David Ellison

David Ellison Biography

David Ellison (born January 9, 1983) is an American film producer and the founder and CEO of Skydance Media.

Early life and education

David Ellison was born in Santa Clara County, California. He is the son of billionaire Oracle Corporation CTO Larry Ellison, and his ex-wife, Barbara Boothe Ellison. His father is of Italian and Jewish heritage. He has one sister, film producer Megan Ellison. He dropped out of the University of Southern California in 2005.

Career

Ellison is the CEO and founder of Skydance Media. In 2010, Skydance raised $350 million with IJNR TRUST to co-finance and co-produce movies with Paramount. He produced the reboot film Terminator Genisys (2015). He will produce, with his Skydance Productions, a film adaptation of the Dark Horse comic The Strange Case of Hyde.

Ellison was named to Varietys Dealmaker list for 2010 and the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2011. As an actor, Ellison has performed in the films Flyboys, Little Fish, Strange Pond and Hole in One.

In 2014, Ellison launched a new line of men's clothing, called the "LANAI Collection."

Personal life

Ellison is an aerobatic, commercial, fixed-wing, multi-engine and helicopter licensed pilot with instrument ratings. In 2003, aged 20, he was selected to perform as part of Sean D. Tucker's "Stars of Tomorrow" aerobatic team at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

He married Sandra Lynn Modic, an actress and singer, on October 1, 2011 in Palm Springs, California.

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2010	True Grit	Joel and Ethan Coen	Executive producer
2011	Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol	Brad Bird	Executive producer
2012	The Guilt Trip	Anne Fletcher	Executive producer
2012	Jack Reacher	Christopher McQuarrie	Executive producer
2013	G.I. Joe: Retaliation	Jon M. Chu	Executive producer
	Star Trek Into Darkness	J. J. Abrams	Executive producer
	World War Z	Marc Forster	Executive producer
2014	Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit	Kenneth Branagh	Executive producer
2015	Terminator Genisys	Alan Taylor	Producer
2015	Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation	Christopher McQuarrie	Producer
2016	Star Trek Beyond	Justin Lin	Executive producer
2016	Jack Reacher: Never Go Back	Edward Zwick	Executive producer
2017	Life	Daniel Espinosa	Producer
	The Hitman's Bodyguard	Patrick Hughes	Producer
	Geostorm	Dean Devlin	Producer
2018	Mission: Impossible - Fallout	Christopher McQuarrie	Executive producer
2019	Top Gun: Maverick	Joseph Kosinski	Producer
2019	Untitled Terminator film	Tim Miller	Producer
TBA	Star Blazers	Christopher McQuarrie	Executive producer
TBA	Untitled Star Trek film	S. J. Clarkson	Executive producer

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