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Martha De Laurentiis
Martha De Laurentiis
Martha De Laurentiis was an American film and television producer.
She attended Ball State University in Ohio and briefly worked as a model in New York before moving into production on films such as Wolfen and The Warriors. She also worked in production accounting on projects including miniseries The Dain Curse.
She joined Dino De Laurentiis Communications as an assistant production accountant on the Milos Forman film Ragtime before moving into production on the adaptation of Stephen King's Firestarter. That film also started a long personal and production partnership with Dino.
Martha De Laurentiis was an American film and television producer.
She attended Ball State University in Ohio and briefly worked as a model in New York before moving into production on films such as Wolfen and The Warriors. She also worked in production accounting on projects including miniseries The Dain Curse.
She joined Dino De Laurentiis Communications as an assistant production accountant on the Milos Forman film Ragtime before moving into production on the adaptation of Stephen King's Firestarter. That film also started a long personal and production partnership with Dino.
In the 1990s, the couple launched the De Laurentiis Co., which produced films including Breakdown, U-571, Hannibal, Red Dragon and The Last Legion.
After Dino died in 2010, Martha continued on as head of the De Laurentiis Co. Through its first-look deal with Universal Pictures, she executive produced Hannibal for NBC and Gaumont ,and the Mads Mikkelsen starrer Arctic and is credited as an EP on the upcoming remake of Firestarter.
De Laurentiis died December 4, 2021 in Beverly Hills, California. She was 67.
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