Gary Lucchesi (Producer) serves as President of Lakeshore Entertainment, an independent film company based in Los Angeles. He also serves as the President of the Producer’s Guild of America. Lucchesi executive-produced MILLION DOLLAR BABY, which won the Oscar for Best picture of 2004. The first movie he produced was PRIMAL FEAR, and he has produced many other notable hits since, including THE LINCOLN LAWYER with Matthew McConaughey and Marisa Tomei, the UNDERWORLD franchise, THE UGLY TRUTH, and the CRANK franchise. In the past year he has produced THE AGE OF ADALINE and THE BOY.

Other credits include box office smash THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE, THE GIFT (starring Cate Blanchett, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Hilary Swank and Giovanni Ribisi) and three Philip Roth novels – THE HUMAN STAIN, ELEGY, and the forthcoming AMERICAN PASTORAL. In addition, Lucchesi was the Executive Producer on the box-office hit RUNAWAY BRIDE, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere.

Prior to becoming an independent producer, Lucchesi was President of Production at Paramount and oversaw such films as GHOST, INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, FATAL ATTRACTION, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, COMING TO AMERICA, THE NAKED GUN, THE GODFATHER: PART III, STAR TREK, BLACK RAIN and THE UNTOUCHABLES. He also worked at TriStar Pictures for four years as both Vice President and Senior Vice President of Production. Lucchesi began his career in Los Angeles as an agent for the William Morris Agency.