addams Family Values · as Production Executive
1990
Ghost · as Unit Production Manager
1989
Black Rain · as Unit Production Manager
1989
Let It Ride · as Production Supervisor
1988
Coming to America · as Unit Production Manager
1985
Death Wish 3 · as Assistant Production Manager
1972
Bone · as Assistant Editor

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