Michael Schaefer is a German film producer best known for the 2015 film '' The Martian''.

Career

In July 2012, after leaving

Summit Entertainment Summit Entertainment, LLC (formerly the Summit Group, Summit Export Group, Summit Entertainment Group Inc., Summit Entertainment Limited, Summit Films Limited, and Summit Entertainment N.V.) is an American film production label of Lionsgate Film ...

, Schaefer was hired as the president of

Ridley Scott Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director and producer. He directs films in the Science fiction film, science fiction, Crime film, crime, and historical drama, historical epic genres, with an atmospheric and highly co ...

's company,

Scott Free Productions Scott Free Productions is a film and television production company founded by English filmmakers and brothers Ridley and Tony Scott in 1995. The result of multiple mergers between companies established by the Scott brothers since 1971, it curre ...

. In 2015, Schaefer produced the science fiction film '' The Martian'' starring

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, which Scott directed. He received an

Academy Award The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence ...

nomination for the film for

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at the

88th Academy Awards The 88th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2015 and took place on February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m. PST. D ...

along with

Simon Kinberg Simon David Kinberg (born August 2, 1973) is an American filmmaker. He wrote and produced a number of films in the X-Men (film series), ''X-Men'' film franchise for 20th Century Studios, 20th Century Fox, and had produced a number of other projec ...

, Scott, and Mark Huffam. In October 2016, it was announced that Schaefer would be leaving Scott Free to become president at

Arnon Milchan Arnon Milchan (; December 6, 1944) is an Israeli billionaire businessman, film producer and former spy. He has been involved in over 130 full-length motion pictures and is the founder of production company Regency Enterprises. Regency's film cre ...

New Regency New Regency Productions is an American-British-Luxembourgish entertainment company formed by Arnon Milchan. It was founded in 1991 as the successor to Regency International Pictures (formerly known as Embassy International Pictures N.V.). Hist ...

. In October 2023, it was announced Schaefer would be departing New Regency after seven years with the company.

Filmography

Producer * ''

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'' (1998) (assistant producer) * ''Der Madendoktor'' (2001) (TV Movie) * ''No Regrets'' (2001) * ''Mouse'' (2001) (Short) * ''Annie & Boo'' (2004) (Short) * ''Winterreise'' (2006) (co-producer) * '' Exodus: Gods and Kings'' (2014) * ''

Child 44 ''Child 44'' is a 2008 thriller novel by British writer Tom Rob Smith. It is the first novel in a trilogy featuring former MGB Agent Leo Demidov, who investigates a series of gruesome child murders in Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union. Themes Th ...

'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2015) * '' The Martian'' (2015) * ''

Morgan Morgan may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment'', also called ''Morgan!'', a 1966 comedy film * ''Morgan'' (2012 film), an American drama * ''Morgan'' (2016 film), an American science fiction thriller * ...

'' (2016) * ''

Newness ''Newness'' is a 2017 American romantic drama film directed by Drake Doremus from a screenplay by Ben York Jones. It stars Nicholas Hoult, Laia Costa, Courtney Eaton, Danny Huston and Esther Perel. The film had its world premiere at the Sunda ...

'' (2017) * '' Alien: Covenant'' (2017) * ''

Murder on the Orient Express ''Murder on the Orient Express'' is a work of detective fiction by English writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 1 January 1934. In the U ...

'' (2017) * ''

Blitz Blitz, German for "lightning", may refer to: Military uses *Blitzkrieg, blitz campaign, or blitz, a type of military campaign *The Blitz, the German aerial campaign against Britain in the Second World War *, several ships of the Prussian, Imperia ...

'' (2024) Executive producer * '' Now You See Me'' (2013) * ''

The Counselor ''The Counselor'' (known as ''The Counsellor'' in countries that use British English) is a 2013 crime thriller film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Cormac McCarthy. It stars Michael Fassbender as the eponymous Counselor as well as Pen ...

'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2015) * '' Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House'' (2017) * '' The Lighthouse'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2019) * ''

Everybody's Talking About Jamie ''Everybody's Talking About Jamie'' is a Musical theatre, stage musical centred around a coming-of-age story, with score by Dan Gillespie Sells and book and lyrics by Tom MacRae. The musical is inspired by the 2011 British television documentar ...

'' (2021) * '' Deep Water'' (2022) * ''

The Northman ''The Northman'' is a 2022 American epic action drama film directed by Robert Eggers, who the screenplay with Sjón. Based on the legend of Amleth from ''Gesta Danorum'' by Saxo Grammaticus, the film follows Amleth, an exiled Viking prince wh ...

'' (2022) * ''

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'' (2022) * ''

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'' (2022)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schaefer, Michael German film producers Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Film people from Dortmund Golden Globe Award–winning producers