Thomas Henderson Mount (born 26 May 1948) is a former President of

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. Born in Durham, North Carolina, he studied art at

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where he received a BA. He received an MFA in Film and Video at the

California Institute of the Arts The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is a private art university in Santa Clarita, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the US created specifically for students of bo ...

. Starting as assistant to Executive VP Ned Tanen in 1972 Mount rose quickly through the MCA/Universal ranks to become Universal President in 1975 through early 1985. There he developed, supervise, financed and distributed over 200 features. After leaving Universal in late 1984, Mount founded his own company, which produced acclaimed films like '' Bull Durham'', '' Tequila Sunrise'', ''

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'', '' Natural Born Killers'', '' Can't Buy Me Love'', ''

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'', '' Night Falls on Manhattan'', and '' Death and the Maiden'', which he first produced on stage in London's West End and on Broadway. Although The Mount Company had outgoing agreements with various film studios like Warner Bros., Tri-Star Pictures, The Walt Disney Studios and

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, on June 11, 1986, The Mount Company received a three-year, two-picture-a-year, non-exclusive deal with

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, in order that Mount would develop projects for the studio. Mount is a co-founder of the Los Angeles Film School, two-term president of the

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, and has been a consultant for

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. He has been an active Academy member since 1977. Frequently rumored to be the model for

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's '' The Player'', Mount said "Not me. I've never murdered a screenwriter".

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

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Television

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