by TheDeal.com staff (compilation) | Published July 17, 2008 at 7:00 AM
Icahn nominee Robert Shaye is co-chairman and co-CEO of New Line Cinema. As the founder of New Line Cinema and a filmmaker himself, Robert Shaye has spent more than 40 years developing and distributing films that reflect a wide array of cultural movements, creating new paradigms for the motion picture business and most importantly, entertaining millions of moviegoers.
Since he founded New Line in 1967, Shaye has guided the company's growth from a privately held art film distributor to one of the entertainment industry's leading independent studios and a veritable box office force. He has been involved in such films as "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "Rush Hour," "Austin Powers" and "Seven." A University of Michigan graduate with a degree in business administration and a J.D. degree from Columbia University Law School, Shaye is also a Fulbright Scholar, member of the New York State Bar, and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Motion Picture Pioneers, and the American Film Institute. Source: Icahn open letter to Yahoo! directors from PR Newswire via Bnet Share: Tags: Austin Powers
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