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John Bard Manulis (born September 8, 1956) is an American film, television and theater producer, director, entrepreneur and activist.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0544307/ )〕 Working with actors including Angelina Jolie, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Christian Bale, Manulis has produced or executive produced more than 20 films, television programs, and theater productions, including ''Charlotte Sometimes'',''The Basketball Diaries'', ''Swing Kids,'' ''Arctic Tale,'' ''Foxfire,'' HBO's ''Blindside,'' and ''The Umbilical Brothers: THWAK.'' Manulis has been noted for creating a body of work over the course of his career that integrates social and political themes within popular entertainment, including these: drug addiction (''The Basketball Diaries''); repression and rebellion (''Swing Kids''); AIDS, individual freedom, and bi-racial relationships ''(Daybreak)''; the Vietnam conflict (''Intimate Strangers''); positive Latino role models (''Tortilla Soup''); female empowerment (''Foxfire'', ''V.I. Warshawski''); poverty (''American Idol Gives Back'') and climate change/environmental consciousness (''Arctic Tale''). == Early life and education == Manulis was born in Los Angeles to actress Katherine Bard Manulis and Martin Manulis; his father is a film, television, and theater producer best known as the creator of the television program, ''Playhouse 90.'' He attended Harvard College after his preparatory school education at Harvard School, in North Hollywood, California. Manulis graduated from Harvard with a Bachelor of Arts in English and American Literature and Language. He was president of the Harvard Dramatic Club, and directed numerous productions, including the musical ''Two Gentleman of Verona,'' by John Guare and Galt McDermot, which he independently produced and presented outdoors in Harvard Yard, and a multimedia adaptation of ''U.S.A.'' by John Dos Passos on the Loeb Mainstage. During summer breaks, Manulis worked on films, most notably as a production assistant on ''All The President's Men''〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074119/combined )〕 and as assistant art director on Lee Grant's Academy Award nominee ''The Stranger.'' 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「John Bard Manulis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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