After a brief career as a securities analyst, joined with then-wife Julia Phillips and actor Tony Bill in producing a string of box office and critical successes including "Steelyard Blues" and the Oscar-winning "The Sting" (both 1973). With Julia Phillips he also produced Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver" (1976) and Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977) and solo produced the 1981 comedy "Heartbeeps", the delightful coming-of-age-in-the-60s comedy/drama, "The Flamingo Kid" (1984) and "Mom and Dad Save the World" (1992).
- Also Credited As:
Michael S. Phillips, Michael Steven Phillips
- Born:
June 29, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Job Titles:
Producer, Securities analyst
Family
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Daughter: Kate Elizabeth Phillips. born c. 1974
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Daughter: Natasha Phillips. mother, Juliana Maio
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Father: Lawrence Phillips.
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Mother: Shirley Lee Phillips.
Education
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Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, AB, 1965
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School of Law, New York University, New York, New York, JD, 1968
Milestones
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1968 Worked as a securities analyst in NYC
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1970 Formed Bill/Phillips production company with then-wife Julia Phillips and actor Tony Bill
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1973 Co-produced first feature, Steelyard Blues
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1973 Had box-office success with the Oscar-winning The Sting
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1976 Co-produced Martin Scorsese s acclaimed Taxi Driver
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1977 Served as a producer on Steven Spielberg s Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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1982 Solo producing credit on Cannery Row
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1984 Had critical success as producer of Garry Marshall s nostalgia-laden The Flamingo Kid