Executive Bios

ILYA SALKIND

President / Chief Executive Officer

At the head of the Company is Mr. Ilya Salkind, the mega-producer whose hallmark career highlights strong commercial creative vision and the skilled business acumen to deliver film and television productions on-time and on-budget. He ranks among an elite group of producers whose films have generated more than $4 billion in adjusted worldwide revenue, with an adjusted average of $266 million per movie.

Mr. Salkind was born in Mexico City in 1952 and grew up in the world of motion pictures. His grand-father, Michael Salkind, was one of the pioneers of silent films and produced Joyless Street (1925), featuring Greta Garbo in her first major role and Marlene Dietrich. Afterwards Michael and his son, Alexander, were responsible for many successful films of artistic achievement, including Orson Welles The Trial (1962). Mr. Ilya Salkind then took the reins and became the third generation of these successful filmmakers. He has worked out of Paris, Rome, London, Madrid, New York and Los Angeles, and speaks fluent French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and English.

At a young age, Mr. Salkind started his career as a producer and has accumulated a stunning filmography. He produced, with his father and grandfather, the tremendous worldwide box office hits The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers, among many other films. The production of The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers was the first time in the industry a film and its sequel were shot simultaneously. Mr. Ilya Salkind then went on to initiate the blockbuster Superman franchise, one of the most successful in film history. The Academy Award winning Superman: The Movie also has the distinction of being the first major Comic Book film adaptation ever made. Under his supervision, this film and its first two sequels became worldwide blockbusters.

Mr. Salkind's first venture into television, Superboy , also proved successful, lasting four seasons for a total of 100 episodes and is now a huge hit on DVD.

In the years following the success of SUPERBOY Mr. Salkind focused his energies on the youth oriented feature YOUNG ALEXANDER THE GREAT. During that period Mr. Salkind also Executive Produced The Richard Donner Cut of Superman II.

Now based in Los Angeles, Mr. Salkind and The Ilya Salkind Company, Inc. are on the fast track with a slate of Epic Motion Pictures on a scale that befits AN ILYA SALKIND PRODUCTION.

A sampling of his various productions includes:

• Superman - starring Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Glenn Ford, Ned Beatty, Valerie Perrine, and Margot Kidder.
• Superman II - starring Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Terence Stamp, and Margot Kidder.
• Superman III - starring Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper, Annette O'Toole, and Robert Vaughn.
• The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers - starring Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Christopher Lee, Geraldine Chaplin, Faye Dunaway, and Charlton Heston.
• Santa Claus: The Movie - starring Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, Burgess Meredith, and David Huddleston.
• Supergirl - starring Faye Dunaway, Helen Slater, Peter O'Toole, Mia Farrow, Simon Ward, and Peter Cook.
• The Prince and the Pauper - starring Oliver Reed, Ernest Borgnine, George C. Scott, Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, and Raquel Welch.
• Bluebeard - starring Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, Joey Heatherton, Virna Lisi, and Nathalie Delon.
• The Light at the Edge of the World - starring Kirk Douglas, Yul Brynner, and Samantha Eggar.
• Kill! Kill! Kill! - starring James Mason, Stephen Boyd, Jean Seberg, and Curt Jurgens.
• The Twist - starring Bruce Dern and Ann-Margret.
• Christopher Columbus: The Discovery - starring Marlon Brando, Benicio Del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Tom Selleck, Rachel Ward, and George Corraface.
• Superboy (TV series) - over 100 episodes were shot of this episodic TV series, which ranked among the top 10 syndicated shows during its four year run.
• Young Alexander the Great - starring Sam Heughan, Lauren Cohan, Paul Telfer, John Moulder-Brown, Christopher Cazenove, David Curtiz, Amy Shiels, Louis Tamone
• Click for awards and nominations of Ilya Salkind's various productions