Mike Jackson (film producer)

Mike Jackson (born March 12) is an American film producer and talent manager. Jackson worked on such projects as Underground (2016 TV series), La La Land (2016), HBO Documentary Southern Rites (2015), and Southside With You (2016).

Career

Early career

A Philadelphia native, Jackson began his career at Grey Advertising in New York City as the production coordinator responsible for publicity and the opening nights of several Broadway shows, including Chicago: The Musical, Jekyll and Hyde, Steel Pier, Candide, The Young Man From Atlanta, The Last Night of Ballyhoo and Always Patsy Cline.

Currently living in Los Angeles and is a partner at Get Lifted Film Co.

2000–2005

Back in his hometown, Jackson founded his entertainment and management company, Cojax Entertainment Group (CEG). CEG produced major events throughout Philadelphia and New York City and represented several rising musical acts, including the Grammy Award-winning recording artist John Legend.^[1][2]

After CEG, Jackson returned to physical production at Banyan Productions (Trading Spaces) as a producer for The Learning Channel's A Dating Story.

2005–2010

He then relocated back to Los Angeles, where he produced several music videos with Interscope Records and Road Less Traveled Productions and was hired to produce the A&E reality television show Intervention.

He soon left Intervention to become a partner in Tycoon Entertainment. While at Tycoon Entertainment, Mike Jackson produced The Lather Effect (2006), which starred Eric Stoltz, Peter Facinelli and Connie Britton,^[3] then Feel (2006) starring William Baldwin^[4] and the Jada Pinkett Smith directorial debut The Human Contract (2008), based on her original script, Will Smith served as executive producer of the film.^[5]

2010–present

Jackson then produced the film Triple Dog (2010),^[6] starring Scout Taylor-Compton and Britt Robertson with Station3 principals R. D. Robb and Thomas Carter after which he joined Station3 as a partner and remained there until the summer of 2011.

In the fall of 2011, Jackson launched Get Lifted Film Co. with his partners John Legend and Ty Siklorius. Get Lifted has several feature projects in various stages of development some of which include: Lionsgate’s LaLa Land, written and directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and John Legend; The Black Count (2013 Pulitzer Prize Winner), to be written and directed by Cary Fukunaga for Sony Pictures; and other projects with such notables as Jesse Williams and Brad Pitt’s Plan B. Get Lifted most recently Executive Produced two highly successful and critically acclaimed documentaries, Southern Rites, which premiered on HBO in May 2015 and Can You Dig This, which premiered at the 2015 LA Film Festival and won the LA Muse Jury Award. Additionally Jackson serves as Executive Producer on the Obama first date movie Southside With You which opened in theaters summer 2016.

Get Lifted Film Co., has had overall deals with UCP(Universal Cable Productions) and Legendary Television, they've sold television projects to networks including ABC, HBO, FOX, NBC, Showtime, USA, MTV and OWN. Jackson serves as an executive producer on WGN America’s original drama series, “Underground,” which premiered March, 9, 2016.

Filmography

Producer

• "La La Land" (2016)
• "Southside With You" (2016)
• "Underground" (2016 TV Series)
• "Sing It On" (2015 TV Series)
• "Southern Rites" (2015)
• "Can You Dig This" (2015)
• The Lather Effect (2006)
• The Human Contract (2008)

References

External links

• Mike Jackson Official IMDb page