Michael Ashton Kuhn (born 1949) is a Kenyan-born English film producer based primarily in England.

Career

Kuhn was born in 1949 in

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, Kenya. At age 13, he traveled to England to study at Dover College and then read law at

Clare College, Cambridge Clare College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The college was founded in 1326 as University Hall, making it the second-oldest surviving college of the Unive ...

. He joined PolyGram in 1975, and in 1991 he set up the subsidiary PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (PFE). In 1999, when PolyGram merged with

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, he went independent and formed the production company Qwerty Films. He published his memoir '' 100 Films and a Funeral'' in 2001. This was later turned into a documentary of the same name, charting the rise and fall of PolyGram Filmed Entertainment. In 2002 he was appointed Chair of the National Film and Television School. Kuhn was appointed

Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(CBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to the film industry.

Personal life

Kuhn married his wife Caroline in 1995 and has two sons. One, named George, the other Jacob.

Filmography

* '' P.I. Private Investigations'' (1987) * '' The Blue Iguana'' (1988) * '' Kill Me Again'' (1989) * '' Fear, Anxiety & Depression'' (1989) * '' Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?'' (1990) * '' Wild at Heart'' (1990) * ''

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'' (1992) * '' Red Rock West'' (1993) * '' Being John Malkovich'' (1999) * '' Wondrous Oblivion'' (2003) * '' The Order'' (2003) * '' Stage Beauty'' (2004) * '' Kinsey'' (2004) * '' I Heart Huckabees'' (2004) * '' The Amateurs'' (2005) * '' Alien Autopsy'' (2006) * '' Severance'' (2006) * '' The Duchess'' (2008) * '' The Last Days on Mars'' (2013) * '' Suite Française'' (2014) * '' Florence Foster Jenkins'' (2016) * '' Golda'' (2022) * '' Cleaner'' (2025)

Arms

References

1949 births Living people BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award English film producers Kenyan emigrants to the United Kingdom Commanders of the Order of the British Empire {{UK-film-producer-stub