Larry Kostroff


 

 

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EXECUTIVE CREDITS

HBO/SILVER SCREEN PARTNERSHIP
Vice President of Physical Production

Created Physical Production department and supervised the following productions
SWEET DREAMS 
FLASHPOINT
HEAVEN HELP US
THE TROUBLE WITH SPIES
HEAD OFFICE
VOLUNTEERS
THE HITCHER                                    

  Jessica Lange/Karel Reisz
Kris Kristofferson/William Tannen
Donald Sutherland/Michael Dinner
Donald Sutherland/Burt Kennedy
Danny DeVito/Ken Finkleman
Tom Hanks/Nicholas Meyer
Rutger Hauer/Robert Harmon          

MGM/UA
Executive Production Manager

Supervised the following productions
BRAINSTORM
FORCED VENGEANCE
WAR GAMES
MY FAVORITE YEAR
THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY
ROMANTIC COMEDY 
ENDANGERED SPECIES
  Chris Walken/Douglas Trumbull
Chuck Norris/James Fargo
Matthew Broderick/John Badham
Peter O’Toole/Richard Benjamin
Mel Gibson/Peter Weir
Dudley Moore/Arthur Hiller
Robert Urich/Alan Rudolph


PRODUCER:


THE GUMSHOE KID
CODE NAME: DANCER
WHEN A STRANGER CALLS
DIARY OF A HITMAN  
KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE
  Jay Underwood/Joseph Manduke 
Kate Capshaw/Buzz Kulik
Carol Kane/Fred Walton
Jack Palance/Alan Smithee
Evan Kim/John Landis


LINE PRODUCER/PRODUCTION MANAGER


ROCKETS RED GLARE
DARK SKIES (pilot) 
STOP OR MY MOM WILL SHOOT (prep)
HARD TO KILL (add’l filming)
STANLEY AND IRIS (add’l filming)
COMMANDO 
THE LAST DETAIL
A NEW LEAF
THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER
THE FAR TURN
THE JOURNEY OF MEG LAUREL
FIRE IN THE SKY
INSIDE THE KKK 
THE AMERICAN GIRLS (pilot)
240 ROBERT (pilot
)FANTASY ISLAND
THE DEFENDERS
BARETTA

  Argus Entertainment
Columbia TV
Universal 
Warner Bros.
MGM/UA
20th Century Fox
Columbia
Paramount
Warner Bros.
Columbia TV
Columbia TV
Columbia TV
Columbia TV
Columbia TV
Columbia TV
Columbia TV
CBS TV
Universal TV

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
THE MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE STORY
Producer’s representative for Halmi Productions
RETURN FROM THE RIVER KWAI
Completion Bond representative for Film Finances Inc.
FAMILY REUNION
Executive in Charge of Production, Columbia TV
THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE
Faculty (1982-1990)
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES
Instructor (1991-1995)
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Adjunct Professor (1997)
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
Professor (1998-2003)
THE LOS ANGELES FILM SCHOOL
Professor (1999--)

TEACHING
The American Film Institute (Faculty 1982-1990),
Chapman University (Visiting Professor (1997-1999), 
UCLA/EXT,
USC, 
NYU,
University of Denver,
The Los Angeles Film School (Instructor 1999-2004) .

LOCATION FILMING EXPERIENCE
USA (extensive)
CANADA
GREAT BRITAIN
MEXICO
VENEZUELA
PUERTO RICO
SPAIN
HUNGARY
YUGOSLAVIA
HONG KONG
THE PHILIPPINES
JAMAICA
BAHAMAS
IRELAND

MEMBERSHIP
DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA
INDEPENDENT FILM PROJECTS/WEST