Frank Mancuso Sr.

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{{short description|American former film studio executive (born 1933)}}
{{other uses|Frank Mancuso (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox person
| name = Frank Mancuso Sr.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1933|7|25}}
| birth_place = [[Buffalo, New York]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| known_for = Chairman and CEO of [[Paramount Pictures]]<br> Chairman and CEO of [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
| spouse = Fay Mancuso
| children = [[Frank Mancuso Jr.]]
| occupation = [[Studio executive]]
}}

'''Frank G. Mancuso''' (born July 25, 1933) is an [[Americans|American]] former film [[studio executive]]. Mancuso was the chairman and [[CEO]] of [[Paramount Pictures]] between 1984 and 1991, and [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] between 1993 and 1999, when he retired.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE0DC113DF936A2575AC0A961948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|title=A mogul refuses to fail|work=The New York Times|date=1987-09-15|author=Aljean Harmetz}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/57/Frank-G-Mancuso.html|title=Frank G. Mancuso Biography (1933-)|publisher=Filmreference.com}}</ref><ref name=Hollywood>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Frank_Mancuso/4001638/|title=Frank Mancuso|publisher=Hollywood.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516150659/http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Frank_Mancuso/4001638/|archivedate=2007-05-16}}</ref>

Mancuso started as an usher in a theater in [[Buffalo, New York]]<ref name=Hollywood/> and eventually ran the programming for the company's 50 theatres.<ref name=NYT/>

Mancuso joined [[Paramount Pictures]] in 1962, booking films from their Buffalo office. He worked his way up through their sales division before becoming vice-president of domestic distribution in March 1977. He became senior vice-president in August 1978. In April 1979, he was promoted to executive vice-president for distribution and marketing taking over marketing responsibilities. In August 1980, he became president of Paramount's new Distribution division which also became responsible for acquiring films for distribution.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 13, 1980|page=3|last=Klain|first=Stephen|title=Paramount Distrib Presidency To Mancuso; Pickups Integral}}</ref>

In 1983, Mancuso was promoted to president of Paramount's motion picture division and in September 1984 he was chosen instead of COO [[Michael Eisner]] to take over from the departing [[Barry Diller]] as chairman and chief executive officer.<ref name=NYT/><ref name=Hollywood/> He appointed [[Ned Tanen]] to head the motion picture division.<ref name=NYT/> After falling from first place in 1984 to fourth in 1985, Paramount became the number one studio again in 1986 and 1987 with hits including ''[[Top Gun]]'', ''[[Crocodile Dundee]]'' (the top two grossing films of 1986), ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'', ''[[Beverly Hills Cop II]]'', ''[[The Untouchables (film)|The Untouchables]]''<ref name=NYT/> and ''[[Fatal Attraction]]''.

Mancuso became a Governor of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] in 1986 and in 1992, he became its secretary.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 10, 1992|page=4|last=McBride|first=Joseph|title=Rehme Elected President of Film Academy}}</ref>

In March 1991, Mancuso left Paramount soon after [[Stanley Jaffe]] had joined and filed a $45 million lawsuit for breach of contract.<ref name=Hollywood/>

In 1993, Mancuso became chairman and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer until his retirement in 1999.<ref name=Hollywood/> He is currently the chairman of the [[Motion Picture and Television Fund]] Corporate Board of Directors.

He is the father of executive producer [[Frank Mancuso Jr.]], and Maria Mancuso Gersh. Frank Mancuso lives in Los Angeles with his wife Fay. In 2010, Mancuso received a star on the [[Italian Walk of Fame]] in [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]], Canada.

==Filmography==
He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
===Film===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Credit
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Off the Wall (1983 film)|Off the Wall]]'' || ||
|-
| 1998 || ''[[The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film)|The Man in the Iron Mask]]'' || Executive producer || <center><small>Uncredited</small></center>
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0541560}}

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[[Category:1933 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Buffalo, New York]]
[[Category:American film studio executives]]
[[Category:Paramount Pictures executives]]
[[Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executives]]
[[Category:American people of Italian descent]]
[[Category:20th-century American businesspeople]]

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