Frank G. Mancuso (born July 25, 1933) is an Italian American former film studio executive. Mancuso was the chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures between 1984 and 1991, and of MGM between 1993 and 1999, when he retired.
Mancuso started as an usher in a theater in Buffalo, New York and eventually ran the programming for the company’s 50 theatres.
He joined Paramount Pictures in 1962 booking films from their Buffalo office. He worked his way up through their sales division before becoming vice-president of domestic distribution in March 1977. He became senior vice-president in August 1978. In 1983 he was promoted to president of Paramount’s motion picture division and in September 1984 he was chosen, instead of COO Michael Eisner, to take over for the departing Barry Diller as chairman and chief executive officer. Paramount became the number one studio again in 1986 and 1987 with hits including Top Gun, Crocodile Dundee (the top two grossing films of 1986), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Beverly Hills Cop II, The Untouchables and Fatal Attraction.
In 1986 he became a Governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and in 1992 became its secretary.
In 1993 he became chairman and CEO of MGM until his retirement in 1999. He is currently the chairman of the Motion Picture and Television Fund Corporate Board of Directors.
He is the father of executive producer Frank Mancuso Jr.,and executive producer Evan Mancuso. Mancuso lives in Los Angeles with his wife Fay. In 2010, Mancuso received a star on the Italian Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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