Allison Lyon Segan is a film producer. Her feature films have garnered eight

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out of eleven nominations. Most recently, she produced ''

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'', an animated feature for DreamWorks that features Will Smith, Renée Zellweger, Robert De Niro, and Martin Scorsese. Her thriller ''

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'', starring

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and

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, was released by

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in September 2002 and became her fifth #1 movie at the box office on its opening weekend. She also produced ''

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'' for

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, starring Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon, John Goodman and Michael Douglas. As President of the

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-based production company Mutual Films Inc., Segan co-produced the Academy Award-winning ''

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'', directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, Matt Damon and Vin Diesel; produced DreamWorks Pictures’ comedy-adventure '' Paulie''; executive produced the action-thriller '' Hard Rain'' starring Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater; and produced ''The Ripper'' for the

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. Previously, she co-produced blockbuster hits such as the action-thriller '' Broken Arrow'', directed by John Woo and starring John Travolta and Christian Slater; ''

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'', starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock; and '' A Pyromaniac's Love Story'', a romantic comedy starring Billy Baldwin and John Leguizamo. Segan was born to a

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family, the daughter of Judith (née Eisenstaedt) and Loren Lyon. Allison Lyon Segan is married to television and film producer

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. They attend the Leo Baeck Temple in Los Angeles where her husband serves as president.

Filmography

''She was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.''

Film

Television

References

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