John lesher biography

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John Lesher Biography

John Lesher is one of the most popular and richest Film Producer who was born on May 12, 1966 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Lesher was born on May 12, 1966 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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He graduated from Harvard University in 1988 before launching his career as an agent at the Bauer-Benedek Agency. From there, Lesher moved to the United Talent Agency (UTA), where he became a partner. After 15 years at UTA Lesher left UTA for Endeavor, where his clients included Martin Scorsese, Paul Thomas Anderson, Alejandro Iñárritu, and Judd Apatow.

In 2005, he was made head of Paramount Vantage, a new brand derived from Paramount Classics that produced and distributed arthouse-oriented titles. The company produced such Oscar-winning pictures as Inarritu’s Babel (2006), the Coen Brothers’ No Country for Old Men (2007), and Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood (2007). The success of these films led to Lesher’s appointment in 2008 as