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Donald Kushner (born March 2, 1945) is an American producer who has worked with animation, live-action and theater productions. == Biography == Donald Kushner was born March 2, 1945 to Ann Gardner. Donald is one of three children and he is the only son. He attended high school in Providence, Rhode Island, received an undergraduate degree from Syracuse University in 1971 and a Boston University law degree in 1973. He then studied art for one year in Florence, Italy. Upon returning to Boston he set up a law practice which included a number of show business clients. This led to the opportunity to produce plays for the Boston stage, among them ''P.S. Your Cat Is Dead'' and the first theatrical adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's ''Player Piano''. In 1977, Kushner formed a partnership with filmmaker Steven Lisberger. In 1978, the pair moved to the West Coast, where they produced the 90-minute animated film ''Animalympics'' for NBC which was aborted. After ''Animalympics'', he conceived and produced his first live-action film ''Tron'' for Walt Disney Pictures. After ''Tron'', Kushner, along with Glen A. Larson and Peter Locke, also produced the 1980s television series ''Automan'', about a holographic crime fighter, that began in December 1983 and ended in August 1984. This series used similar effects to those seen in ''Tron''. He and his partner, Peter Locke, founded The Kushner-Locke Company in the 1980s and continue to produce film and television series. He was credited as executive producer for the 2010 sequel to ''Tron'', ''Tron: Legacy''. Kushner is also the co-restorer and co-owner of The Chinese Theater with Elie Samaha.〔http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/graumans-chinese-theatre-makeover-hollywood-279246〕 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「Donald Kushner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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