Background
Ganis, Sidney was born on January 8, 1940 in Brooklyn.
company executive association executive
Ganis, Sidney was born on January 8, 1940 in Brooklyn.
Student, Brooklyn College.
Staff writer, newspaper & wire service contact 20th Century Fox, 1961—1962. Publicity manager Seven Arts Productions, 1965—1969. Production publicity manager Warners Seven Arts, 1969—1970.
Studio publicity director Cinema Center Films, 1970—1974. Director advertising Warner Brothers, 1974—1977, vice president worldwide advertising & publicity, 1977—1979. Senior vice president Lucasfilm Ltd., 1979—1986.
Executive vice president, president worldwide marketing Paramount Pictures, 1986—1988, president motion picture group, 1988—1991. Executive vice president Columbia/TriStar Motion Pictures, 1991—1996, president worldwide marketing, 1992—1996. Founder Out of the Blue Entertainment, since 1996.
Board directors Marvel Entertainment, Inc., since 1999.
Actor: (films) All the President's Men, 1976, Little Nicky, 2000, Anger Management, 2003, Montgomery West and the Wings of Death, 2003, Click, 2006. Actor, producer: Mr. Deeds, 2002.
Akeelah and the Bee, 2006. Executive producer: (television films) Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981, The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981 (Emmy award for Outstanding Informational Special, 1982), The Making of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1984. Producer: (films) Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, 1999, Big Daddy, 1999, The Master of Disguise, 2002.
Member of Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (board governors 1973-1977, 1979-1981, 1992—2001, since 2002, president 2005-2009).
Married Nancy Ganis; children: Chloe, Kristina, Julia, Laura.