Gavin Polone

Gavin Polone
Other namesGavin Pariah
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Occupations
Years active1998-present
Notable work

Gavin Polone is an American film and television producer and first-time director. He began producing films in the late 1990s and television in the 2000s. He has been nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards, of which six were for "Outstanding Comedy Series" for Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm. His production company is Pariah.[1]

Education

Polone graduated from University of California, Berkeley in three years.

Career

Polone earned a realtor's license and applied to work for the Central Intelligence Agency but was not accepted.[2] In 1985, he began work as an assistant at International Creative Management.[3] He eventually became a literary agent at ICM.[4] In 1989, ICM suspected that Polone planned to defect and fired him, though Polone says ICM was wrong about its suspicions.

He joined Bauer-Benedek Agency, and the agency eventually merged with Leading Artists Agency to form United Talent Agency.[3] Polone eventually became a partner at UTA.[4] He was disappointed in how the agency was run and threatened to leave.[3] In April 1996, UTA fired Polone. Polone hired Peter Ostroff to sue UTA in a breach of contract lawsuit, and before the lawsuit was filed, UTA gave Polone a $6 million severance package and made a public admission that "'there were insufficient grounds' to fire him." UTA sued Polone a year later for reneging on the severance contract, and another settlement took place.[5]

After departing from UTA, Polone launched his own management and production company and managed clients in both film and television. He eventually decided to become a film and television producer,[4] and he dropped all of his clients except for Conan O'Brien. In 2007 and beyond, Polone became a pundit who appeared in media to comment on the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, Tiger Woods's infidelity scandal and fallout, and Michael Moore's association with Occupy Wall Street. He also writes an online column for New York Magazine.[3]

In the late 1990s, he was partner with Judy Hofflund to start Hofflund/Polone, with both credited as executive producers on Gilmore Girls through its original run. Hofflund retired in 2013.[6][7] In May 2001, he started Pariah, with an affiliated production company at Columbia TriStar Television.[8] On February 19, 2002, Pariah decided to expand into film production with Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures and Senator International for a production-and-distribution deal.[9] Shortly afterwards, on May 27, 2002, he moved his Pariah Television production division to NBC, creating projects that were designed solely for the network.[10] On July 26, 2004, NBC decided to cut their ties with Pariah Television,[11] and on April 14, 2005, the production company was moved back to Sony Pictures Entertainment for film and television projects.[12]

Polone, formerly a member of Writers Guild of America West, left and maintained financial core status in 2015.[13]

Filmography

Film

Producer

Executive producer

Acting roles

Year Title Role
1997 An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn Gary Samuels
1998 Thick as Thieves Simons
2006 Population 436 Aames
(uncredited)

Special thanks

Television series

Executive producer

Year Title Notes
1999 Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm Television special
1999−2024 Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000−2007 Gilmore Girls
2002 Family Affair
2002−2003 Hack
2003 Untitled Howie Mandel Project Television pilot
The Ortegas
American P.I.
2004 Celebrity Blackjack
2005 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search
Revelations
2006 Thief
2005−2007 The Showbiz Show with David Spade
2006−2008 Emily's Reasons Why Not
2006−2010 My Boys
2007 Tell Me You Love Me
2011 Bachelorette Party: Las Vegas
2012 Jane by Design
2013 Zombieland Television pilot
2013−2014 Twisted

Director

Year Title
2012 Jane by Design
2013−2014 Twisted
2015 Finding Carter

Acting roles

Year Title Role
1993 Seinfeld Man in Jerry Audience
1999 Action Dodi

Special thanks

  • Twisted: Socio Studies 101 (2013)

Television movies

Executive producer

  • When Trumpets Fade (1998)
  • Sam's Circus (2001)
  • More, Patience (2001)
  • Life at Five Feet (2002)
  • Suspense (2003)
  • Celebrity Temps (2003)
  • D.O.T.S. (2004)
  • The Angriest Man in Suburbia (2006)
  • More, Patience (2006)
  • Backyards & Bullets (2007)
  • Cinema Verite (2011)

References

  1. ^ "Gavin Polone". Variety. December 17, 2013.
  2. ^ Goldstein, Patrick (May 18, 2004). "Gavin Polone, the iconoclast". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ a b c d Masters, Kim (January 6, 2012). "Dark Prince of Hollywood, Producer Gavin Polone, Opens Up About Unlikely Directorial Debut". The Hollywood Reporter.
  4. ^ a b c Fenjves, Pablo F.; Lang, Rocky (2006). How I Broke into Hollywood: Success Stories from the Trenches. It Books. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-06-078964-0.
  5. ^ Johnson, Ross (May 2000). "Raging Bulls". Los Angeles. p. 108.
  6. ^ Busch, Anita M. (May 23, 1997). "'Seven' scripter sells '8'". Variety. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  7. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (April 22, 2013). "Judy Hofflund Leaving Biz, Becca Kovacik And Laura Berwick Partnering Up". Archived from the original on April 17, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  8. ^ Adalian, Josef; Schneider, Michael (July 16, 2001). "Polone picks pal as Pariah prexy". Variety. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  9. ^ Brodesser, Claude; Dunkley, Cathy (February 20, 2002). "Pariah on pix for Col, Screen Gems". Variety. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  10. ^ Adalian, Josef (May 27, 2002). "Pariah, Peacock partner". Variety. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  11. ^ Adalian, Josef (July 27, 2004). "Inside Move: Pariah's no Peacock pal". Variety. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  12. ^ LaPorte, Nicole (April 15, 2005). "Pariah steps in at Sony". Variety. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  13. ^ "WGAW Financial Core List".
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