Background
Kuhn, Michael was born on February 8, 1949 in Peoria, Illinois, United States.
Kuhn, Michael was born on February 8, 1949 in Peoria, Illinois, United States.
University of Texas (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1972). Uhiversity of Houston (Juris Doctor, 1975). Editor, Houston Law Review, 19741975.
Law Clerk United States.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1975-1976.
At the Age of 13 he traveled to the United Kingdom to study at Dover College and then read law at Clare College, Cambridge. He joined Polygram in 1975, and in 1991 he set up the subsidiary Polygram Filmed Entertainment (PFE). In 1999, when Polygram merged with Universal Music Group, he went independent and formed the production company Qwerty Films.
He published his memoir 100 Films and a Funeral in 2001.
This was later turned into a documentary of the same name, charting the rise and fall of Polygram Filmed Entertainment. In 2002 he was appointed Chair of the National Film and Television School.
Member: Houston, Colorado, Federal and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Texas. Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation. Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation.