Jonathan Glickman

Born on 18th May, 1969 to Rhoda Yura and Dan Glickman, Jonathan Glickman is an American producer and as from 2011 is the president of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer until 2020. Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture and President of MPAA-Motion Picture Association of America and also former Kansas Congressman, fondly recalls likeness of his son towards films from an early age.

Starting his career with HBO, Jonathan went on to join School of Cinematic Arts in University of Southern California in 1992. Although in 1993, desperately in need of a summer internship he convinced to be summer trainee for producer Jon Roth when he realized it could be the last placement he could come across for the season and rushed into his elevator to persuade. This not-so-decided step ended him being a part of some excellent films as such ‘ The Vow Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘The Genius’ , ‘Rush Hour 3’ and the likes for the least and gained him enough experience to be the president of production at Caravan by 1997. By 2003, he was the president and partner at Spyglass Entertainment.

In 2007, he was among 115 people who were invited to join AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences). Jonathan Glickman impressed people with his movies which are close to reality and by making honest political works. ‘Rush Hour 2’ and ‘ The Tourist Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ are his two-major commercial hits. The most challenging part came when he, along-with Gary Barber Born in 1957, Gary Barber is a famous American pro >> Read More... took over MGM productions while it was on the surge of bankruptcy and they came at its survival in 2011. This was a major challenge for him which as of now he is handling swiftly.

He sits as the president overlooking different aspects of feature films and looking for ways to collaborate on financial level with other studios, when need be. Since his term, they have partnered with Warner Bros. producing an Oscar-nominated movie named ‘ Creed Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ becoming a major box-office hit. Another one in this league is the remake of ‘ The Magnificent Seven Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ with Sony which opened the Toronto Film Festival. Solo-best ones of the production are ‘ Skyfall Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ and ‘ Spectre Click to look into! >> Read More... ’. More than this, he and his term is getting greater admiration because of his emphasis on changing library titles into stage productions.