Michael McQuarn

Michael George McQuarn (born May 15, 1969) is an American writer, producer and director of television, film and commercials. McQuarn is the CEO of Cool Kids Entertainment, which is a production company which focuses on television, film and commercial production. McQuarn also served as a music supervisor on over 45 film and television projects before focusing all of his attention on writing, directing and producing. In 2001, McQuarn won an American Music Award for Best Soundtrack for the film Save the Last Dance,[1] which sold over 3 million albums worldwide.

Michael McQuarn
Born
Michael George McQuarn

(1969-05-15) May 15, 1969
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationScreenwriter, director, television, film producer, Music producer, Music supervisor
Years active1995–present
ChildrenSkylar Ari McQuarn

Biography

Michael McQuarn, brother of PGA board member and TV producer Tracy Edmonds, is the Austin man accused of defrauding the SBA of over 2 million dollars in tax payer pandemic funds and is now possibly facing 25 years in Federal Prison; as of Aug 2020 the prosecutor in the case is US District Attorney John Bash.

McQuarn was born in Los Angeles, California. He attended UCLA , where he was a film major. He left college at the age of 20 to work at Warner Brothers Studios as a story analyst. McQuarn used this opportunity at Warner Brothers to hone his skills as a writer and went on to sell his first studio screenplay by the age of 21. McQuarn and his sister Tracey Edmonds started Yab Yum, which was a highly successful record label and music publishing company distributed through 550 Music. McQuarn was responsible for launching the career of multi platinum recording artist and producer, Jon B,[2] which McQuarn served as executive producer to his 3 albums under Yab Yum, which garnered two multi platinum albums and one gold.

McQuarn's entry into film was as the co-producer to the film Soul Food, which went on to earn over 45 million at the box office and won four NAACP Awards.[3] McQuarn then produced the cult film entitled Punks,[4] which was entered into the 2000 Sundance Film Festival [5] and was also nominated for the coveted Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award [6] at the 2001 Independent Spirit Awards.

McQuarn has produced and directed over 300 hours of television content on such networks as NBCUniversal, A+E Networks, MTV, BET, TV One (US TV network) with new shows in development at Discovery Channel and Fuse (TV channel).

Filmography

Film

Producer
YearFilmNotes
1996 Soul Food (film) Co-Producer
2001 Punks (film) Producer
2007 Who's Your Caddy Co-Producer

Television

Director

Writer

Producer
YearShowRoleNotes
2011-12 Master of the Mix Executive producer, Director Season 1&2
2011 Beauties and the Boss Executive producer/Director Season 1
2009 First In Executive Producer/Director Season 1
2009 Black Poker Stars Invitational Executive Producer/Director Season 1
2004-2007 "College Hill" Executive Producer Season 1-6
2007 "Stage Black" Executive Producer/ Director Season 1
2006 "DMX: Soul of a Man" Executive Producer / Director Season 1
2006 "Lil Kim: Countdown to Lockdown" Executive Producer / Director Season 1
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References
  1. http://awardsandwinners.com/category/american-music-awards/american-music-award-for-favorite-soundtrack/
  2. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jon-b-mn0000258741
  3. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=soulfood.htm
  4. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=punks.htm
  5. http://history.sundance.org/films/2459/punks
  6. http://www.fandango.com/punks_37438/awards
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