Career
He was on the production team of the movie Tar with James Franco and Mila Kunis as well as ‘’Black Dog, Red Dog’’ with Franco, Olivia Wilde, and Whoopi Goldberg. He also co-produced with Guillermo del Toro (While She Was Out), Kevin Spacey (Mini’s First Time) and Actors Anonymous which he produced with Sara Von Kienegger. His indoctrination to the entertainment world began early in life when his family, between ski trips and weekends in New York and vacations in Las Vegas, arranged backstage visits with notables such as Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Milton Berle (an artist he would later go on to manage) and Harry Belafonte, who taught him how to water ski at Lake Mead.
In his years at Beverly Hills High School, his home was always a place for impromptu get-together and concerts.
Bass went on to manage a range of talents, from ballerinas to boxers. One boxer included Julio Caesar Chavez, whom under Bass" wings was made the highest priced super middleweight boxer in the history of the sport.
Bold Films produced the movies Slingshot, Come Early Morning and Mini’s First Time’’. Bass left Bold Films in 2006 to pursue his creative vision.
In 2008, Bass created Edward Bass Films to continue his prolific film production activities.
In 2015, Bass produces Actors Anonymous, along with James Franco, Chris Abernathy, Tim Astor, Jay Davis, Sara Von Kienegger, and John Watson. The supplier never received payment and it was later discovered that the television sets had been shipped to South America. Bass and Spieler were subsequently convicted of mail fraud and served time in prison.
Bass is working with the Royal Family of Iran in developing a project about Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, the twin sister of the country"s last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was noteworthy for her support of women's rights.
