Michael Benaroya (born February 23, 1981) is an American film producer.
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Biography
Benaroya was born to a Jewish
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family on February 23, 1981 in Seattle, Washington
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, U.S.A.Pomona College
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, where he received a B.A. in Economics.
Career
He moved to Los Angeles, California
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in 2006 to pursue a career in the film industry
Filmography
As a producer
*''New York, I Love You
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'' (2009)The Romantics
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'' (2010)Margin Call
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'' (2011)Catch .44
''Catch .44'' is a 2011 American crime thriller film written and directed by Aaron Harvey and starring Forest Whitaker, Bruce Willis, Malin Åkerman, Nikki Reed, Deborah Ann Woll, and Brad Dourif.
Plot
Drug boss Mel sends his associates Tes, D ...
'' (2011)Felony
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'' (2013)Parts per Billion
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'' (2014)Cymbeline
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'' (2015)
References
External links
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Living people
1981 births
Businesspeople from Seattle
People from Los Angeles
Pomona College alumni
Film producers from California
20th-century American Jews
American people of Lebanese-Jewish descent
Film producers from Washington (state)
Jewish film people
21st-century American Jews