Scott Mednick

Scott Mednick is a respected entertainment, media and technology executive, consultant, speaker and author. He has been a pioneer in creating one of the first private equity backed motion picture studios, one of the first boutique advertising and marketing companies, one of the first internet marketing companies and one of the first branded entertainment companies.

Mednick has completed numerous mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and has helped to raise over $900 million in investment capital for both public and private companies primarily focused on entertainment, marketing and technology.

In 2004, he was a co-founder of Legendary Pictures. Legendary's unique partnership brought together $500 million dollars from private equity and created a 25-picture deal with Warner Bros. to create an active production and finance entity. The initial deal included Legendary Pictures partnering with Warner Bros to fund Batman Begins, Batman: The Dark Night and The Dark Night Rises.

Mednick has served as a member of the producing team on such motion pictures as Superman Returns, We Are Marshall, The Ant Bully, U2 3D, 10,000 BC, 300 and Where the Wild Things Are. He is currently producing the dramatic comedy Delivery Man starring Vince Vaughn for DreamWorks as well as the romantic comedy Dr. Cabbie starring Adrianne Palicki and Kunal Nayyar ("The Big Bang Theory") in his first movie role. Also, in 2013 he produced the major motion picture adaptation of the American Gladiators franchise. Movies that Mednick has been a part of the finance and/or producing team have grossed more than $2 billion at the box office.

Mednick has worked on the marketing campaigns for numerous television programs from "Lonesome Dove" to "Survivor" and he has worked on the campaigns for over 200 diverse motion pictures including Walt Disney's Fantasia, Coal Miners Daughter, A Few Good Men, Spinal Tap, Dune, An American Werewolf in London, Groundhog Day, X-Men and The Matrix. Mednick's individual clients have included Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington, Larry Bird, Wayne Gretzky, Sting and Nicole Kidman.

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