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Brad Krevoy (born 1956) is an American film producer, who has been directly involved in the development, finance, production, acquisition, and distribution of more than 100 motion picture and television projects. He is the founder and Chairman/CEO of the Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA), a well-regarded supplier of quality films for theatrical, television, and home video release by major and mini-major studios as well as international distributors. Krevoy maintains a strong connection with his Alma Mater, Stanford University (Class of '78), where he received a BA in Political Science. Having been in business for over 20 years, MPCA first made its mark with big commercial comedies and genre films and has since expanded into producing and developing English language remakes of successful foreign language films. Mr. Krevoy is also known for jump starting the careers of many young actors and filmmakers who have gone on to become some of the biggest names working in Hollywood today including, the Farrelly brothers, Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Sarah Jessica Parker, Will Ferrell, Viggo Mortensen, Ashley Judd, Jude Law, Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Kirsten Dunst, Courteney Cox, Bill Paxton, Ben Foster, Gretchen Mol, and Jon Turteltaub. ==Early career to MPCA Founding (1987-1996)== Brad Krevoy is a graduate of Stanford University and Hastings College of the Law. After graduation, he served as a Legislative Fellow in the California State Legislature and worked as an entertainment attorney at a prominent Los Angeles law firm. In 1987 Mr. Krevoy and longtime business partner Steve Stabler co-founded the Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA), one of the largest suppliers of inexpensive but high-quality films in the industry. He later co-established Concorde Pictures with Roger Corman, ultimately serving as the company's president and working closely with Mr. Corman to manage his vast library of films. Among his many early works, Mr. Krevoy produced the blockbuster Farrelly brothers comedy ''Dumb and Dumber'' starring Jim Carrey as well as the Farrelly's follow-up, ''Kingpin'', starring Woody Harrelson and Bill Murray. Mr. Krevoy also produced ''Beverly Hills Ninja'' starring Chris Farley and ''Jungle 2 Jungle'' with Tim Allen. Mr. Krevoy's moderately-budgeted 1994 production ''Threesome'', starring Stephen Baldwin and Lara Flynn Boyle, remains one of the most profitable independent films to this day. Mr. Krevoy expanded upon MPCA's early success and specialty in producing big commercial comedies and genre films with a first look deal at Paramount Pictures in the early 1990s. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brad Krevoy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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