American film producer
Andrew A. Kosove
is an American film and television producer who has produced 35 films. He was nominated for an
Academy Award
for the film
The Blind Side
. Alongside his producing partner,
Broderick Johnson
, he is the co-founder and co-CEO of
Alcon Entertainment
, a
Los Angeles
?based wholly independent film and television production and financing company. In addition to his career in the entertainment industry, Kosove is also an accomplished and avid marathon runner and triathlete. He finished third in the Ironman Executive Challenge in Ironman Coeur d'Alene in 2010. He competed and finished the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii in 2012.
Early life
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Kosove graduated from
Princeton University
in 1992.
[1]
He became friends with
Broderick Johnson
in college.
[1]
[2]
He is of
Jewish
descent.
[3]
Career
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Kosove and Johnson moved to
Los Angeles, California
, where they started a film production company with financial capital from
Frederick W. Smith
, the founder and chairman of
FedEx
.
[1]
[2]
The company became known as
Alcon Entertainment
.
[2]
Their first feature film,
Lost & Found
, had limited box office returns,
[2]
but their second film,
My Dog Skip
, cost only $7 million to produce and grossed $34M domestically.
[2]
Alcon's other productions include
P.S. I Love You
,
Dude, Where's My Car?
,
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
,
The Book of Eli
,
[2]
Insomnia
(the first studio distributed film for director
Christopher Nolan
), and
Denis Villeneuve
's
Prisoners
.
In 2009, Kosove and Johnson produced Alcon's
The Blind Side
, which became the highest grossing sports film of all time.
[2]
The film was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar and earned
Sandra Bullock
the Academy Award for Best Actress. The following year, Alcon Entertainment produced and financed
Dolphin Tale
, another modestly budgeted family film that earned an A+ Cinemascore from audiences, and grossed $100M in worldwide box-office.
Kosove was nominated for an
Emmy Award
as an executive producer on the documentary entitled,
Sinatra: All or Nothing At All
(directed by
Alex Gibney
) in 2015.
[4]
He is also the Executive Producer of the highly acclaimed Sci-fi series,
The Expanse
.
Personal life
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Kosove lives in Los Angeles and is married to producer
Kira Davis
.
[5]
They have two children together.
[5]
Filmography
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Film
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Producer
Executive producer
Thanks
Television
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Executive producer
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