Canada-born executive producer Joe Medjuck has been behind many popular large-budget feature films, including Dave (1993), Space Jam (1996), and Commandments (1996). Before heading south to Hollywood in 1980, he spent 12 years teaching at his alma mater, the University of Toronto. Prior to that, he had studied at Toronto's McGill University. As a producer, Medjuck has also spent much time on television shows, including the Emmy-nominated The Real Ghostbusters. He has also been an associate producer on Broadway. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Also Credited As:
Joseph Allen Medjuck
- Born:
February 17, 1943 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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Job Titles:
Producer, Columnist, Correspondent, Film critic
Family
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Daughter: Enna Deans. born 1986
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Son: Avery Deans. born 1989
Education
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McGill University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, English, BA
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University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, English and drama, MA
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University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, PhD
Milestones
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1969 Taught at University of Toronto
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1983 Associate producer of Broadway musical, Merlin
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1986 First film as executive producer, Legal Eagles
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Editor of film magazine, TAKE ONE
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Executive producer of TV series, The Real Ghostbusters
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Met Ivan Reitman after Medjuck reviewed one of Reitman s student films for a magazine; subsequently formed New Cinema of Canada (film distribution company) with Reitman
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Moved to Los Angeles at Reitman s request to work as associate producer on Stripes (Columbia, 1981)
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Visiting Professor at University of Western Ontario