# Dan Kolsrud

Dan Kolsrud is an American film producer. The movies he worked on were nominated 24 times at the Academy Award and won 3 Oscars.

## Biography

Dan Kolsrud is a 1970 graduate of the University of North Carolina Department of Radio, Television and Motion Pictures. After graduating, he worked in the television industry on the East coast for a few years, and then moved to Hollywood to work in movie production.
He is also Executive Vice President Worldwide Theatrical Physical Production for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer since 2008.

## Filmography

He was producer for all films unless otherwise noted.

### Film

| Year | Film | Credit |
| 1983 | Something Wicked This Way Comes | Associate producer |
| 1990 | Impulse | Executive producer |
| 1992 | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | |
| 1993 | Falling Down | Co-producer |
| 1993 | Grumpy Old Men | Executive producer |
| 1994 | Richie Rich | Executive producer |
| 1995 | Seven | Executive producer |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Executive producer |
| 1999 | Mystery, Alaska | Executive producer |
| 1999 | Bicentennial Man | Executive producer |
| 2002 | Serving Sara | Executive producer |
| 2003 | Daddy Day Care | Executive producer |
| 2004 | 13 Going on 30 | Executive producer |
| 2005 | Are We There Yet? | |
| 2005 | The Fog | Executive producer |
| 2008 | Role Models | Executive producer |
| 2009 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Executive producer |
| 2013 | Identity Thief | Executive producer |

#### Second unit director or assistant director

| Year | Film | Role |
| 1977 | Slap Shot | DGA trainee |
| 1978 | I Wanna Hold Your Hand | Second assistant director |
| 1978 | Same Time, Next Year | Second assistant director |
| 1980 | Coal Miner's Daughter | First assistant director |
| 1980 | Xanadu | First assistant director |
| 1981 | Ghost Story | First assistant director |
| 1983 | Something Wicked This Way Comes | First assistant director |
| 1983 | Going Berserk | First assistant director |
| 1983 | Gorky Park | First assistant director |
| 1985 | The Goonies | First assistant director |
| 1986 | Top Gun | First assistant director |
| 1986 | Howard the Duck | First assistant director |
| 1987 | Spaceballs | Assistant director |
| 1987 | Like Father Like Son | First assistant director |
| 1990 | Men Don't Leave | First assistant director |

#### Miscellaneous crew

| Year | Film | Role |
| 2008 | Valkyrie | Executive VP of production |
| 2010 | Hot Tub Time Machine | Executive VP of production |
| 2011 | Zookeeper | Executive VP of production |
| 2011 | The Cabin in the Woods | Executive VP of production |
| 2012 | Red Dawn | Executive VP of production |

#### Production manager

| Year | Film | Role |
| 1990 | Impulse | Unit production manager |
| 1993 | Grumpy Old Men | Unit production manager |

#### Thanks

| Year | Film | Role |
| 1981 | Continental Divide | Special thanks |
| 2008 | Smother | Thanks |

### Television
#### Second unit director or assistant director

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Other notes |
| 1977 | Red Alert | Second assistant director | Television film | |
| 1977 | Exo-Man | Second assistant director | Television film | Uncredited |
| 1977 | Escape from Bogen County | Second assistant director | Television film | |
| 1979 | Fast Friends | Second assistant director | Television film | |
| 1979 | The Legend of the Golden Gun | Second assistant director | Television film | |
| 1984 | Lace | Assistant director | | |
| 1984 | Fatal Vision | Assistant director | | |