   michael de luca (born august 13, 1965) is an american movie producer and screenwriter. ==early life and education== de luca was born and raised in brooklyn, new york. his mother was a german jewish immigrant, and his father, who was italian american and catholic, worked at conedison. de luca began pursuing a career in showbiz in 1986. originally tapped to work as a story editor, he rose fairly quickly through the ranks, thanks in part to his mentor, chair and co-founder robert shaye. de luca did complete his degree from tisch school of the arts of new york university in 1995. ==career== in 1988, de luca made his debut as an associate producer on "leatherface: the texas chainsaw massacre iii". de luca has been collecting comics since childhood and is a huge fan of comics and sci-fi such as star trek. in 1996, de luca, a self-proclaimed "trekkie", was approached by the producers brannon braga and ron moore for star trek: voyager and pitched an idea which turned into an opportunity to write an episode for the series. de luca co-wrote the story for the 1995 film judge dredd.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113492/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_wr#writers de luca is a former president of production for new line cinema. during his tenure at new line cinema, he oversaw a variety of films that would come to define the studio which included seven, friday, boogie nights, austin powers, rush hour, blade and magnolia (1999). deluca wrote and produced freddy's dead: the final nightmare, part of the [[nightmare on elm st
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