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Thom Mount
In the course of his thirty-five year career in the film industry, producer and studio head Thom Mount has made an indelible mark on the American film industry. Appointed head of Universal Studios at the age of 26, he was responsible for the studio’s success in the late 1970s and 1980s with films like The Breakfast Club, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Scarface, Car Wash, National Lampoon’s Animal House and Smokey and the Bandit. After leaving Universal in 1983, Mount founded his own company, which produced acclaimed films like Bull Durham, Tequila Sunrise and Sidney Lumet’s Death and the Maiden. Mount is also a co-founder of the Los Angeles Film School, and has started a new venture, Reliant Pictures, which will focus on releasing genre films of high quality.
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Film producer and studio head Thom Mount discusses the pleasures of working with a good music supervisor, how he goes about finding the right person for his project, and what a great music supervisor can add to a project.



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November 2007
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